
Samantha Spiro
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1968-06-20 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Mill Hill, London, England, UK
Biography
Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress and singer. She played Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick and the television films Cor, Blimey! and Babs, D.I. Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, Melessa Tarly in the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Maureen Groff in Sex Education. She has won two Laurence Olivier Awards.
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Known For
TV Shows (30)

Game of Thrones
2011
as Melessa Tarly

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Phyllis Cuttle

Doctor Who
2005
as Hazran

Call the Midwife
2012
as Grace Calthorpe

Vera
2011
as Belinda Rayford

Sex Education
2019
as Maureen Groff

Doc Martin
2004
as Tina Collins

Inside No. 9
2014
as Sue

Not Going Out
2006
as Bigoted Woman

Beyond Paradise
2023
as Yvonne Wiley

Playhouse Presents
2012
as Mary Whitehouse / Judy Garland / Audrey Hepburn / Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus / Liz Taylor / Golda Meir / Barbara Castle / Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria

Coupling
2000
as Jeffina

Plebs
2013
as Sylvia

Missing You
2025
as Nurse Sally

Bad Education
2012
as Pro Green / Professor Green

London Spy
2015
as Detective Taylor

The Larkins
2021
as Bertha

Murder Investigation Team
2003
as DI Vivien Friend

Psychobitches
2013
as Audrey Hepburn / Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus / Liz Taylor / Golda Meir / Barbara Castle / Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria / Jessica Mitford / Betty / Katharine Hepburn / Lucille Ball / Janet Leigh / Amelia Earhart / Barbara Stanwyck / Gracie Fields

Still Up
2023
as Christine

Porters
2017
as Rebecca

Ragdoll
2021
as Joy Massey

After You've Gone
2007
as Ann Venables

Only Child
2024
as Lydia Bartlett

Semi-Detached
2020
as Kate

Tracey Ullman's Show
2016
as Birgit

Ridley Road
2021
as Liza Epstein

Grandma's House
2010
as Auntie Liz

The Other Half
2022
as Penny
Bill's Included
as Siobhan
Movies (28)

Me Before You
2016
as Josie Clark

From Hell
2001
as Martha Tabram

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
2027
as Beaver (voice)

One Life
2023
as Esther Rantzen

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
as Mrs Felix

Agatha and the Truth of Murder
2018
as Pamela

Hard Truths
2024
as Nicole

Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
as Edith Paper

Babs
2017
as Babs

The Beatles: Ringo
2028
as Gracie

Hoard
2024
as Michelle

Where Is Anne Frank
2021
as Edith Frank (voice)

Pops
2021
as Roz Jacobs

A Running Jump
2012
as Debbie

A Battle in Waterloo
2019
as Mary

Beyond Bedlam
1994
as WPC Foster

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
2002
as Red Lady (voice)

Grandpa's Great Escape
2018
as Patricia

Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim
2020

Lady Windermere's Fan
2018
as Mrs Erlynne

Cor, Blimey!
2000
as Barbara Windsor

Panto!
2012
as Di

Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2014
as Lady Macbeth

Tomorrow La Scala!
2002
as Jayney (Mrs. Lovett)

Something Else
as Judith

Scope
2025
as Fiona
Guru in Seven
1998
as Sharon

Taming of the Shrew
2013
as Katherina
About Samantha Spiro
Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress and singer. She played Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick and the television films Cor, Blimey! and Babs, D.I. Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, Melessa Tarly in the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Maureen Groff in Sex Education. She has won two Laurence Olivier Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Spiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 58 credits spanning from 1994 to 2028, Samantha Spiro has appeared in 28 films and 30 TV shows.
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- Me Before You (2016) — as Josie Clark
- From Hell (2001) — as Martha Tabram
- Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2027) — as Beaver (voice)
- One Life (2023) — as Esther Rantzen
- Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans (2019) — as Mrs Felix
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