Denise Gough

Acting

Denise Gough

Born

1980-02-28 (46)

Place of birth

Ennis, County Clare, Ireland

Known for

Acting

Credits

59 titles

Denise Gough (/ˈɡɒfˈ/ GOF; born 28 February 1980) is an Irish actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in the BBC Two crime drama Paula (2017), the ITV miniseries Too Close (2021), and the Disney+ series Andor (2022–2025). Her films include Colette (2018), The Other Lamb (2019), Monday (2020), and Martyrs Lane (2021). She has received a number of accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as a nominations for a Tony Award and a British Academy Television Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denise Gough, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 12 titles

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew poster
NR

Two children discover a wood full of pools leading to other worlds. One takes them to a dead city beneath a dying sun, where they wake a queen who exterminated its population and accidentally bring her back to London.

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

2027

Monday poster
6.5

A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

Monday

2021

The Other Lamb poster
5.6

For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd, a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to question everything about her existence—including her allegiance to the increasingly dangerous Shepherd.

The Other Lamb

2020

H Is for Hawk poster
7.1

After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel. Through the bond, Helen rediscovers the beauty of being alive.

H Is for Hawk

2025

The Good Traitor poster
5.5

The Danish ambassador to Washington declares himself to be the sole representative of a free Denmark during the Nazi occupation of the country.

The Good Traitor

2020

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look poster
7.6

Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

Martyrs Lane poster
6.1

Leah, 10, has terrible nightmares. Her mother seems distant somehow, lost in her thoughts. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon Leah will realize that her little visitor offers knowledge that might be very, very dangerous.

Martyrs Lane

2022

What's the Matter with Tony Slattery? poster
6.5

Tony Slattery examines his Mental Health and Alcoholism and looks for a diagnosis.

What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?

2020

Call Me Queen poster
NR

The film depicts a friendship between an Irish journalist in Kenya and a Rwandan woman, who pair up to combat the AIDS crisis in the 1990s.

Call Me Queen

2026

National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things poster
10.0

Emma was having the time of her life. Now she's in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn't with Emma, it's with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she's smart enough to know that there's no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up?

National Theatre Live: People, Places and Things

2024

Fireworks poster
3.0

This tense thriller, with moments of dark humor, is set in an MI6 Ops Room and uses cutting edge Virtual Production technology to tell its story.

Fireworks

2022

No artwork available
NR

Set in a private nursing home, The smooth running of the home and the peace of mind of its staff is disrupted by the arrival of a patient, John Brown. He is warm, charming and can easily pay for his room... the only problem is that he is perfectly healthy. All he wants is to get away from the outside world.

A Separate Peace

2020

2010s · 17 titles

Robin Hood poster
6.4

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

Robin Hood

2010

Juliet, Naked poster
6.3

Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.

Juliet, Naked

2018

'71 poster
6.8

A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

'71

2014

The Kid Who Would Be King poster
6.2

Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind from the wicked enchantress Morgana and her army of supernatural warriors.

The Kid Who Would Be King

2019

Colette poster
6.9

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.

Colette

2018

A Dark Place poster
6.0

When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.

A Dark Place

2018

Jimmy's Hall poster
6.7

In Depression-era Ireland, Jimmy Gralton returns home after a decade's exile in America. Witnessing the levels of poverty and oppression, his inner activist reawakens and he seeks to reopen the dance hall that led to his deportation.

Jimmy's Hall

2014

Desire poster
NR

Late at night, a desperate woman escapes mysterious pursuers through a bored man's house -- a dream like event that leads to obsession, transgression, and unforeseen consequences for the man and his family.

Desire

2010

The Kid poster
6.5

Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life together again afterwards.

The Kid

2010

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika poster
8.1

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. This new staging of Tony Kushner's multi-award winning two-part play, Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia On National Themes, is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott.

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

2017

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches poster
8.1

The National Theatre's live theatrical production of Tony Kushner's two-part play 'Angels In America' about New Yorkers grappling with the AIDS crisis during the mid-1980s.

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

2017

Complicit poster
5.1

An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?

Complicit

2013

The Quiet Roar poster
4.8

MARIANNE (Evabritt Strandberg) is a 68-year old woman diagnosed with a terminal disease. Left with angst, she seeks therapy at a clinic where she is treated with Psilocybin (LSD) and meditation by a counselor, Eva (Hanna Schygulla). Through this she is transferred to her subconscious, where she meets and confronts her 25-year old self and her former husband.

