---
name: "Susan Vidler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-vidler"
fi1m_id: "susan-vidler"
imdb_id: "nm0896510"
tmdb_id: 1837
wikidata_id: "Q95738082"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T12:33:19.756942+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."
---

# Susan Vidler

## Identity

Susan Vidler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-vidler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-vidler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0896510
- **TMDB ID:** 1837
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95738082
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95738082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1837

Actor. Born 1 January 1972 in Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1993–2013
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2010s 62 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $74m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95738082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1837

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Naked*](https://film.one/film/naked.md) (84)

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## Biography

Susan Vidler is a Scottish actress. She trained at the Welsh College of Music and Drama and began her career in stage work, including the theatrical version of *Trainspotting*, in which she played Alison.

She is known for her film roles as Maggie in *Naked* (1993) and Allison in *Trainspotting* (1996). Her television credits include appearances in *Doctor Who* (2010), *Line of Duty* (2019), *Shetland* (2013–2014), *Hustle* (2004) and *The Coroner* (2016). She is married to actor Alastair Mackenzie.

*Sources: imdb.com, famousbirthdays.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Isobel Tulloch — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Trainspotting* (1996), Fi1m 88, as Allison — [page](https://film.one/film/trainspotting.md)
- *Naked* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Maggie — [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Stella* (2022), as Lady Rig
- *Stella* (2022), as Lady Rig
- *The Coroner* (2015), series, as Antonia Foxby
- *A House in Berlin* (2014), Actor
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Isobel Tulloch — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, as DSU Alison Powell — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Volume* (2012), as Angie
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Aunt Sharon — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *England Expects* (2004), Actor
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Naomi
- *Christine* (2004), as Christine Leyman
- *Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself* (2002), as Sophie
- *That Old One* (2002), Actor
- *Baby Blue* (2001), as Laura Wood
- *The Wedding Tackle* (2000), as Vinni
- *Love in the 21st Century* (1999), series, as Claire
- *Insomnia* (1999), Actor
- *The Jump* (1998), series, as Donna Brunos
- *The Woman In White* (1997), as Anne Catherick
- *The Woman In White* (1997), series, as Anne Catherick
- *Stone Cold* (1997), as Gail
- *Macbeth on the Estate* (1997), as Lady Macbeth
- *Flowers of the Forest* (1996), as Magda Lewis
- *Trainspotting* (1996), as Allison — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/trainspotting.md)
- *Cracker* (1993), series, as Sammy — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)
- *Naked* (1993), as Maggie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md)
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Lady Macbeth
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Pat Brennan, Lina — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

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