Amanda Walker

Acting · Production

Born November 29, 1935, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Amanda Walker (born 29 November 1935, Glasgow, Scotland) is a British actress, daughter of actress Madeleine Christie, who has appeared in over 100 productions since 1959. In film, she has appeared in Heat and Dust (1983), A Room with a View (1986), The English Patient (1996), Cloud Atlas (2012), and Triangle of Sadness (2022). On television she has had roles in Upstairs, Downstairs, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Sense8 (2017–2018), and Doctor Who (2024). She is married to actor Patrick Godfrey (m. 1960); they have two children.

Filmography

• Doctor Who — Old Ruby
• 2024Rejoyce! — Winifred Joyce
• 2022Triangle of Sadness — Clementine
• 2018Mortal Engines — Producer
• 2013For Thousands of Miles — Associate Producer
• 2013The Best Offer — Owner
• 2012Cloud Atlas — Veronica
• 2011Captain America: The First Avenger — Antique Store Owner
• 2010Bad Night for the Blues — Elizabeth
• 2009The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — Shopper
• 200728 Weeks Later — Sally
• 2004Wimbledon — Country Club Tennis Lady
• Strange — Mrs. Fortune
• Foyle's War — Lady Bannerman
• Murphy's Law — Mary
• 20007 Days to Live — Elizabeth Farrell
• Life Force — Hepzibiah McKinley
• 2000The Railway Children — Mrs Ransome
• Daylight Robbery — Doreen
• 1999The Passion — Marjorie
• 1998EverAfter — Old Noblewoman
• A Dance to the Music of Time — Mrs. Conyers
• 1997Fierce Creatures — Zoo Secretary
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Mavis Marsh
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates — Miss Apthwaite
• 1996The English Patient — Lady Hampton
• Bramwell — Mrs. Johnson
• Hamish Macbeth — Barbara Scott
• Dandelion Dead — Bessie
• 1994Nostradamus — Mme. Scalinger
• All or Nothing at All — Mrs. Lederman
• Joking Apart — Alison's Mother
• Peak Practice — Elaine Deneley
• 1992Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After — Queen Elizabeth II
• Heartbeat — Jean Clarke, Mrs. Sinclair
• 1991Deptford Graffiti — Mrs F
• Paul Merton: The Series
• 1990Breast is Best
• Debut on Two
• 1990The Big Man — Beth's Mother
• 1990Wild Flowers — Panama Hat
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Mrs. Pengelley
• No Strings — Mrs King
• 1989Norbert Smith: A Life — Mrs. Wilson
• Shadow of the Noose — Mrs Hutchins
• 1988Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun — Nurse Graham
• 1988The Woman He Loved — Betty Lawson-Johnson
• The New Statesman — Mrs. Selway
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Debbie Davidson
• 1987Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
• 1986A Room with a View — The Cockney Signora
• 1986Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance — Madame Paillot
• 1986Blood Red Roses — Ella
• Casualty — Brenda Tome, Tianna Rustin
• The Bill — Mrs. James
• Travelling Man — Hotel Proprietress
• 1983Heat and Dust — Lady Mackleworth
• 1980Richard's Things — Sister in Hospital
• 1979Churchill and the Generals — Queen Elizabeth
• 1978Renoir, My Father — Lady in the Park
• 1978The Mill on the Floss — Gritty Moss
• The Mill on the Floss — Gritty Moss
• 1976Summer Season — Anne Bredin
• The Strauss Family — Therese
• Upstairs, Downstairs — Mrs. Pinkerton
• Doomwatch — Sister Trewin
• Play for Today — Madge
• 1970Robin Redbreast — Madge
• 1970Season of the Witch — Police Inspector
• 1969Anne of the Thousand Days — Anne's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
• The Expert — Mrs. Arnold
• 1967The Deadly Affair — Brunette in Pub
• Mystery and Imagination — The Voice
• 1966The Open Door — The Voice
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook — Mrs Daly
• Studio 4 — Mary Turner