Cast & creator
Samantha Spiro
Best known for Game of Thrones, Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who
Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress and singer. She played Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick and the television films Cor, Blimey! and Babs, D.I. Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, Melessa Tarly in the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Maureen Groff in Sex Education. She has won two Laurence Olivier Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Spiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
28
film credits
46
television credits
74
1994–2028 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (74)
Showing 74 of 74 credits
Game of Thrones
Melessa Tarly
2011
Midsomer Murders
Phyllis Cuttle
1997
Doctor Who
Hazran
2005
Call the Midwife
Grace Calthorpe
2012
Vera
Belinda Rayford
2011
Sex Education
Maureen Groff
2019
Not Going Out
Bigoted Woman
2006
Inside No. 9
Sue
2014
Doc Martin
Tina Collins
2004
Playhouse Presents
Mary Whitehouse / Judy Garland
2012Playhouse Presents
Audrey Hepburn
2012Playhouse Presents
Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus
2012Playhouse Presents
Liz Taylor / Golda Meir
2012Playhouse Presents
Barbara Castle
2012Playhouse Presents
Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria
2012
Beyond Paradise
Yvonne Wiley
2023
Me Before You
Josie Clark
2016
Missing You
Nurse Sally
2025
Bad Education
Pro Green
2012Bad Education
Professor Green
2012
Coupling
Jeffina
2000
Plebs
Sylvia
2013
Ragdoll
Joy Massey
2021
One Life
Esther Rantzen
2023
The Larkins
Bertha
2021
Still Up
Christine
2023
Psychobitches
Audrey Hepburn
2013Psychobitches
Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus
2013Psychobitches
Liz Taylor / Golda Meir
2013Psychobitches
Barbara Castle
2013Psychobitches
Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria
2013Psychobitches
Jessica Mitford / Betty
2013Psychobitches
Katharine Hepburn
2013Psychobitches
Lucille Ball / Janet Leigh / Amelia Earhart
2013Psychobitches
Barbara Stanwyck
2013Psychobitches
Gracie Fields
2013
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
Beaver (voice)
2027
London Spy
Detective Taylor
2015
Murder Investigation Team
DI Vivien Friend
2003
Porters
Rebecca
2017
From Hell
Martha Tabram
2001
After You've Gone
Ann Venables
2007
Semi-Detached
Kate
2020
Hard Truths
Nicole
2024
Tracey Ullman's Show
Birgit
2016
Where Is Anne Frank
Edith Frank (voice)
2021
Ridley Road
Liza Epstein
2021
Grandma's House
Auntie Liz
2010
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Pamela
2018
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Mrs Felix
2019
Double Income, No Kids Yet
Katie
2001
Only Child
Lydia Bartlett
2024
Bill's Included
Siobhan
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Edith Paper
2017
Babs
Babs
2017
Hoard
Michelle
2024
The Beatles: Ringo
Gracie
2028
Lady Windermere's Fan
Mrs Erlynne
2018
The Other Half
Penny
2022
Grandpa's Great Escape
Patricia
2018
A Battle in Waterloo
Mary
2019
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Red Lady (voice)
2002
Something Else
Judith
Tomorrow La Scala!
Jayney (Mrs. Lovett)
2002
Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2020
Taming of the Shrew
Katherina
2013
Pops
Roz Jacobs
2021
A Running Jump
Debbie
2012
Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Lady Macbeth
2014
Beyond Bedlam
WPC Foster
1994
Cor, Blimey!
Barbara Windsor
2000
Guru in Seven
Sharon
1998
Panto!
Di
2012
Scope
Fiona
2025