--- name: "Pearl Mackie" canonical: "https://film.one/person/pearl-mackie" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 May 1987" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-18T10:47:23.393234+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." --- # Pearl Mackie Actor. Born 29 May 1987 in Brixton, London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 May 1987, Brixton, London, England, UK - **Active:** 2005–present - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 76 (1) - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, War & Politics 1 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Mackie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23903083, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4929530/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1609794 ## Streaming the US now - **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Pearl Mackie is a British actress. She is best known for playing Bill Potts, companion to the Twelfth Doctor, in the 2017 series of *Doctor Who* (2005) and the 2017 Christmas special *Twice Upon a Time*. Mackie grew up in Brixton, London. She earned a drama degree from the University of Bristol and graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2010. Her first major television role was as Anne-Marie Frasier in the BBC soap opera *Doctors* (2014). She has also appeared in *Friday Night Dinner* (2020), *Greed* (2019), *Horizon Line* (2020) and *The Diplomat* (2023). She is the granddaughter of screenwriter Philip Mackie. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, doctorwho.tv, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *The Diplomat* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Alysse — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md) - *Friday Night Dinner* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Lucy One — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-dinner.md) - *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, as Bill Potts — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) ## Complete filmography (23) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *National Theatre Live: Ballet Shoes* (2025), as Sylvia Rose Brown - *Doctor Who at the Proms* (2024), as Bill Potts (archive footage) - *National Theatre at Home: Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors* (2023), as Natasha Elcock - *Tyger* (2023), as Sarah - *Tom Jones* (2023), series, as Honour - *The Diplomat* (2023), series, as Alysse — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-diplomat.md) - *Your Move* (2023), as Patricia - *The Deal* (2022), as Kabira - *Best & Bester* (2022), series, as Grafifi (Voice) - *The Long Call* (2021), series, as DS Jen Rafferty - *Copycats* (2021), as Lady Isabella Sausage - *The Lennox Report* (2020), as Tarnia - *Horizon Line* (2020), as Pascale - *Pops and Branwell* (2019), as "Pops" Popowski (voice) - *Greed* (2019), as Cathy - *Origami* (2019), as Heather - *Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time* (2017), as Bill Potts - *Urban Myths* (2017), series, as Kay - *Doctor Who: Friend from the Future* (2016), as Bill Potts - *Svengali* (2013), as F.O.H. girl - *Friday Night Dinner* (2011), series, as Lucy One — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-dinner.md) - *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Bill Potts — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) - *Doctors* (2000), series, as Anne-Marie Frasier ## Gallery - ![Pearl Mackie](https://film.one/media/person/226605/gallery-31ce5a61d38b.jpg) Pearl Mackie — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pearl_Mackie_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Pearl_Mackie_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Chris Hardwick, Peter Capaldi, Steven Moffat, Pearl Mackie and Matt Lucas speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San D](https://film.one/media/person/226605/gallery-db0b4474ad7c.jpg) Chris Hardwick, Peter Capaldi, Steven Moffat, Pearl Mackie and Matt Lucas speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San D — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Chris_Hardwick%2C_Peter_Capaldi%2C_Steven_Moffat%2C_Pearl_Mackie_%26_Matt_Lucas_%2836230960806%29.jpg/1280px-Chris_Hardwick%2C_Peter_Capaldi%2C_Steven_Moffat%2C_Pearl_Mackie_%26_Matt_Lucas_%2836230960806%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Chris Hardwick, Peter Capaldi, Steven Moffat and Pearl Mackie speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San Diego Convent](https://film.one/media/person/226605/gallery-26bf21f442d3.jpg) Chris Hardwick, Peter Capaldi, Steven Moffat and Pearl Mackie speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San Diego Convent — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Chris_Hardwick%2C_Peter_Capaldi%2C_Steven_Moffat_%26_Pearl_Mackie_%2836272115165%29.jpg/1280px-Chris_Hardwick%2C_Peter_Capaldi%2C_Steven_Moffat_%26_Pearl_Mackie_%2836272115165%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Pearl Mackie speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attri](https://film.one/media/person/226605/gallery-8cff3e2778f5.jpg) Pearl Mackie speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attri — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Pearl_Mackie_%2835877881170%29.jpg/1280px-Pearl_Mackie_%2835877881170%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Pearl Mackie](https://film.one/media/person/226605/gallery-4653f1610f53.jpg) Pearl Mackie — Image via TMDB - ![Pearl Mackie](https://film.one/media/person/226605/gallery-758533a1d375.jpg) Pearl Mackie — Image via TMDB - ![Pearl Mackie speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attri](https://film.one/media/person/226605/gallery-3ceb47e626d8.jpg) Pearl Mackie speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attri — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pearl_Mackie_%2835878011650%29.jpg/1280px-Pearl_Mackie_%2835878011650%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Pearl Mackie speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attri](https://film.one/media/person/226605/gallery-c55bb0537129.jpg) Pearl Mackie speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Doctor Who", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attri — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Pearl_Mackie_%2835878069300%29.jpg/1280px-Pearl_Mackie_%2835878069300%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/pearl-mackie