Lesley Sharp: movies and TV shows
Lesley Sharp has 93 credits in the archive: 46 films and 47 TV series, from 1971 to 2025. Highest rated: Agatha Christie's Poirot (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1971 – 2025 · busiest year: 2009 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pillion | Peggy | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2025 | Bergerac | Monica | TV | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2024 | Red Eye | Director General Madeline Delaney | TV | 7.1 | 64 |
| 2024 | MH17: The Plane Crash That Shook The World | Narrator - (Voice) | Film | — | 64 |
| 2024 | Prime Suspect: Murder In Suburbia | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2023 | The Full Monty | Jean Horsefall | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2023 | Frank Bough: National Treasure, National Disgrace | Narrator | Film | — | 63 |
| 2022 | Catherine Called Birdy | Morwenna | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2022 | Art That Made Us | Self - Actrice (Scott & Bailey) | TV | 5.5 | 62 |
| 2021 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Rosalind | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2021 | Before We Die | Hannah Laing | TV | 5.0 | 61 |
| 2021 | Help | Gaynor | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2021 | Heaven Made | Narrator | TV | — | 61 |
| 2021 | National Theatre Live: Paradise | Philoctetes | Film | — | 61 |
| 2020 | Toxic Town: The Corby Poisonings | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 60 |
| 2019 | Brighton | Doreen | Film | 5.1 | 59 |
| 2019 | Inside the Bank of England | Narrator (Voice) | TV | — | 59 |
| 2018 | Dusty and Me | Lil Springfield | Film | — | 58 |
| 2018 | Spoon Fed | Ellie | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2017 | Three Girls | DC Margaret Oliver | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2017 | Living the Dream | Jen Pemberton | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 2017 | All That You Love Will Be Carried Away | Alice | Film | 8.3 | 57 |
| 2016 | Paranoid | Lucy Cannonbury | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2016 | Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 2015 | Capital | Mary | TV | 7.1 | 55 |
| 2015 | Peekaboo | Emily | Film | — | 55 |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: A Taste of Honey | Helen | Film | — | 54 |
| 2012 | Starlings | TV | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 2012 | Married to the Moonies | Narrator | Film | — | 52 |
| 2011 | Scott & Bailey | DC Janet Scott | TV | 7.3 | 51 |
| 2011 | The Shadow Line | TV | 7.6 | 51 | |
| 2011 | Shirley | Eliza Bassey | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2010 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | Hetty | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 2009 | Moving On | Sylvie | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 2009 | Angela and Friends | TV | 5.0 | 49 | |
| 2009 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Petronella Van Daan | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2009 | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Self | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Joan Hunter | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 2009 | In Passing | Fay Travers | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2009 | Keep It In The Family | TV | — | 49 | |
| 2008 | Inkheart | Mortola | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2008 | The Children | Anne | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2007 | Cranford | Mrs Bell | TV | 8.1 | 47 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Sky Silvestry | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 2005 | Afterlife | Alison Mundy | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2005 | Monkey Trousers | TV | 7.5 | 45 | |
| 2005 | Planespotting | Lesley Coppin | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 2005 | Born With Two Mothers | Laura Mayfield | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 2005 | Our Hidden Lives | Edie Rutherford | Film | 4.5 | 45 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Jessie Barnes | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 2004 | Carrie's War | Louisa Evans, aka 'Aunty Lou' | Film | 7.7 | 44 |
| 2003 | Cheeky | Kath | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Judith Roach | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Judith Roach | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 2003 | Carla | Helen North | Film | 4.3 | 43 |
| 2003 | Paul Gascoigne "Gazza" in China | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 43 |
| 2001 | From Hell | Kate Eddowes | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 2001 | Bob & Rose | Rose Cooper | TV | 5.7 | 41 |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Glorfinoid (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 2000 | Clocking Off | Trudy Graham | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 2000 | Nature Boy | Martha | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1999 | Daylight Robbery | Carol Murphy | TV | 8.7 | 39 |
| 1999 | Great Expectations | Mrs Joe | TV | — | 39 |
| 1999 | Great Expectations | Mrs. Joe | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1998 | Playing the Field | Theresa Mullen | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1997 | The Full Monty | Jean Horsefall | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1996 | The Moonstone | Rosanna Spearman | Film | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1995 | Priest | Mrs. Unsworth | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1994 | Common As Muck | Christine Stranks | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1994 | Dandelion Dead | Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies | TV | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1994 | Speaking In Tongues | Susan | Film | — | 34 |
| 1994 | Syrup | Ms. James | Film | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1993 | Naked | Louise | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1993 | Frank Stubbs Promotes | Petra Dillon | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1993 | Nights | TV | — | 33 | |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | Anne Sutherland | TV | 7.8 | 31 |
| 1991 | Performance | Angie | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1991 | Close My Eyes | Jessica | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1991 | Top Girls | Dull Gret / Angie | Film | — | 31 |
| 1990 | Wedded | Woman | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1990 | Night Voice | Marion Parkin | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Miss Martindale | TV | 8.2 | 29 |
| 1989 | The Rachel Papers | Jenny | Film | 5.1 | 29 |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self | TV | 5.2 | 28 |
| 1988 | The Love Child | Bernadette | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1987 | Rita, Sue and Bob Too | Michelle | Film | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1987 | Road | Valerie | Film | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Valerie | TV | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Marion Parkin | TV | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Woman | TV | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Mrs. Unsworth | TV | 7.1 | 25 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Hetty | TV | 7.4 | 11 |