---
name: "Tanya Moodie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tanya-moodie"
fi1m_id: "tanya-moodie"
imdb_id: "nm0600439"
tmdb_id: 31427
wikidata_id: "Q16832265"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 April 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T12:39:54.222858+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."
---

# Tanya Moodie

## Identity

Tanya Moodie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tanya-moodie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tanya-moodie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0600439
- **TMDB ID:** 31427
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16832265
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Moodie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16832265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31427

Actor. Born 16 April 1972 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 April 1972, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 67 (3), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 69 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Mystery 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,086m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Moodie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16832265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31427

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Change*](https://film.one/tv/the-change.md) (78), [*Motherland*](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girlfriend*](https://film.one/tv/the-girlfriend.md) (78)
- **AMC+:** [*Sherlock*](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Tanya Moodie is a British-Canadian actor. She was born on 16 April 1972 in Ottawa, Ontario, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after moving to England at the age of 17.

Moodie has an extensive stage career with credits including productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre. On screen she is known for playing Meg in the BBC series *Motherland* (2019–2022), Ella in *Sherlock* (2010–2017), Joy in *The Change* (2023–2025) and Isabella Russell-Bailey in *The Girlfriend* (2025). Other television roles include appearances in *Silo*, *The Sandman* and *A Discovery of Witches*.

She received the Royal Television Society Breakthrough Award in 2020 for her performance in *Motherland*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, metacritic.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Girlfriend* (2025), Fi1m 78, as Isabella Russell-Bailey — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-girlfriend.md)
- *The Change* (2023), Fi1m 78, as Joy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-change.md)
- *Empire of Light* (2022), Fi1m 54, as Delia — [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-light.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Fi1m 50, as General Parnadee — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Motherland* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Meg — [page](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), Fi1m 78, as Ella — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *The Girlfriend* (2025), series, as Isabella Russell-Bailey — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-girlfriend.md)
- *Hostages* (2025), as Rochelle
- *Patience* (2025), series, as Jessica Shaw
- *Dune: Prophecy* (2024), series, as Anirul (voice)
- *JOY* (2024), as Muriel
- *The Change* (2023), series, as Joy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-change.md)
- *Silo* (2023), series, as Judge Meadows (uncredited), Judge Meadows — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/silo.md)
- *Motherland: Last Christmas* (2022), as Meg
- *Empire of Light* (2022), as Delia — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-light.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), series, as Gundabale Earthauler
- *The Sandman* (2022), series, as Night
- *The Pentaverate* (2022), series, as Mrs Snee
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (2022), series, as Portia
- *National Theatre Live: Trouble in Mind* (2021), as Wiletta Mayer
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), as General Parnadee — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Get Real Dude* (2019), Actor
- *The Mallorca Files* (2019), series, as Abbey Palmer
- *The Feed* (2019), series, as Sue Cole
- *Good Omens* (2019), series, as God
- *Care* (2018), as Nurse Jamaal
- *A Discovery of Witches* (2018), series, as Agatha Wilson
- *Motherland* (2017), series, as Meg — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md)
- *Absentia* (2017), series, as Lt. Diane Campbell
- *Tin Star* (2017), series, as Catherine McKenzie
- *RSC Live: Hamlet* (2016), as Gertrude
- *Legacy* (2015), as Estelle
- *Dicte* (2013), series, as Grace, Grace Tolou Aboka
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as J-LO (voice)
- *The Body Farm* (2011), series, as Margot
- *Sherlock* (2010), series, as Ella — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Felicity Prior
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Layla — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Rabbit Fever* (2006), as Kate Hopwell
- *The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish* (2005), as Guam Ravillion
- *Archangel* (2005), series, as Velma
- *Sea of Souls* (2004), series, as Alisha
- *Promoted to Glory* (2003), as Clem
- *The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story* (2003), as Guam Ravillion
- *Dr Willoughby* (1999), series, as Geraldine
- *Boyz Unlimited* (1999), series, as Carolyn Monroe
- *Maisie Raine* (1998), series, as Patricia
- *A Respectable Trade* (1998), series, as Rachel
- *Neverwhere* (1996), series, as Hunter
- *The Final Passage* (1996), as Beverley
- *The Queen's Nose* (1995), series, as Adult Sophie
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, as DC Lorna Greaves — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)

## Gallery

- ![Empire Of Light - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Wednesday 12th October 2022](https://film.one/media/person/40275/gallery-376b3cdf7be2.jpg) Empire Of Light - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Wednesday 12th October 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/EmpireOfLightBFI121022_%2821_of_33%29_%2852447791591%29.jpg/1280px-EmpireOfLightBFI121022_%2821_of_33%29_%2852447791591%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Empire Of Light - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Wednesday 12th October 2022](https://film.one/media/person/40275/gallery-4fd19728078c.jpg) Empire Of Light - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall - Wednesday 12th October 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/EmpireOfLightBFI121022_%2822_of_33%29_%2852448304293%29.jpg/1280px-EmpireOfLightBFI121022_%2822_of_33%29_%2852448304293%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tanya Moodie - Empire Of Light - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/40275/gallery-ca8cc1cae2b4.jpg) Tanya Moodie - Empire Of Light - BFI LFF Gala - Royal Festival Hall (2022) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/EmpireOfLightBFI121022_%2822_of_33%29_%2852448304293%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-EmpireOfLightBFI121022_%2822_of_33%29_%2852448304293%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tanya Moodie](https://film.one/media/person/40275/gallery-20357355d1d5.jpg) Tanya Moodie — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/EmpireOfLightBFI121022_%2822_of_33%29_%2852448304293%29_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tanya Moodie](https://film.one/media/person/40275/gallery-b2d24af21d10.jpg) Tanya Moodie — Image via TMDB
- ![Tanya Moodie](https://film.one/media/person/40275/gallery-744061a8cfe6.jpg) Tanya Moodie — Image via TMDB

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