---
name: "Julie Graham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julie-graham"
fi1m_id: "julie-graham"
imdb_id: "nm0334150"
tmdb_id: 47735
wikidata_id: "Q4151012"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 July 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T14:40:32.106656+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."
---

# Julie Graham

## Identity

Julie Graham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julie-graham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julie-graham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0334150
- **TMDB ID:** 47735
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4151012
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Graham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4151012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47735

Actor. Born 24 July 1965 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 July 1965, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Also known as:** جولی گراهام
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 54 (1), 2000s 60 (2), 2010s 62 (1), 2020s 73 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 3, Drama 3, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $11m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Graham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4151012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47735

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*This City Is Ours*](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md) (73)
- **BritBox:** [*At Home with the Braithwaites*](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md) (71)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)

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

## Fi1m on Julie Graham

> Julie Graham gives family scenes weight that the writing does not always earn. We value her grounded authority, though *This City Is Ours* also shows the limits of relying on an actor to make familiar material matter.

In the family scenes of *This City Is Ours* (2025), Julie Graham’s Elaine Phelan is worth attending to even when the criminal business around her feels familiar. Alongside Sean Bean’s Ronnie Phelan, she gives us a reason to take this family seriously. Bean supplies the threat; Graham gives the domestic exchanges a weight the gangster plotting does not always earn. We cared more than we expected to about these scenes, because her authority made Elaine matter before the writing had fully justified our attention. That is a substantial contribution to a good, uneven crime drama.

She has not spent her whole career playing women like Elaine. Her breakthrough as Megan Hartnoll in *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000) was followed by Mary Gilcrest, the romantic co-lead opposite Martin Clunes in *William and Mary* (2003). Later came the recurring authority figure Rhona Kelly in *Shetland* (2013–2022) and Sheron Dawson in the comedy *Benidorm* (2016–2018). These programmes ask different things of an actor, and the comedy is worth remembering when considering her frequent casting as tough women and matriarchs. We would rather see that experience put to use than have every new part ask her to be formidable in the same way.

The later matriarch parts, including *The Hardacres* (2024), suit her, but we would be wary of treating ‘tough woman’ as a sufficient character description. A writer still has to give that woman something worth doing, and a reason to do it, rather than rely on Graham to make her important by turning up. In *This City Is Ours*, Graham’s convincing work makes the weaker stretches of Butchard’s writing more conspicuous. That is the limit of this particular strength: she can persuade us to take Elaine seriously, but cannot make every surrounding betrayal less routine. Start there for Graham and Bean, with some patience for the criminal business.

## Biography

Julie Graham is a Scottish actress. Born on 24 July 1965, she began her career in the 1980s with roles in series such as *Taggart* and *Casualty*, and films including *Nuns on the Run* (1990).

She is known for television work including Rhona Kelly in *Shetland* (2013–2022), Jean in *The Bletchley Circle* (2012) and its San Francisco spin-off, and appearances in *Midsomer Murders*, *Doctor Who*, *Benidorm*, *Ridley* and *Time*. In 2025 she played Elaine Phelan in the BBC series *This City Is Ours*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *This City Is Ours* (2025), Fi1m 73, as Elaine Phelan — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Rhona Kelly — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Benidorm* (2007), Fi1m 50, as Sheron Dawson — [page](https://film.one/tv/benidorm.md)
- *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000), Fi1m 71, as Megan Hartnoll — [page](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md)
- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Fi1m 54, as Casino Waitress — [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)

## Complete filmography (70)

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

- *This City Is Ours* (2025), series, as Elaine Phelan — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-city-is-ours.md)
- *The Hardacres* (2024), series, as Ma
- *The Serial Killer's Wife* (2023), series, as Clover
- *Payback* (2023), series, as Connie Morris
- *Ridley* (2022), series, as Annie Marling
- *End of Term* (2021), as DS Stacy Harcourt
- *Time* (2021), series, as Lou Harkness — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md)
- *Disco with Mum* (2020), Actor
- *Penance* (2020), series, as Rosalie
- *Queens of Mystery* (2019), series, as Cat Stone
- *The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco* (2018), series, as Jean McBrian
- *One of Us* (2016), series, as Moira Douglas
- *Jupiter Ascending* (2015), as Captain of the Aegis (uncredited)
- *The Sleeping Room* (2014), as Cynthia
- *Flinch* (2014), as Paula
- *Shortcuts to Hell: Volume 1* (2013), Actor
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Rhona Kelly — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Being Eileen* (2013), series, as Mandy Lewis
- *Tower Block* (2012), as Carol
- *The Bletchley Circle* (2012), series, as Jean
- *Secrets and Words* (2012), series, as Fiona
- *Lapland* (2011), as Mandy Lewis
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Jen Powell
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Marianne Gower — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Survivors* (2008), series, as Abby Grant
- *Bonekickers* (2008), series, as Gillian Magwilde
- *The Sarah Jane Adventures* (2007), series, as Ruby White
- *Walk Away and I Stumble* (2007), as Elaine Spader
- *The History of Mr Polly* (2007), as Nancy Potter
- *Mobile* (2007), series, as Donna Doig
- *Benidorm* (2007), series, as Sheron Dawson, Sheron — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/benidorm.md)
- *The Kindness of Strangers* (2006), series, as Ellie Farrelly
- *Walk Away and I Stumble* (2005), series, as Elaine Spader
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Ravio — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Tricia McAndrew
- *Between The Sheets* (2003), series, as Alona Cunningham
- *William and Mary* (2003), series, as Mary Gilcrest
- *Dirty Tricks* (2000), as Karen
- *Some Voices* (2000), as Mandy
- *Rebus* (2000), series, as Stacy Webster
- *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000), series, as Megan Hartnoll — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md)
- *With or Without You* (1999), as Cathy
- *Life Support* (1999), series, as Alison McIntyre
- *Butterfly Collectors* (1999), series, as Mary Slater
- *Bedrooms and Hallways* (1998), as Angie
- *Preaching to the Perverted* (1997), as Eugenie
- *The Near Room* (1997), as Elise Gray
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Dixie Havergal, Dr. Laura Parr — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Adi Pritchard
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Elinor Shaw
- *Sharman* (1995), series, as Kylie
- *Bugs* (1995), series, as Sarita
- *99-1* (1994), series, as Lisa
- *Harry* (1993), series, as Alice
- *Downtown Lagos* (1992), series, as Sharon
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Dorothy McGowan
- *Blonde Fist* (1991), as Sylvie
- *Rosebud* (1991), as The Artist
- *The Big Man* (1990), as Melanie
- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), as Casino Waitress — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *Silent Scream* (1990), as Alice
- *The Fruit Machine* (1988), as Hazel
- *The Dark Room* (1988), as Sandra
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, as Sandra
- *Harry* (1987), series, Actor
- *Blood Red Roses* (1986), as Janey
- *End of the Line* (1984), as Lucy
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, as Tillie Campbell
- *Taggart* (1983), series, as Kathleen Kelly
- *The Dark Channel*, as Bovery

## Gallery

- ![Julie Graham](https://film.one/media/person/46918/gallery-9faad8abd33c.jpg) Julie Graham — Simon Richards, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Julie_Graham_in_Love_Me_Tender_1997.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Julie Graham](https://film.one/media/person/46918/gallery-c69467075b38.jpg) Julie Graham — Image via TMDB

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