Saskia Reeves
Biography
Saskia Reeves is a British actress born on August 16, 1961, in Paddington, London, England, to a Dutch mother and an English father. She studied at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Early in her career, she performed in puppet shows and satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre. Reeves is known for her roles in the films Close My Eyes in 1991 and I.D. in 1995, as well as the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune. Throughout her career, she has worked with directors including Mike Leigh, Stephen Poliakoff, Michael Winterbottom, and Nicholas Hytner. Her television credits include Spooks and the Bodies finale, and her stage work includes productions at London's National and Royal Court Theatres.
Career overview
Saskia Reeves is a British actress born on August 16, 1961, in Paddington, London, England, to a Dutch mother and an English father. She studied at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Early in her career, she performed in puppet shows and in satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre. Over the course of her career, she has worked with directors including Mike Leigh, Stephen Poliakoff, Michael Winterbottom, and Nicholas Hytner.
Reeves is perhaps best known for her roles in the films Close My Eyes in 1991 and I.D. in 1995, as well as the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune. Her television credits also include Spooks and the Bodies finale. In addition to her film and television work, her stage credits feature productions at London's National and Royal Court Theatres.
Known for acting with a known credits count of eighty-one, Reeves maintains a professional profile within the film and television industry. Her background in London theater and collaborations with prominent filmmakers have contributed to a diverse career spanning stage, television, and film productions.
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- Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire (2026) as Narrator (voice)
- National Theatre at Home: End (2026) as Julie
- The Outrun (2024) as Annie
- Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game (2024) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me (2024)
- Shadows (2023) as Mother
- Slow Horses (2022) as Catherine Standish
- Creation Stories (2021) as Helen
- Roadkill (2020) as Helen Laurence
- Us (2020) as Connie Petersen
- Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Legendary Tapes (2020)
- National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2019) as Bushy / Green / Duchess of York
- Collateral (2018) as Deborah Clifford
- The Child in Time (2018) as Thelma Darke
- King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2017) as Kent
- Redemption Road (2017) as Mrs. Hales
- Our Kind of Traitor (2016) as Tamara
- The Prime Minister (2016) as President
- Wolf Hall (2015) as Johane Williamson
- The Program (2015) as Conference Director
- From There to Here (2014) as Claire
- Salting the Battlefield (2014) as Anthea Catcheside
- Canterbury Cathedral (2014) as Narrator
- Shetland (2013) as Freya Galdie
- Anna (2013) as Michelle Greene
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013) as Nurse
- Playhouse Presents (2012) as Teddy Brookman
- One Night (2012) as Sally
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Frances Compton
- Vera (2011) as Sarah Marsden
- Women in Love (2011) as Anna Brangwen
- Page Eight (2011) as Anthea Catcheside
- Luther (2010) as Rose Teller
- Canoe Man (2010) as Anne Darwin
- National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number (2010) as Ruth Minnen
- Red Riding (2009)
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009) as Mandy Wymer
- Fixer (2008)
- Me and Orson Welles (2008) as Barbara Luddy
- Lewis (2007) as Alison McLennan
- The Last Days of the Raj (2007) as Lady Mountbatten
- Afterlife (2005)
- The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005) as Louisa Doyle
- If... (2004) as Mary Alton
- The Tesseract (2004) as Rosa
- Island at War (2004) as Cassie Mahy
- A Line in the Sand (2004) as Meryl Rogers
- The Commander (2003) as Eileen Judd
- Suspicion (2003) as Julie Hopcroft
- Spooks (2002) as Sally
- Spooks (2002) as Sally Bernard
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002) as Eileen Edwards
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Dr. Laurie Poole
- Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) as Lady Jessica Atreides
- A Christmas Carol (1999) as Mrs. Cratchit
- L.A. Without a Map (1999) as Joy
- Heart (1999) as Maria Ann McCardle
- Faith (1998) as Anna
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Marcia Macintyre
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Summer Pitt
- Arthouse (1997) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Plotlands (1997) as Chloe Marsh
- A Very British Psycho (1997) as Narrator
- Different for Girls (1996) as Jean
- Butterfly Kiss (1995) as Miriam
- I.D. (1995) as Lynda
- The Perfect Match (1995) as Bridget
- Cruel Train (1995) as Selina Roberts
- A Summer Day's Dream (1994)
- Citizen Locke (1994) as Lady Marsham
- Traps (1994) as Louise Duffield
- The Bridge (1992) as Isobel Heatherington
- Performance (1991) as Irina Shestova
- Close My Eyes (1991) as Natalie Bryant
- Antonia and Jane (1990) as Antonia McGill
- December Bride (1990) as Sarah Gilmartin
- Children Crossing (1990) as Rosie
- Metamorphosis (1987) as Greta Samsa
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Antonia McGill
- Screen Two (1985) as Rosie
- Screen Two (1985) as Miriam
- A Woman of Substance (1985) as Edwina (uncredited)
- Lytton's Diary (1985) as Pretty Girl
- Last Day of Summer (1984) as Linda