---
name: "Lizzie Hopley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lizzie-hopley"
fi1m_id: "lizzie-hopley"
imdb_id: "nm0394324"
tmdb_id: 1089514
wikidata_id: "Q6660719"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T21:30:45.499515+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."
---

# Lizzie Hopley

## Identity

Lizzie Hopley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lizzie-hopley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lizzie-hopley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0394324
- **TMDB ID:** 1089514
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6660719
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Hopley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6660719, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1089514

Actor. Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Elizabeth Hopley
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 69 (2), 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 2, Romance 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $41m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Hopley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6660719, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1089514

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman*](https://film.one/film/pierrepoint-the-last-hangman.md) (66)

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## Biography

Lizzie Hopley is a British actress and writer born in Liverpool. She trained at the University of Manchester and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Her screen credits include the role of Dorothea Waddingham in the 2005 film *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman*, Miss Abbot in the 2011 adaptation of *Jane Eyre*, Angela Kelly in *The Crown*, Dr Joy Harris in *Luther*, and appearances in *Black Doves* (2024), *Blitz* (2024), *Time* (2021), *Brassic* and *Vera*. Theatre work includes productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Cheek by Jowl.

As a writer, Hopley has created one-woman plays such as *Pramface* and numerous audio dramas for Big Finish Productions, including many *Doctor Who* stories. She has also written radio plays for BBC Radio.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Blitz* (2024), Fi1m 63, as Mavis — [page](https://film.one/film/blitz.md)
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Miss Abbot — [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md)
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Cafe Waitress — [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)
- *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), Fi1m 66, as Dorothea Waddingham — [page](https://film.one/film/pierrepoint-the-last-hangman.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Fackham Hall* (2025), as Phyllis Davenport
- *Iron Ladies* (2025), as Margaret Thatcher (voice)
- *Testament* (2025), series, as Esther
- *Black Doves* (2024), series, as Beth
- *Blitz* (2024), as Mavis — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/blitz.md)
- *Time* (2021), series, as Judge — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md)
- *Soulmates* (2020), series, as Amelia
- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Andrea
- *Two People, One Ring* (2019), Actor
- *The Long Song* (2018), series, as Evelyn Sadler
- *There's a Monster Behind You* (2018), as Emily · Producer
- *Little Boy Blue* (2017), series, as Marie Yates
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Angela Kelly - Queen's Dresser — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *The Thirteenth Tale* (2013), as Theodora Mawsley
- *Day of the Flowers* (2013), as Harriet
- *The Town* (2012), series, as Pam
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Deb Kingston — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), as Miss Abbot — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md)
- *Luther* (2010), series, as Dr. Joy Harris — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *The Day of the Triffids* (2009), series, as Hilda
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), as Cafe Waitress — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)
- *Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest* (2007), as Mantasphid Queen (voice)
- *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), as Dorothea Waddingham — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/pierrepoint-the-last-hangman.md)
- *Woman X* (2002), as Rita Marcus
- *The Acres*, as Christine

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