Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (/ˈtæmzɪn ˈɡrɛɡ/; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress, known for both dramatic and comedic roles. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom Black Books, Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing, Beverly Lincoln in British-American sitcom Episodes and Jackie Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy-drama series Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of Tamara Drewe. In 2020, Greig starred as Anne Trenchard in Julian Fellowes' ITV series Belgravia. Greig is also a stage actress. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for Much Ado About Nothing, and was nominated in 2011 and 2015 for her roles in The Little Dog Laughed and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• 2025Largo — Grace
• 2025Legend Has It — Nisibi
• Riot Women — Holly
• 2024Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration — Molly (voice)
• Sexy Beast — Cecilia Logan
• The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin — Helen Gwinear
• 2023My Happy Ending — Nancy
• 2022Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
• Suspect — Natasha Groves
• 2022The Tiger Who Came to Tea — Mummy (voice)
• 2021National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet — Lady Capulet
• 2021The Amazing Mr. Blunden — Mrs. Wickens
• Alan Bennett's Talking Heads — Rosemary
• Belgravia — Anne Trenchard
• 2020Days of the Bagnold Summer — Astrid
• Love Monster — Narrator (voice)
• 2019Official Secrets — Elizabeth Wilmshurst
• 2018To Provide All People — GP
• 2017Diana and I — Mary McDonald
• 2017National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night — Malvolia
• 2017Revolting Rhymes — Grandma (voice)
• 2016Behold the Monkey — Narrator
• 2016Breaking the Bank — Penelope
• 2016Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King — Narrator (voice)
• Revolting Rhymes — Grandma
• 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — Lavinia Beach
• 2015Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked — Narrator
• Bing — Molly (voice)
• Inside No. 9 — Sally
• 2014Last Gasp — Sally
• Royal Cousins at War — Narrator
• The Guilty — DCI Maggie Brand
• Elementary — DCI Athelney Jones
• 2012Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car — Narrator
• 2012The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II — Narrator
• White Heat — Beth
• 2011Arthur Christmas — Additional Voices (voice)
• Episodes — Beverly Lincoln
• Friday Night Dinner — Jackie Goodman
• 2011Going Postal 2in1 — Miss Cripslock
• Cats of Claw Hill — Narrator, Samantha
• 2010Cuckoo — Simon
• Going Postal — Miss Cripslock
• 2010Mental: A History of the Madhouse — Narrator
• 2010Tamara Drewe — Beth Hardiment
• Emma — Miss Bates
• 2009The Diary of Anne Frank — Margot Frank
• The Diary of Anne Frank — Edith Hollander-Frank
• 2008Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth — Jenny
• 2008Prince John: The Windsors' Tragic Secret — Narrator (voice)
• 2008Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
• 2007Green Wing Special — Caroline Todd
• 2006Falling Apart — Jackie
• 2006The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall — Dr. Caroline Todd
• Doctor Who — Nurse
• Love Soup — Alice Chenery
• 2004Black Dolls — Fran Katzenjammer (Voice)
• Green Wing — Caroline Todd
• 2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGill — Lianne
• 2004Shaun of the Dead — Maggie
• The Lenny Henry Show
• 2004When I'm Sixty-Four — Denny
• 2002Miranda — Receptionist
• 2002Pure — Liaison Officer
• Happiness
• Black Books — Fran
• People Like Us — Sarah
• The Great Egyptians — Cleopatra
• Blind Men
• Jonathan Creek — Pam
• 1997This Is the Sea — (voice)
• Neverwhere — Lamia
• Wycliffe — Dr. Hinkley
• Blue Heaven — Prof. Wiseman
• Natural World — Narrator, Narrator (voice)

Appearances as themselves (13)

• Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius — Self
• 2022Amazon: How Do They Really Do It? — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2021Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel — Self
• 2020Being Bridget Jones — Self
• Top Gear: Extra Gear — Self
• 2014The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure — Self - Narrator
• The Last Leg — Self
• 2008Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The One Show — Self
• Top Gear — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self - Guest
• GMTV — Self