---
name: "Liza Sadovy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/liza-sadovy"
fi1m_id: "liza-sadovy"
imdb_id: "nm0755632"
tmdb_id: 1320744
wikidata_id: "Q27781211"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T03:04:48.151737+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."
---

# Liza Sadovy

## Identity

Liza Sadovy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/liza-sadovy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** liza-sadovy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0755632
- **TMDB ID:** 1320744
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27781211
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Sadovy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27781211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1320744

Actor. Born 1 January 1950 in England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, England, UK
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 81 (2), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $178m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Sadovy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27781211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1320744

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*A Real Pain*](https://film.one/film/a-real-pain.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Liza Sadovy is a British actress. She attended drama school in the late 1970s.

She has an extensive stage career in London and New York. Notable credits include Lucinda in the UK premiere of *Into the Woods*, Yvonne in *Sunday in the Park with George*, Madame Morrible in *Wicked*, Aunt Eller in *Oklahoma!*, and Fräulein Schneider in the West End revival of *Cabaret*, for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2022. She received a further Olivier nomination for *Oklahoma!* in 2023.

Her screen work includes the film *A Real Pain* (2024) as Diane, and television appearances in *Outlander* (2023) as Maisie Tolliver, *A Small Light* (2023) as Mrs Stoppelman, *Strike* (2017 and 2024) as Mariam, *Vera* (2011 and 2020) as Wilma Howland, *Extras* (2005) as Jackie Greer, *Midsomer Murders* (1997 and 2004) as Rosetta Price, and *Emma* (2009) as Mrs Cole.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *A Real Pain* (2024), Fi1m 76, as Diane — [page](https://film.one/film/a-real-pain.md)
- *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* (2007), Fi1m 81, as Pie Customer — [page](https://film.one/film/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street.md)
- *Extras* (2005), Fi1m 81, as Jackie Greer — [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), Fi1m 88, as WPC Kathy Bibby — [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Rumour* (2025), series, Actor
- *Bookish* (2025), series, as Ruth Kleinmann
- *Patience* (2025), series, as Dr. Loretta Parsons
- *A Real Pain* (2024), as Diane — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-real-pain.md)
- *A Small Light* (2023), series, as Mrs. Stoppelman
- *Mother Teresa & Me* (2022), as Mother Superior
- *National Theatre Live: Present Laughter* (2019), as Miss Erikson/Lady Saltburn
- *National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running* (2019), as Blaise Gibson
- *Disobedience* (2018), as Rebbetzin Goldfarb
- *Strike* (2017), series, as Mariam
- *Babylon* (2014), series, as Caroline Carey
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Maisie Tolliver — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Wilma Howland — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Emma* (2009), series, as Mrs. Cole
- *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* (2007), as Pie Customer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street.md)
- *The Sarah Jane Adventures* (2007), series, as Miss Trupp
- *Extras* (2005), series, as Jackie Greer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)
- *30 Years to Life* (1998), as Doctor
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Rosetta Price — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Company* (1996), as Jenny
- *Growing Pains* (1992), series, as Sonia
- *An Actor's Life for Me* (1991), series, as Algy
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Jenny
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, as Kathy Bibby, WPC Kathy Bibby — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)
- *Blood, Sweat And Tears* (1986), as Sarah
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Sarah
- *Lytton's Diary* (1985), series, as Makeup Girl

## Gallery

- ![Liza Sadovy](https://film.one/media/person/10130/gallery-d88f936a3444.jpg) Liza Sadovy — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/ARealPainBFILFF131024_%286_of_138%29_%2854065325835%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-ARealPainBFILFF131024_%286_of_138%29_%2854065325835%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ARealPainBFILFF131024 (132 of 138) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10130/gallery-e5366c7021bc.jpg) ARealPainBFILFF131024 (132 of 138) (2024) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/ARealPainBFILFF131024_%28132_of_138%29_%2854063994417%29.jpg/1280px-ARealPainBFILFF131024_%28132_of_138%29_%2854063994417%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ARealPainBFILFF131024 (2 of 138) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10130/gallery-bda9eb849e43.jpg) ARealPainBFILFF131024 (2 of 138) (2024) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/ARealPainBFILFF131024_%282_of_138%29_%2854065325950%29.jpg/1280px-ARealPainBFILFF131024_%282_of_138%29_%2854065325950%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ARealPainBFILFF131024 (3 of 138) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10130/gallery-8e4544d4bc97.jpg) ARealPainBFILFF131024 (3 of 138) (2024) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/ARealPainBFILFF131024_%283_of_138%29_%2854065325915%29.jpg/1280px-ARealPainBFILFF131024_%283_of_138%29_%2854065325915%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ARealPainBFILFF131024 (4 of 138) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10130/gallery-4f77e2c0a196.jpg) ARealPainBFILFF131024 (4 of 138) (2024) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/ARealPainBFILFF131024_%284_of_138%29_%2854063997727%29.jpg/1280px-ARealPainBFILFF131024_%284_of_138%29_%2854063997727%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ARealPainBFILFF131024 (5 of 138) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10130/gallery-46b2aa0d278e.jpg) ARealPainBFILFF131024 (5 of 138) (2024) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/ARealPainBFILFF131024_%285_of_138%29_%2854065122948%29.jpg/1280px-ARealPainBFILFF131024_%285_of_138%29_%2854065122948%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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