---
name: "Samantha Spiro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samantha-spiro"
fi1m_id: "samantha-spiro"
imdb_id: "nm0819087"
tmdb_id: 122535
wikidata_id: "Q7408738"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 June 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T03:32:18.912105+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."
---

# Samantha Spiro

## Identity

Samantha Spiro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samantha-spiro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samantha-spiro
- **IMDb ID:** nm0819087
- **TMDB ID:** 122535
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7408738
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Spiro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7408738, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122535

Actor. Born 20 June 1968 in Mill Hill, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 June 1968, Mill Hill, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 74 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Fantasy 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $52m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Spiro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7408738, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122535

## Coming up

- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (2027-02-10), as Beaver (voice)
- *The Beatles: Ringo* (2028-04-05), as Gracie

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hoard*](https://film.one/film/hoard.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Samantha Spiro is an English actress and singer. She was born on 20 June 1968 in Mill Hill, London, and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

She is known for her stage work, including playing Barbara Windsor in the play *Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick* (1998) and its television adaptations *Cor, Blimey!* (2000) and *Babs* (2017). On screen she has appeared as Melessa Tarly in *Game of Thrones* (2016), Josie Clark in *Me Before You* (2016), Maureen Groff in *Sex Education* (2019–2023), Esther Rantzen in *One Life* (2023) and Michelle in *Hoard* (2024). She has won two Laurence Olivier Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, oak1.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Hard Truths* (2024), Fi1m 84, as Nicole — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md)
- *Hoard* (2024), Fi1m 75, as Michelle — [page](https://film.one/film/hoard.md)
- *One Life* (2023), Fi1m 64, as Esther Rantzen — [page](https://film.one/film/one-life.md)
- *Sex Education* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Maureen Groff — [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *London Spy* (2015), Fi1m 70, as Detective Taylor — [page](https://film.one/tv/london-spy.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *The Beatles: Ringo* (2028), as Gracie
- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (2027), as Beaver (voice)
- *Scope* (2025), as Fiona
- *Missing You* (2025), series, as Nurse Sally
- *Hard Truths* (2024), as Nicole — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md)
- *Only Child* (2024), series, as Lydia Bartlett
- *Hoard* (2024), as Michelle — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/hoard.md)
- *One Life* (2023), as Esther Rantzen — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/one-life.md)
- *Still Up* (2023), series, as Christine
- *Beyond Paradise* (2023), series, as Yvonne Wiley
- *The Other Half* (2022), series, as Penny
- *Where Is Anne Frank* (2021), as Edith Frank (voice)
- *Ragdoll* (2021), series, as Joy Massey
- *The Larkins* (2021), series, as Bertha
- *Ridley Road* (2021), series, as Liza Epstein
- *Pops* (2021), as Roz Jacobs
- *Semi-Detached* (2020), series, as Kate
- *Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim* (2020), Actor
- *A Battle in Waterloo* (2019), as Mary
- *Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans* (2019), as Mrs Felix
- *Sex Education* (2019), series, as Maureen Groff — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *Agatha and the Truth of Murder* (2018), as Pamela
- *Lady Windermere's Fan* (2018), as Mrs Erlynne
- *Grandpa's Great Escape* (2018), as Patricia
- *Porters* (2017), series, as Rebecca
- *Babs* (2017), as Babs
- *Carnage: Swallowing the Past* (2017), as Edith Paper
- *Me Before You* (2016), as Josie Clark
- *Tracey Ullman's Show* (2016), series, as Birgit
- *London Spy* (2015), series, as Detective Taylor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/london-spy.md)
- *Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2014), as Lady Macbeth
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Sue — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Taming of the Shrew* (2013), as Katherina
- *Psychobitches* (2013), series, as Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus, Liz Taylor / Golda Meir, Barbara Castle, Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria, Jessica Mitford / Betty, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball / Janet Leigh / Amelia Earhart, Barbara Stanwyck, Gracie Fields
- *Plebs* (2013), series, as Sylvia
- *Panto!* (2012), as Di
- *Bad Education* (2012), series, as Pro Green, Professor Green
- *A Running Jump* (2012), as Debbie
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as Mary Whitehouse / Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus, Liz Taylor / Golda Meir, Barbara Castle, Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Grace Calthorpe — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Belinda Rayford — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Melessa Tarly — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Grandma's House* (2010), series, as Auntie Liz
- *After You've Gone* (2007), series, as Ann Venables
- *Not Going Out* (2006), series, as Bigoted Woman
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Hazran — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Doc Martin* (2004), series, as Tina Collins
- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as DI Vivien Friend
- *Tomorrow La Scala!* (2002), as Jayney (Mrs. Lovett)
- *Sir Gawain and the Green Knight* (2002), as Red Lady (voice)
- *Double Income, No Kids Yet* (2001), series, as Katie
- *From Hell* (2001), as Martha Tabram
- *Coupling* (2000), series, as Jeffina
- *Cor, Blimey!* (2000), as Barbara Windsor
- *Guru in Seven* (1998), as Sharon
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Phyllis Cuttle — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Beyond Bedlam* (1994), as WPC Foster
- *Something Else*, as Judith
- *Bill's Included*, series, as Siobhan

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