---
name: "Vivienne Soan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vivienne-soan"
fi1m_id: "vivienne-soan"
imdb_id: "nm1581659"
tmdb_id: 1244432
wikidata_id: "Q112893294"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T20:22:02.918664+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."
---

# Vivienne Soan

## Identity

Vivienne Soan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vivienne-soan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vivienne-soan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1581659
- **TMDB ID:** 1244432
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112893294
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112893294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1581659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244432

Actor. Born 1 January 1955 in Llandrindod Wells, Wales, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, Llandrindod Wells, Wales, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $176m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112893294, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1581659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244432

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*His House*](https://film.one/film/his-house.md) (79)

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## Biography

Vivienne Soan is a British actress. She was born in Llandrindod Wells, Wales, in 1955 and graduated in drama from Goldsmiths College in 1977.

Her screen credits include the role of Neighbour in *His House* (2020), as well as appearances in *Poor Things* (2023) as Duchess, *Brian and Charles* (2022) as Toffee Apple Woman, *Sliding Doors* (1998) as Nurse, and *Gunpowder* (2017) as Mary Sparrow. She has also appeared in television series including *A Good Girl's Guide to Murder* (2024) as Mrs. Penton and episodes of *Casualty*.

Soan is married to comic performer Martin Soan.

*Sources: imdb.com, elcinema.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Poor Things* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Duchess — [page](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md)
- *His House* (2020), Fi1m 79, as Neighbour — [page](https://film.one/film/his-house.md)
- *Sliding Doors* (1998), Fi1m 63, as Nurse — [page](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *A Good Girl's Guide to Murder* (2024), series, as Mrs. Penton
- *Poor Things* (2023), as Duchess — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md)
- *Jeremy: A Nightmare* (2023), as Creepy cleaner / Dead mum
- *Somewhere Boy* (2022), series, as Mary
- *Don't Hug Me I'm Scared* (2022), series, as Lesley
- *Brian and Charles* (2022), as Toffee Apple Woman
- *Then Barbara Met Alan* (2022), as Nora
- *23 Walks* (2020), as Hospital Chaplain
- *His House* (2020), as Neighbour — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/his-house.md)
- *Gunpowder* (2017), series, as Mary Sparrow
- *Doctors and Nurses* (2004), series, as Fishing Lady
- *Beast* (2000), series, as Tortoise Owner
- *Sliding Doors* (1998), as Nurse — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Gwen Metcalfe

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