Siobhan Finneran
Biography
Siobhan Finneran is an English actress born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She made her screen debut in the 1987 independent film Rita, Sue and Bob Too. Finneran has worked consistently in television drama, including roles in Coronation Street, Clocking Off, and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. She originated the lead female role in the stage play On the Shore of the Wide World in 2005, for which she received the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Finneran is also known for her comedic performances, particularly as Janice Garvey in the ITV sitcom Benidorm from 2007 to 2015.
Career overview
Siobhan Finneran is an English actress who made her screen debut in the 1987 independent film Rita, Sue and Bob Too. She has since worked consistently in television drama, including roles in Coronation Street and Clocking Off. Finneran's stage work includes originating the lead female role in the stage play On the Shore of the Wide World in 2005, for which she received the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Finneran has also appeared in comedy performances, notably as Janice Garvey in the first seven series of ITV sitcom Benidorm from 2007 to 2015. Her later television roles include portraying a lawyer, although the specific show is not specified in the provided information.
Throughout her career, Finneran has accumulated a significant number of credits, with 66 known credits to her name. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, Finneran has established herself as a versatile actress with a range of experience in both television and stage productions.
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- Unchosen (2026) as Mrs Phillips
- Chatlines (2026)
- The Damned (2025) as Helga
- Dictator: The Hitler Interviews (2025) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Protection (2024) as DI Liz Nyles
- Inside No. 9: The Party's Over (2024) as Self
- Huggo (2024) as Julia
- The Reckoning (2023) as Beryl Hullighan
- Rapture (2023)
- Time (2021) as Marie-Louise O'Dell
- Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers (2021) as Self (Narrator)
- The Stranger (2020) as DS Johanna Griffin
- The Other One (2020) as Marilyn
- Alma's Not Normal (2020) as Lin
- The Yorkshire Jobcentre (2020) as Self - Narrator
- The Widow (2019) as Sally Newell
- A Confession (2019) as Elaine Pickford
- Forensics: The Real CSI (2019) as Narrator
- Pond Life (2019) as Kath Edlington
- Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives (2018) as Jen
- James Bulger: The New Revelations (2018) as Narrator
- Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday (2018) as Herself
- The Loch (2017) as DCI Lauren Quigley
- The Moorside (2017) as DC Christine Freeman
- Apostasy (2017) as Ivanna
- Having a Ball: The Making of Rita, Sue and Bob Too (2017)
- The Chillenden Murders (2017) as Self - Narrator (Voice)
- Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2016) as Jane
- Midwinter of the Spirit (2015) as Angela Purefoy
- Inside No. 9 (2014) as Edith
- Happy Valley (2014) as Clare Cartwright
- Nobody from Nowhere (2014) as Elizabeth Traven
- Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain (2014) as Narrator
- The Selfish Giant (2013) as Mrs. Swift
- The Syndicate (2012) as Mandy Atkinson
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Fleur Edwards
- Downton Abbey (2010) as Sarah O'Brien
- Unforgiven (2009) as Izzie Ingram
- Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday (2009) as Verity
- Boy A (2008) as Kelly
- Apparitions (2008) as Sister Ruth
- Benidorm (2007) as Janice Garvey
- Benidorm (2007) as Janice
- Comedy Showcase (2007) as Shirley
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006) as Beverley Clarke
- Johnny and the Bomb (2006) as Mrs. Bushell
- Doctor Who (2005) as Becka Savage
- Passer By (2004) as Helen Keyes
- Blue Murder (2003) as Anita Burgess
- The Royal (2003) as Rita Hogg
- Wire in the Blood (2002) as DI Jan Shields
- Timeshift (2002) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Blood Strangers (2002) as WPC Melanie Whitaker
- Sparkhouse (2002) as Sue Bolton
- The King and Us (2002) as Jenny
- Blood Strangers (2002) as WPC Melanie Whitaker
- Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002) as Kathleen Adanski
- Bob & Rose (2001) as Marina Marquess
- Clocking Off (2000) as Julie O'Neill
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) as Peggy Rainford
- Out of the Blue (1995) as Fran Paiton
- Resort to Murder (1995) as Lena
- Peak Practice (1993) as Caroline Royal
- Heartbeat (1992) as Janet
- Heartbeat (1992) as Tax Inspector
- Heartbeat (1992) as Gloria Brown
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) as Rita
- Casualty (1986) as Sue Stedding
- Casualty (1986) as Mel Riley
- The Stork as Gwenda