Anne Reid, MBE is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street; Jean in the sitcom dinnerladies; and her BAFTA-nominated role as Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax.

Filmography

• Youth — Charlotte Arbor
• Riot Women — Nancy
• 2024The Trouble with Jessica — Miranda
• 2024Wallace & Gromit: The Collection
• Tales of the Tardis — Nurse Crane
• The Sixth Commandment — Ann Moore-Martin
• 2021SAS: Red Notice — Charlotte
• 2020The Nest — Rory's Mum
• Sanditon — Lady Denham
• 2019The Aeronauts — Ethel Glaisher
• Years and Years — Muriel Deacon
• Hold the Sunset — Mrs. Gale
• 2017A Woman of No Importance — Lady Hunstanton
• 2017Kaleidoscope — Aileen
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams — Martine Jenkins
• 2017Romans
• 2017The Snowman — Mrs. Bendiksen
• Inside No. 9 — Geraldine, Self
• Our Zoo — Lucy Mottershead
• 2014Sardines — Geraldine
• 2013Angel in the House
• 2013Believe — Jean Busby
• 2013The Last Witch — Miranda
• Last Tango in Halifax — Celia
• Prisoners' Wives — Margaret
• 2012Song for Marion — Brenda
• 2011Foster — Diane
• Marchlands — Ruth Bowen
• 2010Cemetery Junction — Freddie's Gran
• Upstairs Downstairs — Mrs Clarice Thackeray
• 2009Faintheart — Barbara
• Ladies of Letters
• Moving On — Diane
• 2008Affinity — Mrs. Brink
• 2008In Love with Barbara — Barbara Cartland
• Five Days — Jen Mason
• 2007Hot Fuzz — Leslie Tiller
• 2007Savage Grace — Nini Daly
• 2007The Bad Mother's Handbook — Nancy Hesketh
• Jane Eyre — Gypsy Woman
• 2006The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering — Grace
• 2005A Little Trip to Heaven — Martha
• Bleak House — Mrs. Rouncewell
• Doctor Who — Florence Finnegan
• 2005The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt — Grace Stringer
• Life Begins — Brenda Thornhill
• New Tricks — Sophie Urquhart
• Shameless — Joan Dallimore
• 2003Love Actually — Headmistress (uncredited)
• 2003The Booze Cruise — Grace
• The Booze Cruise — Grace
• 2003The Mother — May
• 2003The Young Visiters — Mrs. Monticue
• Rose and Maloney — Bea Linden
• 2002Sweet Charity — Agnes
• The Jury — June Brierley
• 2001Liam — Mrs. Abernathy
• Linda Green — Yvonne Mott
• 2001The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit — Wendolene (Voice)
• Hearts and Bones — Annie Rose
• 2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings — Various Characters
• 1999Lost for Words — Gloria Brooks
• 1998Love and Death on Long Island — Maureen
• Playing the Field — Mrs. Gill
• dinnerladies — Jean
• Midsomer Murders — Sarah Proudie
• Spark — Mrs. Rudge
• The Wingless Bird — Alice Conway
• 1996A Close Shave — Wendolene (voice)
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Harriet Clifford
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates — Hilda
• 1996Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation — Wendolene
• 1994Pat and Margaret — Maeve
• Peak Practice — Rita Barrat
• Rik Mayall Presents — Jenny
• 1993Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love — Jenny
• 1992An Ungentlemanly Act — Mrs Mozeley
• 1992Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay — Muriel McKay
• Heartbeat — Marjorie Doubleday, Aunt Alison
• Rich Tea and Sympathy — Sally
• The Upper Hand — Nurse Edwards
• 4 Play — Pam Radley
• A Bit of Fry & Laurie
• About Face
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Daisy Luttrell
• 1989Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric — Nurse Crane
• Victoria Wood — Sheila, Enid
• 1987Inappropriate Behaviour — Mrs Hawke
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Joyce Virson
• Casualty — Barbara
• Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
• Love and Marriage — Ruth
• Shine on Harvey Moon — Joan
• The Mallens — Mathilda Bensham
• Leave it to Charlie — Mrs. Hunnicutt
• 1978One of the Boys — Alice
• Strangers — Audrey Stephens
• 1976Matchfit — Sheila Harding
• Red Letter Day — Sheila Harding
• 1973Edward G: Like the Filmstar — Eileen Morris
• Crown Court — Florence Davenport
• Upstairs, Downstairs
• Play for Today — Eileen Morris
• Doctor Who — Nurse Crane
• Coronation Street — Valerie Barlow, Valerie Tatlock
• Time Is the Enemy
• 1957Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 — Secretary
• Hancock's Half Hour
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Alison, Melissa, Betsy

Appearances as themselves (9)

• Dinnerladies Diaries — Self
• 2016Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood — Self
• 2015A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman — Self - Voice of Wendolene
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
• The One Show — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Contestant
• This Morning — Self