---
name: "Julia Rayner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julia-rayner"
fi1m_id: "julia-rayner"
imdb_id: "nm0713469"
tmdb_id: 6641
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T17:33:37.553091+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."
---

# Julia Rayner

## Identity

Julia Rayner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julia-rayner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julia-rayner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0713469
- **TMDB ID:** 6641
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6641

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1999–2016
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 87 (1), 2010s 65 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, History 1, Music 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $128m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6641

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Pianist*](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Julia Rayner is a British actress. Her film credits include the role of Regina Szpilman in Roman Polanski's *The Pianist* (2002), Mademoiselle Fromage in Mike Leigh's *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), and a nurse in the television film *The Gift* (1998). She also contributed additional choreography to the brothel scene in *Topsy-Turvy*.

On television, Rayner has appeared as the Telethon Producer in *Extras* (2006), Sophie Bezukhova in the BBC adaptation of *War and Peace* (2016), and Professor Natalie Yorke in *My Mad Fat Diary* (2015). Other screen work includes supporting roles in shorts and the 2014 feature *Art Party*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *War and Peace* (2016), Fi1m 65, as Sophie Bezukhova — [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *The Pianist* (2002), Fi1m 87, as Regina Szpilman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Mademoiselle Fromage — [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *ENCOUNTER* (2025), First Assistant Director
- *War and Peace* (2016), series, as Sophie Bezukhova — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *The Art Party!* (2014), as Hetty Nettleship
- *My Mad Fat Diary* (2013), series, as Prof. Natalie Yorke — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-mad-fat-diary.md)
- *Extras* (2005), series, as Telethon Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)
- *The Pianist* (2002), as Regina Szpilman — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), as Mademoiselle Fromage — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)

## Gallery

- ![Julia Rayner](https://film.one/media/person/97667/gallery-65d87beafd42.jpg) Julia Rayner — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Rayner](https://film.one/media/person/97667/gallery-c862a9119eca.jpg) Julia Rayner — Image via TMDB
- ![Julia Rayner](https://film.one/media/person/97667/gallery-7ff0b922ce42.jpg) Julia Rayner — Image via TMDB

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