Siobhan Finneran
Acting
Born: Apr 27, 1966
From: Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Siobhan Margaret Finneran is an English television and film actress. She made her screen debut in the 1987 independent film Rita, Sue and Bob Too, and subsequently worked consistently in television drama including roles in Coronation Street (1989–1990), Clocking Off (2000–2002) and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006). In 2005, Finneran originated the lead female role in the stage play On the Shore of the Wide World and was awarded the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Also a comedy performer, Finneran appeared as Janice Garvey, a leading character in the first seven series of ITV sitcom Benidorm (2007–2015). Later television roles include portraying a lawyer in the mini-series Unforgiven (2009), an embittered servant in the first three series of the costume drama Downton Abbey (2010–2012) and a recovering addict in Happy Valley (2014–2023), for which she was nominated for the 2017 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. Later film credits include Mrs Swift in the 2013 film release The Selfish Giant, which earned her a British Independent Film Award nomination. Finneran is also a prolific television documentary narrator. Finneran was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, then in Lancashire, to Irish parents. She …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatlines | 2026 | — | |
| Unchosen | Mrs. Phillips | 2026 | — |
| The Damned | Helga | 2025 | 5.868 |
| Huggo | Julia | 2024 | — |
| Inside No. 9: The Party's Over | Self | 2024 | 6.2 |
| Rapture | 2023 | — | |
| Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers | Self (Narrator) | 2021 | 8.0 |
| Time TV | Marie-Louise O'Dell | 2021 | 7.6 |
| Alma's Not Normal TV | Lin | 2020 | 7.3 |
| Pond Life | Kath Edlington | 2019 | 6.4 |
| Forensics: The Real CSI TV | Narrator | 2019 | 7.5 |
| James Bulger: The New Revelations | Narrator | 2018 | — |
| Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday | Herself | 2018 | 8.0 |
| Apostasy | Ivanna | 2017 | 6.8 |
| Having a Ball: The Making of Rita, Sue and Bob Too | 2017 | — | |
| Broadcast Signal Intrusion | Jane | 2016 | 6.0 |
| Nobody from Nowhere | Elizabeth Traven | 2014 | 6.385 |
| Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain | Narrator | 2014 | — |
| The Selfish Giant | Mrs. Swift | 2013 | 7.247 |
| Downton Abbey TV | Sarah O'Brien | 2010 | 8.123 |
| Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday | Verity | 2009 | 5.8 |
| Boy A | Kelly | 2008 | 7.126 |
| Apparitions TV | Sister Ruth | 2008 | 7.2 |
| Benidorm TV | Janice Garvey | 2007 | 7.5 |
| The King and Us | Jenny | 2002 | 10.0 |
| Harold Shipman: Doctor Death | Kathleen Adanski | 2002 | 6.7 |
| Blood Strangers | WPC Melanie Whitaker | 2002 | 5.8 |
| Clocking Off TV | Julie O'Neill | 2000 | 7.6 |
| Rita, Sue and Bob Too | Rita | 1987 | 6.154 |
| The Stork | Gwenda | 10.0 | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1966 |
| From | Oldham, Lancashire, England, … |