Biography
Deborah Findlay is an English actress. She studied English at the University of Leeds, where she joined a theatre company, before beginning her professional career in the late 1970s.
She has worked extensively in theatre, including seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 1997 she won an Olivier Award and an Outer Critics' Circle Award for her performance in Pam Gems' Stanley. Her film roles include Claire in Truly Madly Deeply (1990), Maud Shaw in Jackie (2016), and voice work in Arthur Christmas (2011) and That Christmas (2024). On television she is known for Ruth Defoe in The Split (2018–2022) and appearances in Torchwood (2009) and Cranford (2007).
