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name: "Richenda Carey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richenda-carey"
fi1m_id: "richenda-carey"
imdb_id: "nm0137028"
tmdb_id: 90764
wikidata_id: "Q7330402"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T14:54:37.283049+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."
---

# Richenda Carey

## Identity

Richenda Carey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richenda-carey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richenda-carey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0137028
- **TMDB ID:** 90764
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7330402
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richenda_Carey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7330402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90764

Actor. Born 9 April 1948 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1948, Bitton, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1982–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (1), 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 66 (2), 2010s 64 (1), 2020s 57 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 55 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $469m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richenda_Carey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7330402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90764

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Criminal Justice*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md) (85)

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## Biography

Richenda Carey is a British actress who has worked in film, television, stage and radio since the 1970s. Born in Bitton, Gloucestershire, she trained at Rose Bruford College.

Her early screen roles include appearances in Mike Leigh's Play for Today productions *Nuts in May* (1976) and *Who's Who* (1979). She played the Botany Teacher in the 1982 television film *P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang* and Lady Wickhammersley in *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990). Later credits include *Monarch of the Glen*, *Colonia* (2015) as Gisela, *Downton Abbey* (2019) as Mrs Webb, *The Protégé* (2021) and *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025).

Carey has appeared at the National Theatre in the original production of *The Madness of George III* (1991) and in West End productions including *Calendar Girls* (2009). She was married to actor Nigel Stock from 1979 until his death in 1986.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), Fi1m 57, as Coopers Chase Resident - Marjorie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *Downton Abbey* (2019), Fi1m 64, as Mrs Webb — [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md)
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), Fi1m 85, as Judge Ira — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md)
- *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), Fi1m 48, as Imperious Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider.md)
- *Spaced* (1999), Fi1m 86, as Clerk at Dog Pound — [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)
- *P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang* (1982), Fi1m 72, as Botany Teacher — [page](https://film.one/film/ptang-yang-kipperbang.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

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

- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), as Coopers Chase Resident - Marjorie — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *The Protégé* (2021), as Mother Lucia
- *Downton Abbey* (2019), as Mrs Webb — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-2019.md)
- *Agatha Raisin* (2016), series, as Olivia Witherspoon
- *Colonia* (2016), as Gisela
- *Residue* (2015), series, as Evangeline Diehl
- *Residue* (2015), as Evangeline Diehl
- *The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister* (2010), as Mrs Priestley
- *Desperate Romantics* (2009), series, Actor
- *Criminal Justice* (2008), series, as Judge Ira — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-justice.md)
- *Separate Lies* (2005), as Sarah Tufnell
- *Looking for Victoria* (2003), series, as Lady Wharncliffe
- *Crush* (2002), as Lady Governor
- *Hot Money* (2001), as Judge Lucinda Winchcombe
- *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), as Imperious Woman — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider.md)
- *Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings* (2000), as Various Characters
- *Five Seconds to Spare* (2000), as Police Officer
- *Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?* (2000), as Mary Blackcottage
- *Monarch of the Glen* (2000), series, as Lady Dorothy Trumpington-Bonnet
- *Spaced* (1999), series, as Clerk at Dog Pound — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)
- *dinnerladies* (1998), series, as Lady Pamela
- *Monk Dawson* (1998), as Lady Toynton
- *Mosley* (1998), as Lady Mosley
- *Photographing Fairies* (1997), as Fierce Woman
- *Mrs. Dalloway* (1997), as Lady Bradshaw
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Margaret Hopkins — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Jane Eyre* (1997), as Lady Ingram
- *Chalk* (1997), series, Actor
- *The Prince and the Pauper* (1996), series, as Lady Milford
- *The Choir* (1995), series, as Bridget Cavendish
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Pamela Erskine
- *Nostradamus* (1994), as Countess
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Jane Rule
- *Late-Flowering Lust* (1994), as Mrs Fairclough
- *The Darling Buds of May* (1991), series, as Lady Bluff-Gore
- *Waiting for God* (1990), series, as Greta Mueller
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), series, as Lady Wickhammersley
- *Strike It Rich* (1990), as Miss Bullen
- *Dealers* (1989), as Mallory's Secretary
- *Close to Home* (1989), series, as Mavis
- *Streetwise* (1989), series, as Mrs. Swithin
- *A Master of the Marionettes* (1989), as Ann
- *Across the Lake* (1988), as Betty Buckley
- *Lucky Sunil* (1988), as Mrs. Slipper
- *The Woman He Loved* (1988), as Maud Kerr-Smiley
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, as Ann
- *Hannay* (1988), series, Actor
- *Call Me Mister* (1986), series, Actor
- *The Insurance Man* (1986), as Tall Woman
- *Dear John* (1986), series, as Miss Culper
- *In Sickness and in Health* (1985), series, as Lady in Garden
- *Lace 2* (1985), as Mrs. Hale
- *C.A.T.S. Eyes* (1985), series, Actor
- *Florence Nightingale* (1985), as Committee Lady
- *Morons from Outer Space* (1985), as Countess Gretel
- *Cover Her Face* (1985), series, as Miss Bullard
- *Lace* (1984), series, as Mrs. Hale
- *Just Good Friends* (1983), series, as Hilary Styles
- *P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang* (1982), as Botany Teacher — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/ptang-yang-kipperbang.md)
- *A Shocking Accident* (1982), as Susan
- *Don't Be Silly* (1979), as Liz Charter
- *Who's Who* (1979), as Lady Crouchurst
- *Nuts in May* (1976), as Miss Beale
- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), series, as Head Nurse — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)

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