British actress Rosie Cavaliero used her versatility to become one of the busiest performers in the television industry. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,she relocated with her family to England as a child. She made her first screen appearance in the drama "Medics" (ITV, 1990-95). She spent the 1990s making guest appearances on television, most notably in a mutli-episdoe role on "Cold Feet" (ITV, 1997-2003). The numerous appearances finally paid off when she was cast as one of the leads in the sitcom "Eyes Down" (BBC, 2003-04). The show lasted only two seasons but it gave Cavaliero a calling card. The actress went on to star in the comedies "Feel the Force" (BBC, 2006) and "Jam and Jerusalem" (BBC, 2006-09), and appeared with Claire Foy in the miniseries "Little Dorrit" (BBC, 2008). She joined an all-star cast, including Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbener, in a critically acclaimed production of "Jane Eyre" (BBC, 2011), playing Grace Poole. She continued racking up credits, starring in the crime drama "Prey" (ITV, 2014-15), as Detective Sergeant Susan Reinhart, and landing recurring roles on "Hunderby" (Sky Atlantic, 2012-15) and "Unforgotten" (ITV, 2015- ). She mixed in a comedic role, playing opposite John Cleese and Alison Steadman in "Hold the Sunset" (BBC, 2018- ). She later joined Sheridan Smith for the drama "Cleaning Up" (ITV, 2019- ), before taking a role that gave her larger exposure in the United States. Cavaliero was cast as housekeeper Elizabeth Cordingley in "Gentleman Jack" (BBC/HBO, 2019- ). The series, starring Suranne Jones, 19th Century British landowner Anne Lister, who chronicled her life, including her lesbian romances, in a coded diary.

Filmography

• Amandaland — Claire
• Bookish — Mrs. Dredge, Mrs Dredge
• Man vs Baby — Pamela
• Dead Hot — Bonnie
• KAOS — Prue
• 2024That Christmas — Mrs. Beccles (voice)
• 2023Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery — Susan
• 2023Coffee Wars — Mum
• Funny Woman — Aunty Marie Parker
• 2023Period Drama — Mrs. Fairfield
• The Power of Parker — Diane
• 2022Christmas Carole — Jackie
• 2022The Love Box in Your Living Room
• The Witchfinder — Mrs. Jennings
• The Cleaner — Marnie
• 2021Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane — Mrs Braithwaite
• 2021Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers — Mrs Braithwaite
• Black Narcissus — Sister Briony
• Code 404 — Superintendent Dennett
• Mandy — June
• Cleaning Up — Frances
• Gentleman Jack — Elizabeth Cordingley
• Ghosts — Fiona Legge
• This Time with Alan Partridge — Rosie Whitter
• Worzel Gummidge — Mrs Braithwaite
• Hold the Sunset — Wendy
• On the Edge — Carol
• 2018The Children Act — Marina Green
• 2017Breathe — Second Woman
• 2017Joe Orton Laid Bare — Ensemble Cast
• Urban Myths — Dorothy L Sayers
• 2015An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse — Mel
• Banana
• Nurse — Graham's Mum
• 2015Professor Branestawm Returns — Professor Mary Oxford
• The Enfield Haunting — Mrs. Hodgson
• Unforgotten — Marion Kelsey
• 2014Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s — Miranda Richardson / Dawn Tinsley / Sheila Snoozecock / Karren Brady / Mel Giedroyc / Various
• Inside No. 9 — Kirstie, Self
• Prey — DS Susan Reinhart
• 2014The Understudy — Kirstie
• Crackanory — Various
• It's Kevin — Various
• Pat & Cabbage — Helen
• The Job Lot — Denise Madden
• A Young Doctor's Notebook — Pelageya
• Call the Midwife — Tessie Anselm
• Full English
• Hunderby — Hesther
• 2012Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! — Miss Rye
• Playhouse Presents — Maureen
• Death in Paradise — Ivy Marcel
• Friday Night Dinner — Jackie
• 2011Jane Eyre — Grace Poole
• Spy — Paula
• The Crimson Petal and the White
• Any Human Heart — Matron
• Bellamy's People
• 2010Beyond the Pole — Sandra
• Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge — Rosie
• 2009Nativity! — Miss Rye
• 2009The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol — Mrs. Cratchit
• Fairy Tales — Kendra
• Lark Rise to Candleford — Bessie Mullins
• Little Dorrit — Mrs. Plornish
• Comedy Showcase — Louisa
• 2007Ladies and Gentlemen — Louisa
• Lewis — Karen Newman
• Feel the Force
• Jam and Jerusalem — Kate Bales
• Saxondale — Penny
• 2006Scoop — Pedestrian
• 2005A Cock and Bull Story — Rachel
• Spoons
• 2005Things to Do Before You're 30 — Rosie
• Green Wing — Teacher
• Shameless — Jennie Taylor
• The Last Chancers
• 2004Vera Drake — Married Woman
• Eyes Down — Christine McMurray
• Peep Show — Vicky
• Best of Both Worlds — Francesca
• Dr Terrible's House of Horrible — Shop Owner
• 2000The Secret World of Michael Fry — Janine
• The Secret World of Michael Fry — Janine
• 1999Topsy-Turvy — Miss Monroe
• Cold Feet — Amy
• McCallum
• Midsomer Murders — Denise Fielding, Judy Tyler
• Touching Evil — Yvonne Jackson
• 1996Kiss and Tell — Maggie Wallace
• Peak Practice — Rachel Adams, Gwenda O'Keefe
• The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries — Rose
• Heartbeat — Sandra
• Casualty — Carmel Ramsey
• The Bill

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2021Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel — Self