Biography
Marion Bailey is an English actress. She was born on 5 May 1951 in Watford, Hertfordshire. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her career in theatre, including work with the National Youth Theatre.
Bailey has had a long professional association with filmmaker Mike Leigh, appearing in his films Meantime (1983), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Mr. Turner (2014) — in which she played Sophia Booth — and Peterloo (2018). Other notable screen roles include Mrs. Fowler in Vera Drake, Mrs. Sinclair in Allied (2016), the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in The Crown (2019–2020), and Madame Manec in All the Light We Cannot See (2023). She received a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble cast of The Crown.
