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Saskia Reeves

Saskia Reeves

Actor · Born August 16, 1961 (65) · Paddington, London, England, UK

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Saskia Reeves (born 16 August 1961) is a British actress perhaps best known for her roles in the films Close My Eyes (1991) and I.D. (1995), and the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune. Born and brought up in London to a Dutch mother and English father, Reeves studied at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has since worked with directors such as Mike Leigh, Stephen Poliakoff, Michael Winterbottom and Nicholas Hytner. Early in her career she performed in puppet shows and in satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre. Her television credits include Spooks and the Bodies finale. Her stage work includes productions at London's National and Royal Court Theatres as well as on international tour. In addition to her acting career, Reeves does voice work, including commercial and narration (book readings) for VocalPoint.net. In 2008, she starred in English Touring Theatre's revival of Athol Fugard's Hello and Goodbye at the Trafalgar Studios in London. In 2010 she starred as Anne Darwin, the wife of the famous disappearing canoeist John Darwin (played by Bernard Hill) in Canoe Man, a dramatisation of the John Darwin disappearance case for BBC4 and in the BBC1 series Luther. In 2011 Reeves played the matriarch, Anna Brangwen, in the first part of William Ivory's two-part adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, first shown on BBC4. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saskia Reeves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Born
August 16, 1961 (65)
From
Paddington, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 90 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 28% in 30 days

What are Saskia Reeves' films like?

Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
24%
Self
22%
Morality
18%
Survival
15%
Power
11%
Society
5%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 5 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 10 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 11 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 11
Mentor
3 of 11
Shadow
2 of 11
Hero
2 of 11
Threshold guardian
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
12
Contemplative
9
Dread
5
Hopeful
5
Other
10

How their films linger

Thought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Saskia Reeves' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Saskia Reeves' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

90 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • National Theatre at Home: End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Julie

  • Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • The Outrun(2024)

    as Annie

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Shadows(2020)

    as Mother

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Slow Horses(2022)

    Show 35 episodes · as Catherine Standish

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Creation Stories(2021)

    as Helen

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Roadkill(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · as Helen Laurence

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Legendary Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Maddalena Fagandini / Mary Wollstonecraft

  • Us(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · as Connie Petersen

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Belgravia(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ellis

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Bushy / Green / Duchess of York

  • The Child in Time(2017)

    as Thelma Darke

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Collateral(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · as Deborah Clifford

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • House of Saud: A Family at War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as Narrator

  • King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Kent

  • Redemption Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mrs. Hales

  • Our Kind of Traitor(2016)

    as Tamara

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Prime Minister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as President

  • The Program(2015)

    as Conference Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Wolf Hall(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · as Johane Williamson

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Canterbury Cathedral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · as Narrator

  • Traders: Millions by the Minute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator

  • From There to Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · as Claire

  • Salting the Battlefield(2014)

    as Anthea Catcheside

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. I(2013)

    as Nurse

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Anna(2013)

    as Michelle Greene

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Shetland(2013)

    Show 5 episodes · as Freya Galdie

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Playhouse Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Teddy Brookman

  • One Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sally

  • Death in Paradise(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Frances Compton

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Page Eight(2011)

    as Anthea Catcheside

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • NTSF:SD:SUV(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as P.M.O.T.R.N.

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Vera(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Sarah Marsden

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Women in Love(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Anna Brangwen

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Ruth Minnen

  • Luther(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · as Rose Teller

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Canoe Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Anne Darwin

  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983(2009)

    as Mandy Wymer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Red Riding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Mandy Wymer

  • Wallander(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · as Vanya Andersson

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Me and Orson Welles(2008)

    as Barbara Luddy

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Fixer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Andrea Greene

  • The Last Days of the Raj (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Lady Mountbatten

  • Inspector Lewis(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Alison McLennan

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Unknown Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Mrs Hoogstraten

  • Afterlife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheila Rabey

  • The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle(2005)

    as Louisa Doyle

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • A Line in the Sand(2004)

    as Meryl Rogers

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Island at War(2004)

    Show 6 episodes · as Cassie Mahy

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Tesseract(2003)

    as Rosa

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Bodies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary Dodd

  • If... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary Alton

  • Suspicion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Julie Hopcroft

  • The Commander (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Eileen Judd

  • MI-5(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Sally · as Sally Bernard

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Eileen Edwards

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Waking the Dead(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dr. Laurie Poole

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Frank Herbert's Dune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lady Jessica Atreides

  • A Christmas Carol(1999)

    as Mrs. Cratchit

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • L.A. Without a Map(1998)

    as Joy

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Maria Ann McCardle

  • Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Anna

  • Plotlands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · as Chloe Marsh

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Marcia Macintyre · as Summer Pitt

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • A Very British Psycho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Narrator

  • Different for Girls(1996)

    as Jean

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Silent Witness(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as DS Maureen Steele

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Cruel Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Selina Roberts

  • The Perfect Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Bridget

  • Butterfly Kiss(1995)

    as Miriam

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • I.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Lynda

  • A Summer Day's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • Traps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Louise Duffield

  • Citizen Locke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Lady Marsham

  • The Bridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Isobel Heatherington

  • Close My Eyes(1991)

    as Natalie Bryant

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Irina Shestova

  • In My Defence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Phillipa Monaghan

  • Antonia and Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Antonia McGill

  • December Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Sarah Gilmartin

  • Children Crossing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Rosie

  • 4 Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Helen

  • Metamorphosis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Greta Samsa

  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Antonia McGill

  • Theatre Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Greta Samsa

  • Lytton's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Pretty Girl

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Miriam · as Rosie

  • A Woman of Substance(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Edwina (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Last Day of Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Linda

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 90 titles from 1984 to 2026; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

$11M worldwide

Highest rated

Slow Horses (2022)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19842026

Peak 2014 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1991Screen debut· Close My Eyes
  • 2013Career best· Anna
  • 2022Career best· Slow Horses

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting90 of 90: 90 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

By decade

1980s8 · acting1990s23 · acting2000s21 · acting2010s27 · acting2020s11 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
9106

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2025, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Saskia Reeves' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Different for Girls (1996)

67th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Slow Horses (2022)

Midcredits 97th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 59. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Saskia Reeves' work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles36–82 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles26–69 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles42–80 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles35–77 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles37–74 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Saskia Reeves work with?

People who share at least 2 of Saskia Reeves' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Hare shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles