---
name: "Martha Cope"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martha-cope"
fi1m_id: "martha-cope"
imdb_id: "nm0178563"
tmdb_id: 1214691
wikidata_id: "Q6774370"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T20:22:44.512952+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."
---

# Martha Cope

## Identity

Martha Cope

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martha-cope
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martha-cope
- **IMDb ID:** nm0178563
- **TMDB ID:** 1214691
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6774370
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Cope, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6774370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214691

Actor. Born 1 January 1970 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1970, St. Pancras, London, England, UK
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Cope, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6774370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214691

## Biography

Martha Cope is an English actress. She was born in 1970 in St Pancras, London, and is the daughter of actors Kenneth Cope and Renny Lister.

Her television credits include the Controller in *Doctor Who* (2005), a journalist in *The Thick of It* (2005), Steph Bayliss in *Vera* (2011), Sophie Grisham in *Emmerdale* (2013–2024), Becca in *Criminal Record* (2024), and Chi's Mum in the BBC sitcom *Things You Should Have Done* (2024–2026). Film roles include a Bright Young Thing in *Alfie* (2004). She has also appeared in series such as *Casualty*, *Holby City*, *The Bill* and *Lovejoy*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Criminal Record* (2024), Fi1m 81, as Becca — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md)
- *Things You Should Have Done* (2024), Fi1m 66, as Chi's Mum — [page](https://film.one/tv/things-you-should-have-done.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Things You Should Have Done* (2024), series, as Chi's Mum — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/things-you-should-have-done.md)
- *Criminal Record* (2024), series, as Becca — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md)
- *The Flatshare* (2022), series, as Receptionist
- *The Ex-Wife* (2022), series, as Officer Mack
- *The King is Dead* (2013), as Girl
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Steph Bayliss — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), series, as Journalist — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Controller — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Alfie* (2004), as Bright Young Thing
- *Black Cab* (2000), series, as Michelle
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Janice Dunlop
- *Ultraviolet* (1998), series, as Pregnancy Counsellor
- *Is It Bill Bailey?* (1998), series, as Various Roles
- *Out of the Blue* (1995), series, as Marilyn Jowett
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Sarah Penna
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Danni
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, as Andrea
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Sylvia — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Sharon
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, as Sophie Grisham

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