Filmography72 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jane Austen: Rise of a GeniusSeries | Self - Narrator | 69 |
| 2025 | King & ConquerorSeries | Emma | 69 |
| 2024 | RhodaMovie | Rhoda | 68 |
| 2024 | Mozart: Rise of a GeniusSeries | Self - Narrator | 68 |
| 2023 | Secret InvasionSeries | Maria Hill's Mum | 67 |
| 2023 | Shakespeare: Rise of a GeniusSeries | Narrator | 67 |
| 2022 | Remembers…Series | — | 66 |
| 2022 | The Man Who Fell to EarthSeries | Mary Lou Prescott | 66 |
| 2021 | Professor TSeries | Helena Goldberg | 65 |
| 2018 | Let Me GoMovie | Helga | 62 |
| 2017 | RivieraSeries | Cassandra Eltham | 61 |
| 2016 | DepartureMovie | Beatrice | 60 |
| 2015 | X CompanySeries | Major Marie Bellaire | 59 |
| 2015 | The Enfield HauntingSeries | Betty Grosse | 59 |
| 2014 | The LettersMovie | Mother Teresa | 58 |
| 2013 | AtlantisSeries | The Oracle | 57 |
| 2013 | DianaMovie | Sonia | 57 |
| 2013 | The VillageSeries | Clem Allingham | 57 |
| 2013 | Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of PutinMovie | Self- Narrator (voice) | 57 |
| 2012 | In Search of HaydnMovie | Narrator (voice) | 56 |
| 2011 | The HourSeries | Lady Elms | 55 |
| 2010 | AccusedSeries | Helen Ryland | 54 |
| 2009 | TriageMovie | Amy | 53 |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UKSeries | — | 53 |
| 2009 | In Search of BeethovenMovie | Narrator (voice) | 53 |
| 2009 | The Secret of MoonacreMovie | Miss Heliotrope | 53 |
| 2008 | 10 Days to WarSeries | Elizabeth Wilmshurst | 52 |
| 2007 | LewisSeries | Diana Ellerby | 51 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSeries | Self | 51 |
| 2007 | A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel DorfmanMovie | — | 51 |
| 2006 | InfamousMovie | Diana Vreeland | 50 |
| 2006 | Breaking and EnteringMovie | Rosemary | 50 |
| 2005 | Israel and the Arabs - Elusive PeaceSeries | Narrator (voice) | 49 |
| 2005 | Pierrepoint: The Last HangmanMovie | Annie Pierrepoint | 49 |
| 2005 | Red MercuryMovie | Sofia Warburton | 49 |
| 2005 | The Snow QueenMovie | Gerda's Mother | 49 |
| 2004 | Being JuliaMovie | Evie | 48 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries | Gwenda | 48 |
| 2003 | Mona Lisa SmileMovie | Amanda Armstrong | 47 |
| 2002 | Food of LoveMovie | Pamela Porterfield | 46 |
| 2002 | Nicholas NicklebyMovie | Mrs. Squeers | 46 |
| 2001 | The Search for John GissingMovie | Gwenyth Moore | 45 |
| 2001 | Christmas Carol: The MovieMovie | Mrs. Cratchit / Mother Gimlet (voice) | 45 |
| 2000 | The Beginning of the End of the AffairMovie | Readings (voice) | 44 |
| 1998 | Cider with RosieMovie | Annie Lee | 42 |
| 1997 | ArthouseSeries | Self - Narrator (voice) | 41 |
| 1997 | Evita: A Grave Without PeaceMovie | Narrator | 41 |
| 1997 | Stone, Scissors, PaperMovie | Jean | 41 |
| 1996 | EmmaMovie | Mrs. Elton | 40 |
| 1996 | Paris Was a WomanMovie | Narrator (voice) | 40 |
| 1995 | The Politician's WifeSeries | Flora Matlock | 39 |
| 1993 | The TrialMovie | Fraulein Burstner | 37 |
| 1993 | The Legends of Treasure IslandSeries | Jane (voice) | 37 |
| 1993 | The Secret RaptureMovie | Isobel Coleridge | 37 |
| 1992 | A Doll's HouseMovie | Nora Helmer | 36 |
| 1991 | PerformanceSeries | Nora Helmer | 35 |
| 1991 | Truly Madly DeeplyMovie | Nina | 35 |
| 1990 | The MarchMovie | Clare Fitzgerald | 34 |
| 1989 | 4 PlaySeries | Margaret | 33 |
| 1988 | StanleyMovie | Hilda Carline | 32 |
| 1988 | Out Of LoveMovie | Ruth | 32 |
| 1987 | DispatchesSeries | — | 31 |
| 1987 | Life StoryMovie | Rosalind Franklin | 31 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlaySeries | Ruth | 30 |
| 1986 | Theban Plays: Oedipus at ColonusMovie | Antigone | 30 |
| 1985 | Screen TwoSeries | Fräulein Bürstner | 29 |
| 1984 | FreudSeries | Elizabeth von Rietberg | 28 |
| 1983 | Natural WorldSeries | Narrator (voice) | 27 |
| 1979 | The MallensSeries | Barbara Bensham (née Mallen) | 23 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries | Thaisa | 22 |
| 0 | Each Coming NightMovie | Grandma | — |
| 0 | Black PalaceMovie | — | — |