Eleanor Matsuura

Acting

Born July 16, 1983, Tokyo, Japan

Eleanor Matsuura is a Japanese-born British actress. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, but raised in London, England; she is half-Japanese and half-English. She is best known for her roles as Yumiko in The Walking Dead, Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia, and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2004. She worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle, as well as British films. She appeared as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.

Filmography

• Dear Life
• 2025Jay Kelly — Dresser
• The Day of the Jackal — Zina Jansone
• 2022I Used to Be Famous — Amber
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Epone
• Feel Good — Donna Ridley
• 2020The One and Only Ivan — Candace Taylor
• 2018Juliet, Naked — Cat
• 2017Justice League — Epione (uncredited)
• 2017Lost in London — Laura, Woody's wife
• 2017Wonder Woman — Epione
• 2016A Midsummer Night's Dream — Hippolyta
• 2016Burn Burn Burn — Pandora
• 2016Red Top — Wendi Deng
• 2016The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared — Rebecca
• Cuffs — PC Donna Prager
• 2015Residue — Angela Rossi
• Residue — Angela Rossi
• 2015Spooks: The Greater Good — Hannah Santo
• 2015The Lady in the Van — American Journalist
• 2014Blood Moon — Black Deer
• 2014The Love Punch — Michaela
• 2013Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa — TV Reporter
• Shetland — DI Jessie Cole
• Utopia — Bev
• 2012Hacks — Ho Chi Mao Feast
• 2012The Grind — Charlie
• Silk — Elizabeth Forester
• The Fades — Vicky
• The Royal Bodyguard — Dana
• Twenty Twelve — Doctor
• Sherlock — DI Hopkins
• The Walking Dead — Yumiko Okumura
• Vexed — Emma
• FM — Jess
• Hunter — DI Zoe Larson
• Law & Order: UK — Sophie Cohen
• The Old Guys — Marianne
• After You've Gone — Miss Murray
• 2007Magicians — Waitress
• Party Animals
• 20069/11: The Twin Towers — Operator #1
• 2006After the Rain — Lian
• 2006Breaking and Entering — Ruby
• 2005A Very Social Secretary — Luz
• Doctor Who — Jo Nakashima
• Extras — Producer's Wife
• Hustle — Receptionist
• New Tricks — Tiffany Hayes
• My Family — Docteur
• Keep Her Quiet — Janet Lin