Biography
Anne Reid, MBE is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street; Jean in the sitcom dinnerladies; and her BAFTA-nominated role as Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Trouble with Jessica
2024
as Miranda
Sarah and Tom are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. Whe...

Wallace & Gromit The Classic Collection
2024
as Wendolene (voice)

SAS: Red Notice
2021
as Charlotte
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the tra...

The Nest
2020
as Rory's Mum
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After a...

The Aeronauts
2019
as Ethel Glaisher
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly h...

Romans
2017
Malky is a demolition worker whose life receives a seismic shock when, out drinking with friends at a local pub, he sees a disturbing figure from his ...

A Woman of No Importance
2017
as Lady Hunstanton
Olivier award-winner Eve Best (A Moon for the Misbegotten and Hedda Gabler) and BAFTA-nominated actress Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax) star in this...

Kaleidoscope
2017
as Aileen
A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.

The Snowman
2017
as Mrs. Bendiksen
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
as Self
Friends and fans pay tribute to a great comic talent in this celebration of the life and work of the hugely popular Victoria Wood, who died of cancer ...

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of Wendolene
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.

The Last Witch
2013
as Miranda
A young woman abruptly moves into an elderly lady's house. Strange things start to happen and soon it becomes clear witchcraft is involved.

Believe
2013
as Jean Busby
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who co...

Song for Marion
2012
as Brenda
Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional loca...

Foster
2011
as Diane
Some years after their son is killed in an accident, a married couple decide to adopt a child. One day a 7-year-old boy, Eli, unexpectedly arrives on ...

Cemetery Junction
2010
as Freddie's Gran
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class ...

Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection
2009
as Wendolene (Voice)
This is the complete collection of all four cracking half-hour specials featuring Aardman’s oscar-winning duo – charming and eccentric inventor Wallac...

Faintheart
2009
as Barbara
A romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, about an irresponsible guy who has to shape up in order to win back his wife.

Affinity
2008
as Mrs. Brink
A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the fe...
In Love with Barbara
2008
as Barbara Cartland
In Love with Barbara is a 2008 drama television film, inspired by the life of the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland, which tells the story of what ma...

Savage Grace
2007
as Nini Daly
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely so...

The Bad Mother's Handbook
2007
as Nancy Hesketh
Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and fut...

Hot Fuzz
2007
as Leslie Tiller
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006
as Grace
The gang return for their third adventure, this time on a trip to scatter Grace's mother's ashes on the Yorkshire Moors.

A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as Martha
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horr...

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005
as Grace Stringer
The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode th...

The Young Visiters
2003
as Mrs. Monticue
The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadverten...

The Mother
2003
as May
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

Love Actually
2003
as Headmistress (uncredited)
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in Londo...

The Booze Cruise
2003
as Grace
A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice (Brian Murphy) and Daniel (Ben Whishaw) - go on a boo...

The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001
as Wendolene (Voice)
A compilation of the first three Wallace & Gromit short films: "A Grand Day Out", "The Wrong Trousers", and "A Close Shave".

Liam
2001
as Mrs. Abernathy
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a...

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

Lost for Words
1999
as Gloria Brooks
Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her first...

Love and Death on Long Island
1998
as Maureen
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E....

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996
as Wendolene
Anthology of Aardman Animation short films released in theaters in 1996, centered on the new release of the third Wallace & Gromit short, "A Close Sha...

A Close Shave
1996
as Wendolene (voice)
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish ...

Pat and Margaret
1994
as Maeve
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, fo...

Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay
1992
as Muriel McKay
Muriel McKay was kidnapped from her home in Wimbledon on 29th December 1969 and her body was never found. The media was enlisted to try and help the p...

An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
as Mrs. Mozeley
Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually ...

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989
as Nurse Crane
The Doctor and Ace arrive at a secret military base during World War II, where an ancient evil from the Doctor's past prepares to make his final deadl...

Inappropriate Behaviour
1987
as Mrs Hawke
Jo teaches ‘difficult’ children—American style. Young Helen, one of her most rebellious pupils, teaches horse-riding—Cotswold style. Who is going to l...

The Mallens
1979
as Mathilda Bensham
Adaptation of the Mallen series of novels by Catherine Cookson.
One of the Boys
1978
as Alice
An evening's drinking by rugby players after a match gets out of hand.

Matchfit
1976
as Sheila Harding
A grumpy Scottish soccer boss meets a young fan in a TB sanatorium.

Edward G: Like the Filmstar
1973
as Eileen Morris
Edward G is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience.