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Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough

Actor and producer · Born November 20, 1981 (44) · Whitley Bay, Northumberland, UK

Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Oscar nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress. She made her film debut with a small part in Venus (2006), and has since appeared in more prominent roles in Brighton Rock (2010), W.E. (2011), Shadow Dancer (2012), Oblivion (2013), Birdman (2014), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Battle of the Sexes, The Death of Stalin (both 2017), Mandy, Nancy (both 2018), The Grudge, and Possessor (both 2020). For playing an alcoholic in To Leslie (2022), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Riseborough was nominated for a BAFTA TV for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the television film The Long Walk to Finchley (2008). She won critical acclaim for her performances in the Channel 4 miniseries The Devil's Whore (2008) and National Treasure (2016), as well as the BBC One miniseries The Witness for the Prosecution (2016). Her stage credits include Miss Julie, Measure for Measure (both 2006), and Anton Chekhov's Ivanov (2008). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrea Riseborough, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
November 20, 1981 (44)
From
Whitley Bay, Northumberland, UK
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 68 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 155 days to Oct 26Down 7% in 30 days

What are Andrea Riseborough's films like?

Across their 43 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Horror 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
Self
25%
Morality
21%
Bonds
18%
Survival
15%
Society
11%
Power
7%
Ideas
3%
Identity10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 37 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 7 · Serious 8 · Dark 22

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 21 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 7

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 17 · Intense 15

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

Steady 14 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 5

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

Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 4

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

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 7 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 7

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 5 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 20

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 16 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

34 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 11 of 34 analyzed roles.

Hero
11 of 34
Shapeshifter
7 of 34
Shadow
6 of 34
Ally
5 of 34
Mentor
2 of 34
Threshold guardian
1 of 34
Herald
1 of 34
Trickster
1 of 34
Show the 34 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
30
Melancholic
22
Dread
14
Contemplative
8
Absurd
6
Other
38

How their films linger

Thought-provoking19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic7
  • Ambiguous11

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 Andrea Riseborough's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Andrea Riseborough'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

68 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ebenezer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Ghost of Christmas Past

  • Heel(2025)

    as Kathryn

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Goodbye June(2025)

    as Molly

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Dragonfly(2025)

    as Colleen

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Lee(2023)

    as Audrey Withers

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • What Remains(2022)

    as Anna Rudbeck

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Regime(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Agnes

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Funny Birds(2024)

    as Laura

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Alice & Jack(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Alice Long

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Matilda: The Musical(2022)

    as Mrs. Wormwood

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Please Baby Please(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Suze

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • To Leslie(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Leslie

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Amsterdam(2022)

    as Beatrice Vandenheuvel

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • My Name Is Andrea(2022)

    as Lover

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Here Before(2021)

    as Laura

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Electrical Life of Louis Wain(2021)

    as Caroline Wain

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Luxor(2020)

    as Hana

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • A Heightened World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Possessor(2020)

    as Tasya Vos

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • ZeroZeroZero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Emma Lynwood

  • The Grudge(2019)

    as Detective Muldoon

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Kindness of Strangers(2019)

    as Alice

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Mandy(2018)

    as Mandy Bloom

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Burden(2018)

    as Judy

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Nancy(2018)

    Producer · as Nancy Freeman

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Waco(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Judy Schneider

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Death of Stalin(2017)

    as Svetlana Stalin

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Battle of the Sexes(2017)

    as Marilyn Barnett

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Shepherds and Butchers(2016)

    as Kathleen Marais

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Witness for the Prosecution(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Romaine Heilger

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Nocturnal Animals(2016)

    as Alessia

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Mindhorn(2016)

    as DC Elena Baines

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • National Treasure(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · as Danielle 'Dee' Finchley

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Hidden(2015)

    as Claire

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • That Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Stacey

  • Bloodline(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as Evangeline Radosevich

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014)

    as Laura

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Silent Storm(2014)

    as Aislin

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Disconnect(2012)

    as Nina Dunham

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Oblivion(2013)

    as Victoria

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to the Punch(2013)

    as Sarah Hawks

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Shadow Dancer(2012)

    as Colette McVeigh

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Black Mirror(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Mia Nolan

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Resistance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Sarah

  • W.E.(2011)

    as Wallis Simpson

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Made in Dagenham(2010)

    as Brenda

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Brighton Rock(2010)

    as Rose

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Never Let Me Go(2010)

    as Chrissie

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Mad Sad & Bad(2009)

    as Julia

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Mistress(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · as Angelica Fanshawe

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley(2008)

    as Margaret Thatcher

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Happy-Go-Lucky(2008)

    as Dawn

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Love You More (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Georgia

  • Magicians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Dani

  • Party Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 8 episodes · as Kirsty MacKenzie

  • The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Myra

  • Venus(2006)

    as Period Film Lover

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Whatever Love Means (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Anna Wallace

  • A Very Social Secretary(2005)

    as Amanda

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Doc Martin(2004)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • High End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Best of Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Molly

  • The Noise of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Nina Shostakovich

  • The Queen of Fashion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Isabella Blow

  • Traum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Zero K (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 68 titles, 61 of them dated from 2004 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Oblivion (2013)

$286M worldwide

Highest rated

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Midcredits 94th

Film career

MilestoneAward win
20042026

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 20 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 68: 61 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thProducing7 of 68: 1 only producing, 6 with another role

68 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

2000s12 · acting2010s29 · 29 acting · 1 crew2020s20 · 20 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 23% of 35 roles
06111621

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

a Screen Actors Guild Award and 1 other major award from 6 major nominations, 2009–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Lead Performance
  2. 2015
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  3. 2013
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
  4. 2011
    • Berlinale award, won
  5. 2009
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best 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 Andrea Riseborough's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 41; across their 37 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 37

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 37

Midcredits score across 50 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 50 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

My Name Is Andrea (2022)

97th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Midcredits 94th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles; fans 84, 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.

Is Andrea Riseborough's work okay for kids?

Across up to 28 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore23 titles15–85 · median 53 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity28 titles13–58 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity23 titles27–83 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs20 titles19–88 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense20 titles30–89 · median 50 · 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 Andrea Riseborough work with?

People who share at least 2 of Andrea Riseborough's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kate Winslet shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers