2009 | Played Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent, opposite Emily Blunt, in "The Young Victoria" |
2007 | Played Aishwarya Rai's cellmate in "Provoked" |
2006 | Cast in Richard E. Grant's directorial debut, the autobiographical "Wah-Wah" |
2006 | Co-starred with Bill Nighy in BBC America's romantic drama "Gideon's Daughter" helmed by Stephen Poliakoff |
2004 | Portrayed Madame Giry in Andrew Lloyd Webber's screen adaptation of "The Phantom of the Opera" |
2004 | Portrayed Queen Mary in the BBC movie "Lost Prince"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress |
2002 | Co-starred in "The Hours" as Virginia Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell |
2002 | Appeared as a schizophrenic's mother in "Spider" |
2002 | Cast as the evil queen in ABC's live-action remake of "Snow White: The Fairest of Them All" |
2000 | Co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in the remake of "Get Carter" |
2000 | Provided a character voice for the animated feature "Chicken Run" |
1999 | Appeared in the short film "Blackadder Back and Forth"; premiered at the Millennial Dome in Greenwich |
1999 | Co-starred as Christina Ricci's stepmother in "Sleepy Hollow" |
1999 | Had supporting role in "The Big Brass Ring"; screened at festivals before premiering on Showtime |
1999 | Returned to the London stage co-starring with Glenne Headly in "Aunt Dan and Lemon" |
1999 | Played the Queen of Hearts in the NBC miniseries "Alice in Wonderland" |
1998 | Appeared as Queen Mab and the Lady of the Lake in the NBC miniseries "Merlin" |
1997 | Acted in the acclaimed British TV adaptation, "A Dance to the Music of Time" |
1997 | Had featured role in Robert Duvall's "The Apostle" |
1996 | Co-starred opposite Mike Nichols in the London stage production of Wallace Shawn's "The Designated Mourner" |
1996 | Had major roles in Robert Altman's "Kansas City" and Robert Harling's "The Evening Star" |
1994 | Made guest appearance on the British sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" as a overwrought new mother |
1994 | Co-starred in the HBO made-for-cable movie "Fatherland" |
1994 | Earned second Oscar nomination playing Vivienne Haigh-Wood, wife of poet T. S. Eliot in "Tom and Viv" |
1993 | Appeared in three episodes of the British series "The Comic Strip" |
1993 | Hosted NBC's "Saturday Night Live" (March 20) |
1992 | Earned first Oscar nomination playing the long-suffering wife of Jeremy Irons in Louis Malle's "Damage" |
1992 | Co-starred in hit film "The Crying Game", playing a tough IRA operative |
1991 | Reteamed with Mike Newell for "Enchanted April" (released in the USA in 1992) |
1990 | Played an aspiring actress who turns to pornography and prostitution in the stage play "Etta Jenks" |
1990 | Made first guest appearance on the British variety series "The Comic Strip" |
1989 | Played Nurse Fletcher-Brown in an episode of "Blackadder Goes Forth" |
1988 | Co-starred with Julian Wadham in "The Changeling" at the Royal National Theatre |
1988 | Reprised her role as Queen Elizabeth I in "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" (BBC) |
1987 | Appeared in "Sorrel & Son" (aired in the USA on PBS' "Masterpiece Theater") |
1987 | Returned to the London stage in Sam Shepard's "A Lie of the Mind", co-starring Will Patton and Geraldine McEwan |
1987 | First US feature film, Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" |
1986 | Acted in the British telefilm "After Pilkington" |
1986 | Played Queen Elizabeth I in the British comedy "Blackadder II" (BBC) |
1985 | Starred in David Mamet's "Edmond" on the British stage |
1985 | Breakthrough film role, Ruth Ellis in "Dance With a Stranger", directed by Mike Newell |
1984 | Film acting debut, "The Innocent" |
1984 | First collaboration with Mike Newell, the stage play "Life of Einstein" in Lancaster, England |
1984 | US TV debut in British-made miniseries, "A Woman of Substance |
1982 | Worked in repertory companies in England, acting in such plays as "All My Sons" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?" |
| Made British TV debut as a pregnant au pair in the comedy series, "Agony" |
1981 | Made her London West End debut at Queen's Theater in "Moving" |
1979 | Professional stage debut with the Manchester Library Theater |
| Studied to be a veterinary surgeon but dropped out to study acting |
| Raised in Southport, an English seaside town |