The Quiet Roar

2014

The Duchess of Malfi poster
8.5

The widowed Duchess of Malfi longs to marry her lover, the steward Antonio. But her rancorous brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal, are implacably opposed to the match. When their spy, Bosola, discovers that the Duchess has secretly married and carries Antonio’s child, they exact a terrible and horrific revenge.

The Duchess of Malfi

2014

No artwork available
NR

Waxwing is a story about the hunger a small boy has to connect with someone who can help him learn about his inner world and the world outside too – a hunger for guidance, education, attention and admiration, but also a craving for intimacy.

Waxwing

2013

Further Beyond poster
5.6

In their debut documentary Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure, Ambrose O'Higgins, and attempt to retrace his remarkable journey from Ireland to Chile.

Further Beyond

2016

NADIA poster
5.8

Nadia is a troubled teen girl kicked out of home by her surpassed mother and has nobody to turn to, until her High School's Principal Mr. Green discovers her sleeping rough on a bench and takes her under his wing.

NADIA

2017

2000s · 2 titles

Series credits

Holby City poster
5.8

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

Holby City

1999

Casualty poster
6.2

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Casualty

1986

Silent Witness poster
7.6

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

Silent Witness

1996

Andor poster
8.3

In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

Andor

2022

The Bill poster
6.8

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

The Bill

1984

Waking the Dead poster
7.2

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

Waking the Dead

2001

New Tricks poster
7.3

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

New Tricks

2004

The Musketeers poster
7.1

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.

The Musketeers

2014

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster
7.4

DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2002

The Fall poster
7.7

When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.

The Fall

2013

The Stolen Girl poster
6.3

Mother of two, Elisa, allows her daughter, Lucia, to go on an impromptu sleepover with her new best friend Josephine after meeting Josephine's mother, Rebecca, at her beautiful home. But when Elisa arrives to collect Lucia the next day, the house turns out to be an empty luxury rental and Lucia has been abducted.

The Stolen Girl

2025

Who Is Erin Carter? poster
7.0

A British woman's tranquil life in Barcelona spirals out of control when an armed robbery at a supermarket exposes her secret... and violent past.

Who Is Erin Carter?

2023

Under the Banner of Heaven poster
7.5

A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.

Under the Banner of Heaven

2022

Titanic: Blood and Steel poster
7.2

Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.

Titanic: Blood and Steel

2012

Stella poster
7.2

Ruth Jones stars as a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her eccentric friends, relatives and children's fathers.

Stella

2012

Stan Lee's Lucky Man poster
6.9

London cop and compulsive gambler Harry Clayton is on the verge of losing everything. On the night when his huge debts are to be called in, he meets the enigmatic Eve, who gives him a mysterious bracelet said to endow the wearer with immense luck. Harry's fortunes suddenly begin to shift, but he also soon finds himself sucked into a sinister crime wave sweeping through the city.

Stan Lee's Lucky Man

2016

Messiah poster
7.4

Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

Messiah

2001

What Remains poster
7.3

When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.

What Remains

2013

Cuffs poster
6.7

Explores the day-to-day work of police officers, from high-stakes situations like drug busts and kidnappings to mundane incidents like shoplifting and public disturbances, while also delving into their personal lives and internal conflicts.

Cuffs

2015

Guerrilla poster
4.6

Set against the backdrop of one of the most explosive times in U.K. history, discover the story of a politically active couple whose relationship and values are tested when they liberate a political prisoner and form a radical underground cell in 1970s London.

Guerrilla

2017

Too Close poster
5.9

A dedicated forensic psychiatrist, Emma Robertson, is assigned to assess the sanity of Connie Mortensen, a “yummy mummy” accused of a despicable crime.

Too Close

2021

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories poster
6.2

An anthology for Sky Arts, adapting four standalone, surreal, and dark fantasy short stories by Neil Gaiman.

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

2016

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories poster
6.2

An anthology for Sky Arts, adapting four standalone, surreal, and dark fantasy short stories by Neil Gaiman.

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

2016

Paula poster
6.0

A chemistry teacher's life is turned upside down after a one-night stand with James. They become locked in a dance of destruction. Only one can survive.

Paula

2017

Apple Tree Yard poster
6.3

What starts out as a simple, reckless mid-life affair between a genetic scientist named Yvonne and a Westminster paper pusher takes an intriguing turn when she realizes he’s a spook – then suddenly gets very dark indeed. A provocative study of obsession, longing and just how far down a criminal path desire can take you.

Apple Tree Yard

2017

Lie with Me poster
NR

Roselyn Tyler awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will Tomlinson can't make the charges stick against the prime suspect, he and Roselyn scheme to put him behind bars. But she soon learns that lies have hazardous consequences.

Lie with Me

2004