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Zoë Wanamaker

Zoë Wanamaker

Actor · Born May 13, 1949 (77) · New York City, New York, USA

Zoë Wanamaker, CBE (born 13 May 1949) is an American-British actress. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company; in films, including the Harry Potter series; and in a number of television productions, including a long-time role as Susan Harper in the sitcom My Family. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Born
May 13, 1949 (77)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
37 on MovieCove · 93 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 20% in 30 days

What are Zoë Wanamaker's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
32%
Self
17%
Morality
16%
Power
15%
Survival
9%
Society
8%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 7
Threshold guardian
2 of 7
Mentor
1 of 7
Shadow
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
10
Tense
7
Warm
4
Dread
4
Romantic
3
Other
18

How their films linger

Feel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

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 Zoë Wanamaker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 37 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Zoë Wanamaker'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

93 credits, 37 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Bergerac(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Charlie Hungerford

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • Criminal Record(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Maureen

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Black Ops(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Celia Herrington

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • The Man Who Fell to Earth(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Watt

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • National Theatre Live: Constellations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Marianne

  • The Cleaner(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Lucille

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Professor T(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Zelda Radclyffe

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Shadow and Bone(2021)

    Show 12 episodes · as Baghra

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Worzel Gummidge(2019)

    Show 5 episodes · as Lady Bloomsbury Barton

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Manson: The Lost Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator

  • My Family and The Galapagos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

  • Killing Eve(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Helen Jacobson

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Britannia(2017)

    Show 27 episodes · as Queen Antedia

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Girlfriends(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Gail

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Babs(2017)

    as Joan Littlewood

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Inside No. 9(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Paula

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Captcha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Wodehouse in Exile(2013)

    as Ethel Wodehouse

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Mr Selfridge(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · as Princess Marie Wiasemsky de Bolotoff

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Playhouse Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as The Woman

  • Return to the Falklands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Narrator

  • Mary's Bottom Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 3 episodes · as Narrator

  • My Week with Marilyn(2011)

    as Paula Strasberg

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Ranyevskaya

  • All My Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Kate Keller

  • It's a Wonderful Afterlife(2010)

    as Mrs. Goldman

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Ochberg's Orphans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Narrator

  • The Old Curiosity Shop(2007)

    as Mrs. Jarley

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Johnny and the Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mrs. Tachyon

  • A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets(2005)

    as Countess of Pembroke

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Real Amityville Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Narrator

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Letitia Blacklock

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Five Children and It(2004)

    as Martha

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001)

    as Madam Hooch

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 6 episodes · as Tania Braithwaite

  • My Family(2000)

    Show 110 episodes · as Susan Harper

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Gormenghast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 3 episodes · as Clarice Groan

  • David Copperfield(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Miss Murdstone

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mary Muldoon

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Swept from the Sea(1997)

    as Mary Foster

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • A Dance to the Music of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 4 episodes · as Audrey Maclintick

  • Wilde(1997)

    as Ada Leverson 'Sphinx'

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Creatures Fantastic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 13 episodes · as Narrator

  • The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Mrs. Holroyd

  • Eilish: Life Without Katie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Narrator

  • The Blackheath Poisonings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 3 episodes · as Charlotte Collard

  • The Countess Alice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Connie

  • The Blackheath Poisonings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Charlotte Collard

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Lady Macbeth (voice)

  • Memento Mori (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Olive Mannering

  • Love Hurts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 30 episodes · as Tessa Piggott

  • Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs Holroyd

  • Prime Suspect(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as Moyra Henson

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Othello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Emilia

  • Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Sarah Marriot

  • Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jean Kennerly

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ariadne Oliver

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Dog It Was That Died(1989)

    as Bildebeck

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Raggedy Rawney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Elle

  • Inspector Morse(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Emma Pickford

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Paradise Postponed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 14 episodes · as Charlotte 'Charlie' Titmuss, née Fanner

  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Connie

  • Paradise Postponed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Charlotte Fanner

  • Edge of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · as Clementine · as Clemmy

  • Theatre Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Emilia

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Olive Mannering

  • Piaf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Toine

  • Natural World(1983)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Enemies of the State (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Zdena Tomin

  • Richard III(1983)

    as Lady Anne

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Inside the Third Reich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 2 episodes · as Annemarie Kempf

  • Baal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Sophie

  • Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Alina Pienkowska

  • Tales of the Unexpected(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Margaret Smythe

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The BBC Television Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Devil's Crown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Berengaria of Navarre

  • Danton's Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Lucille

  • A Christmas Carol(1977)

    as Belle

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The English Programme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Pearl Craigie

  • Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Pearl Craigie

  • Village Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Shirley Chatsfield

  • Between the Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Ada Abbott

  • Hitler: The Last Ten Days(1973)

    as Eva Braun's Handmaid (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Eagle Has Landed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Alice

  • Crown Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Joan Carmichael

  • Late Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Alice

  • Spy Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Muriel

  • Take Three Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Jackie

  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Lorna Green

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Dorinda · as Lucile Desmoulins

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 93 titles from 1965 to 2025; peak year 1997.

Biggest box office

Five Children and It (2004)

$5.1M worldwide

Highest rated

Poirot (1989)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

19652025

Peak 1997 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting93 of 93: 93 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

1960s3 · acting1970s15 · acting1980s19 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s12 · acting2010s19 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Zoë Wanamaker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 37 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 37 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

The Dog It Was That Died (1989)

68th percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Poirot (1989)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. 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.

Is Zoë Wanamaker's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 57 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Zoë Wanamaker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Zoë Wanamaker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles Dickens shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers