British actress and stage director, the daughter of Hugh and Hilda Bannerman (née Diamond). Celia Bannerman studied her craft at the London Drama Centre and made her theatrical debut as Juliet in a 1965 production of Romanoff and Juliet. The following year, she appeared as Dolly in Shaw's 'You Never Can Tell' at London's Haymarket Theatre. From the mid-70s, she acted with the RSC (as recently as 2023, she appeared as Phoebe in 'As You Like It'). In 1978, Bannerman became Staff Director at Olivier's Royal National Theatre. Between 1981 and 1983, she held the position of Associate Director of the Bristol Old Vic. Bannerman began acting on screen in 1965. Her notable roles in that medium have included Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (1967), Lady Diana Russell in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), Rachel Paterson in The Tamarind Seed (1974) and Celia in As You Like It (1992). She has been associated with Christine Edzard and Sands Films since 1983, starting with her title role as a kindly Victorian nursery maid in Biddy (1983). Bannerman later acted in the Sands productions Little Dorrit (1987) and The Land Girls (1998), in addition to serving as casting director for Little Dorrit, The Fool (1990), As You Like It and A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992). Bannerman has worked as a Children's Acting Coach for the BBC and as acting/dialogue coach for children on the motion pictures Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Two Brothers (2004) (both directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud) and Nanny McPhee (2005). For Warner Brothers, she worked as acting coach, as wells as on the casting of the first Harry Potter film and on Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Bannerman has also tutored at prominent acting institutions, including R.A.D.A., The Drama Centre and the Guildford School of Acting.
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 4, 1944 (82)
- Abingdon, Berkshire, England, UK
- Actor and producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Celia Bannerman's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Celia in As You Like It (1992)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Celia Bannerman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Celia Bannerman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
The Man with the Plan(2026)
Bad Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Land Girls(1998)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
After the Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
As You Like It(1992)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Fool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
No Further Cause for Concern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Little Dorrit(1987)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all filmsBiddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Shades of Greene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Ten from the Twenties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Affairs of the Heart(1974)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Tamarind Seed(1974)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all filmsThe Importance of Being Earnest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
The Folk Singer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all showsW. Somerset Maugham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Pride and Prejudice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The World of Wodehouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Object Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Career shape
Star power in the 45th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles from 1956 to 2026; peak year 1974.
Biggest box office
The Land Girls (1998)
Highest rated
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992)
Most popular right now
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
Film career
Peak 1974 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1974Screen debut· The Tamarind Seed
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Celia Bannerman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of the 5 of 6 with a score; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Celia Bannerman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Celia Bannerman's MovieCove titles; Roger Hammond shares the most, 2.
- Roger HammondShared titles: A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992), As You Like It (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Hammond
- Michel SanvoisinShared titles: A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992), As You Like It (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Michel Sanvoisin