Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilization. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible". Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1955 (71)
- Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
- Actor and writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Known for
What are Mary Beard's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heraldas Mary Beard in Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard (2024)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous3
- Cyclical2
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 Mary Beard's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Mary Beard'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
9 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Sultana's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Mary Beard's Forbidden Art (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Civilizations(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Julius Caesar Revealed(2018)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Caligula with Mary Beard(2013)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 2012 to 2024.
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 Mary Beard's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser6
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 Mary Beard work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mary Beard's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Bradley shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Hugo MacgregorShared titles: Caligula with Mary Beard (2013), Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Hugo Macgregor
Producers
- Richard BradleyShared titles: Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard (2024), Julius Caesar Revealed (2018), Caligula with Mary Beard (2013), Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Richard Bradley
- Caterina TurroniShared titles: Julius Caesar Revealed (2018), Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit (2016), Caligula with Mary Beard (2013), Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Caterina Turroni