Cast & creator
Eleanor Matsuura
Best known for The Walking Dead, Doctor Who, Shetland
Eleanor Matsuura is a Japanese-born British actress. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, but raised in London, England; she is half-Japanese and half-English. She is best known for her roles as Yumiko in The Walking Dead, Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia, and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2004. She worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle, as well as British films. She appeared as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Also known as: Eleanor Matsuraa, النور ماتسورا
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film credits
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television credits
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2000–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (51)
Showing 51 of 51 credits
The Walking Dead
Yumiko Okumura
2010
Doctor Who
Jo Nakashima
2005
Shetland
DI Jessie Cole
2013
The Day of the Jackal
Zina Jansone
2024
Sherlock
DI Hopkins
2010
New Tricks
Tiffany Hayes
2004
Hustle
Receptionist
2004
Law & Order: UK
Sophie Cohen
2009
Wonder Woman
Epione
2017
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Epone
2021
Justice League
Epione (uncredited)
2017
Silk
Elizabeth Forester
2011
Extras
Producer's Wife
2005
My Family
Docteur
2000
Utopia
Bev
2013
Twenty Twelve
Doctor
2011
Feel Good
Donna Ridley
2020
Juliet, Naked
Cat
2018
Jay Kelly
Dresser
2025
Vexed
Emma
2010
Cuffs
PC Donna Prager
2015
After You've Gone
Miss Murray
2007
The Fades
Vicky
2011
The One and Only Ivan
Candace Taylor
2020
The Lady in the Van
American Journalist
2015
Spooks: The Greater Good
Hannah Santo
2015
Residue
Angela Rossi
2015
Party Animals
2007
I Used to Be Famous
Amber
2022
The Old Guys
Marianne
2009
FM
Jess
2009
Breaking and Entering
Ruby
2006
The Royal Bodyguard
Dana
2011
Hunter
DI Zoe Larson
2009
Lost in London
Laura, Woody's wife
2017
Dear Life
2026
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
TV Reporter
2013
The Love Punch
Michaela
2014
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
Rebecca
2016
A Very Social Secretary
Luz
2005
Red Top
Wendi Deng
2016
9/11: The Twin Towers
Operator #1
2006
Hacks
Ho Chi Mao Feast
2012
Burn Burn Burn
Pandora
2016
Blood Moon
Black Deer
2014
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hippolyta
2016
The Grind
Charlie
2012
Magicians
Waitress
2007
Residue
Angela Rossi
2015Keep Her Quiet
Janet Lin
After the Rain
Lian
2006