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Saskia Reeves

Saskia Reeves (born 1962) is a British actress perhaps best known for her roles in the films Close My Eyes (1991) and ID (1995), and the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune. Born and brought up in London to a Dutch mother and English father, Reeves studied at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has since worked with directors such as Mike Leigh, Stephen Poliakoff, Michael Winterbottom and Nicholas Hytner. Early in her career she performed in puppet shows and in satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre. Her television credits include Spooks and the Bodies finale. Her stage work includes productions at London's National and Royal Court Theatres as well as on international tour. In addition to her acting career, Reeves does voice work, including commercial and narration (book readings) for VocalPoint.net. In 2008, she starred in English Touring Theatre's revival of Athol Fugard's Hello and Goodbye at the Trafalgar Studios in London. In 2010 she starred as Anne Darwin, the wife of the famous disappearing canoeist John Darwin (played by Bernard Hill) in Canoe Man, a dramatisation of the John Darwin disappearance case for BBC4. and in the BBC1 series Luther. In 2011 Reeves played the matriarch, Anna Brangwen, in the first part of William Ivory's two-part adaptation of DH Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, first shown on BBC4. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saskia Reeves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​


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Born:
Jan 1, 1961 In London, England
Movie/TV Credits:
59
First Appeared:
In the movie Last Day of Summer 1984-06-07
Latest Project:
Movie The Outrun 2024-09-27
Known For
Poster of National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number
Poster of The Tesseract
Poster of A Very British Psycho
Filmography
Series Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game Self - Narrator 2024-05-08
Movie The Outrun Annie 2024-09-27
Movie Shadows Mother 2023-01-01
Movie Creation Stories Helen 2021-04-15
Series Us Connie Petersen 2020-09-20
Movie Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Legendary Tapes 2020-10-15
Movie National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second Bushy / Green / Duchess of York 2019-01-15
Movie The Child in Time Thelma Darke 2018-07-05
Series Collateral Deborah Clifford 2018-02-12
Series Redemption Road Mrs. Hales 2017-01-30
Movie King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe Kent 2017-09-21
Movie The Prime Minister President 2016-03-02
Movie Our Kind of Traitor Tamara 2016-05-05
Series Wolf Hall Johane Williamson 2015-01-21
Movie The Program Conference Director 2015-09-16
Movie Salting the Battlefield Anthea Catcheside 2014-03-27
Series From There to Here Claire 2014-05-22
Movie Anna Michelle Greene 2013-10-13
Movie Nymphomaniac: Vol. I Nurse 2013-12-25
Series One Night Sally 2012-03-26
Series Women in Love Anna Brangwen 2011-03-24
Series Vera Sarah Marsden 2011-05-01
Movie Page Eight Anthea Catcheside 2011-08-28
Series Luther DSU Rose Teller 2010-05-04
Movie Canoe Man Anne Darwin 2010-03-30
Movie National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number Ruth Minnen 2010-10-14
Movie Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 Mandy Wymer 2009-02-28
Series Fixer Unknown 2008-03-10
Movie Me and Orson Welles Barbara Luddy 2008-09-05
Movie The Last Days of the Raj Lady Mountbatten 2007-03-12
Series Afterlife Unknown 2005-09-24
Movie The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle Louisa Doyle 2005-09-08
Series Bodies Mary Dodd 2004-05-23
Movie A Line in the Sand Meryl Rogers 2004-12-02
Series Island at War Cassie Mahy 2004-07-11
Series The Commander Unknown 2003-02-16
Movie The Tesseract Rosa 2003-05-15
Series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Unknown 2002-04-08
Series Waking the Dead Unknown 2001-06-18
Series Frank Herbert's Dune Lady Jessica Atreides 2000-12-03
Movie Heart Maria Ann McCardle 1999-01-01
Movie L.A. Without a Map Joy 1999-02-26
Movie A Christmas Carol Mrs. Cratchit 1999-12-05
Movie A Very British Psycho Narrator 1997-01-01
Series Plotlands Chloe Marsh 1997-05-18
Movie Different for Girls Jean 1996-10-01
Movie I.D. Lynda 1995-05-05
Movie Butterfly Kiss Miriam 1995-08-18
Movie Citizen Locke Lady Marsham 1994-04-30
Movie A Summer Day's Dream 1994-11-26
Movie Traps Louise Duffield 1994-08-11
Movie The Bridge Isobel Heatherington 1992-01-10
Movie Close My Eyes Natalie Bryant 1991-11-22
Movie Children Crossing Rosie 1990-03-25
Movie Antonia and Jane Antonia McGill 1990-01-01
Movie December Bride Sarah Gilmartin 1990-05-17
Movie Metamorphosis Greta Samsa 1987-02-01
Series A Woman of Substance Edwina (uncredited) 1985-01-02
Movie Last Day of Summer Linda 1984-06-07