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Denise Gough

Denise Gough

Actor · Born February 28, 1980 (46) · Ennis, County Clare, Ireland

BAFTA Award nominee

Denise Gough (/ˈɡɒfˈ/ GOF; born 28 February 1980) is an Irish actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in the BBC Two crime drama Paula (2017), the ITV miniseries Too Close (2021), and the Disney+ series Andor (2022–2025). Her films include Colette (2018), The Other Lamb (2019), Monday (2020), and Martyrs Lane (2021). She has received a number of accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as a nominations for a Tony Award and a British Academy Television Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denise Gough, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 28, 1980 (46)
From
Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Works as
Actor
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 13% in 30 days

What are Denise Gough's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography 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
20%
Self
20%
Survival
18%
Morality
16%
Power
14%
Society
9%
Ideas
3%
Identity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 9 · Intense 1

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

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 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Herald: 3 of 11 analyzed roles.

Herald
3 of 11
Hero
2 of 11
Mentor
2 of 11
Ally
2 of 11
Shadow
1 of 11
Shapeshifter
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Dread
8
Melancholic
8
Hopeful
4
Contemplative
4
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

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 Denise Gough's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Denise Gough'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

44 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page.

  • Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Call Me Queen(2026)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • H Is for Hawk(2025)

    as Christina

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Stolen Girl(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · as Elisa Blix

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Emma

  • Who Is Erin Carter?(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · as Lena

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Andor(2022)

    Show 24 episodes · as Dedra Meero

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Dedra Meero (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Fireworks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Ellie Sherberg

  • Martyrs Lane(2021)

    as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Under the Banner of Heaven(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · as Dianna Lafferty

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Monday(2020)

    as Chloe

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Too Close (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · as Connie Mortensen

  • The Good Traitor(2020)

    as Charlotte Kauffmann

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Narrator

  • A Separate Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Doctor

  • The Other Lamb(2019)

    as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Kid Who Would Be King(2019)

    as Mrs. Elliot

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • A Dark Place(2018)

    as Linda Connolly

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Colette(2018)

    as Missy

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Juliet, Naked(2018)

    as Gina

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Harper Pitt/The Angel Africanii

  • National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Harper Pitt/Martin Heller

  • NADIA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Lisa Phillips

  • Paula(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Paula

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Guerrilla(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as Fallon

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Celia Benham · as Nina

  • Further Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Voice Over 1

  • Cuffs(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · as Orla MacDermott

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • '71(2014)

    as Lillian Hughes

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Jimmy's Hall(2014)

    as Tess

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Duchess of Malfi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Julia

  • The Musketeers(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Suzette

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • What Remains(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · as Liz Fletcher

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Fall(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dr. Walden

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Complicit(2013)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Waxwing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Mum

  • Titanic: Blood and Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 11 episodes · as Emily Hill

  • Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Marcia

  • Robin Hood(2010)

    as Village Mother

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Kid(2010)

    as Patsy

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Michelle

  • Waking the Dead(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Kathleen

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Chain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 44 titles, 42 of them dated from 2001 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

$32M worldwide

Highest rated

Andor (2022)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
20012026

Peak 2019 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. 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.

  • 2010Screen debut· The Kid
  • 2018Breakout· Colette
  • 2018Career best· Colette
  • 2022Career best· Andor

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting44 of 44: 44 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score65th

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s24 · acting2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
1020

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; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2022, Leading Actress.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Denise Gough's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Call Me Queen (2026)

79th percentile spread · 11% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Andor (2022)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 50. 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 Denise Gough's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles6–67 · median 51 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles12–67 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles29–74 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles7–50 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles6–65 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Denise Gough work with?

People who share at least 2 of Denise Gough's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Norman Merry shares the most, 3.

Actors

Producers