---
name: "Mary Nighy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-nighy"
fi1m_id: "mary-nighy"
imdb_id: "nm1310861"
tmdb_id: 19774
wikidata_id: "Q3296223"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 July 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T05:33:57.486991+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."
---

# Mary Nighy

## Identity

Mary Nighy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mary-nighy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mary-nighy
- **IMDb ID:** nm1310861
- **TMDB ID:** 19774
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3296223
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Nighy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296223, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1310861/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19774

Director. Born 17 July 1984 in London, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 July 1984, London, England
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 directing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Nighy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296223, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1310861/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19774

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Say Nothing*](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md) (77)
- **HBO Max:** [*Industry*](https://film.one/tv/industry.md) (76)
- **Netflix:** [*Marie Antoinette*](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Mary Nighy is an English director and former actress. Born in London on 17 July 1984, she is the daughter of actors Bill Nighy and Diana Quick. She graduated from University College London with first-class honours in English and trained as a director at the National Film and Television School, where she was the David Lean Scholar.

Nighy has directed episodes of the television series *Silent Witness* (2018), *Traces* (2019–2020), *Industry* (2020) and *Say Nothing* (2024). Her feature directorial debut was the film *Alice, Darling* (2022), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Princesse Lamballe — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Say Nothing* (2024), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md)
- *Industry* (2020), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Under Salt Marsh* (2026), series, Director
- *Say Nothing* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/say-nothing.md)
- *Alice, Darling* (2022), Director
- *Industry* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Traces* (2019), series, Director
- *Need for Speed (Dating)* (2014), Director
- *Small Town Glory* (2011), Writer, Director
- *Into the Night* (2010), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Tormented* (2009), as Helena
- *Convoy to Cape Town* (2009), Director
- *Player* (2008), Director, Producer
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), as Princesse Lamballe — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha* (2005), as Hidalla
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Jemma Roberts — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Director

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