---
name: "Ishia Bennison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ishia-bennison"
fi1m_id: "ishia-bennison"
imdb_id: "nm0072186"
tmdb_id: 591880
wikidata_id: "Q16239037"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 August 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T16:02:34.497866+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ishia Bennison

## Identity

Ishia Bennison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ishia-bennison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ishia-bennison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0072186
- **TMDB ID:** 591880
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16239037
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishia_Bennison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16239037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/591880

Actor. Born 11 August 1949 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 August 1949, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2000–2014
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 84 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishia_Bennison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16239037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/591880

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*At Home with the Braithwaites*](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ishia Bennison is a British actress. She was born on 11 August 1949 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.

Bennison has appeared in numerous television series and stage productions. She played Guizin Osman in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* (1985–1989) and Denise Skidmore in the ITV drama *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000–2003). Other credits include Joyce Metcalfe in *Happy Valley* (2014–2023), Susan Jatri in *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012) and Maacah in the film *King David* (1985). She has also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing as Mistress Quickly in *The Merry Wives of Windsor* (2018) and the Nurse in *Romeo and Juliet* (2018).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Happy Valley* (2014), Fi1m 88, as Joyce Metcalf — [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), Fi1m 79, as Susan Jatri — [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md)
- *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000), Fi1m 71, as Denise Skidmore — [page](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor* (2018), as Mistress Quickly
- *Happy Valley* (2014), series, as Joyce Metcalf — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), series, as Susan Jatri — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md)
- *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000), series, as Denise Skidmore — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md)
- *Bread* (1986), series, as DHSS Clerk
- *King David* (1985), as Maacah
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Guizin, Guizin Osman — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (1984), as Ursula
- *Kessler* (1981), series, as Ruth Lieberman
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Hotel Receptionist
- *The Awakening* (1980), as Nurse

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