Amanda Abbington

Acting

Amanda Abbington

Born 1974-02-28 · North London, England, UK

Amanda Abbington was born on February 28, 1974 in North London, England as Amanda Jane Smith. She has been acting in television, film, and stage productions since 1993, when she debuted with a small role in British police drama The Bill. Amanda has two children with former partner Martin Freeman.

Acting credits

Crooked House poster
6.4

A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.

Crooked House

2017

Swinging with the Finkels poster
4.5

A suburban couple decide to spice up their lives by swinging with another couple.

Swinging with the Finkels

2011

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride poster
7.8

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

2016

The Lost King poster
6.5

An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.

The Lost King

2022

The Good Night poster
5.4

Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.

The Good Night

2007

Another Mother's Son poster
6.7

The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian prisoner of war.

Another Mother's Son

2017

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple poster
6.7

British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple

2020

Decrypted poster
4.8

A mismatched NSA team who kidnap the creator of Bitcoin - Satoshi Nakamoto - and attempt to torture him for the information they need to destroy cryptocurrencies

Decrypted

2021

Doc Martin poster
7.1

Doc Martin tells the tale of Martin Clunes' character in the film, in the months leading up to the Saving Grace story. Martin Bamford is a heart-broken London obstetrician, in a jealous rage after he finds out that his wife has been sleeping with three of his buddies. He escapes to a small Cornish fishing village, which he grows surprisingly attached to, and is extremely reluctant to return with his cheating wife when she comes to pick him up. Although he has only been looking for a week's R & R, Dr Bamford stumbles across a network of secrets in the village of Port Isaac, and finds himself embroiled in the most exciting scandal the village has seen for centuries.

Doc Martin

2001

The Queen and I poster
6.3

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.

The Queen and I

2018

Carnivale poster
6.1

A group of children are transported through a portal to another dimension where they are thrilled to discover a magical amusement park just for them.

Carnivale

2000

Ghosted poster
5.2

‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife confirms that she is leaving him, on the anniversary of their son’s death, the only thing that keeps him from going under is the new prisoner, Paul. Jack’s cell mate Ahmed, attempts to guide him on a path of salvation, a path that involves saving Paul from the clutches of the wing beast, Clay.

Ghosted

2011

Six Days of Sistine poster
5.3

Two souls lost in a world of modernisation find each other in a moment's need for clarity and appreciation.

Six Days of Sistine

2019

Make Me Famous poster
8.5

When Billy succeeds in impressing the producers of a reality series, he thinks his life will change forever. However, 1 year on Billy struggles to balance the fame, social media, tabloid coverage and the assumptions people make about him.

Make Me Famous

2020

The All Together poster
5.5

With a house to sell and no time to be there in person, overworked TV producer Chris Ashworth is forced to leave his incompetent flatmate Bob to show real estate agents around the property. Knowing that Bob is not the most attentive flatmate, Chris tells him to show anyone that calls inside. When Chris finally returns home he finds that Bob has taken him at his word, literally. With four estate agents, some Jehovah's Witnesses, an incontinent American, a corpse and two armed gangsters, Chris's world may look like its falling in, but there's worse to come.

The All Together

2007

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over poster
6.2

This documentary tells the story of one of TV's darkest and most celebrated comedies, featuring cast interviews and extensive candid moments with creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. Cameras are admitted everywhere throughout the making of the show's final series, from the writers' room to the makeup trailer, from prop store to set design, making this the perfect farewell to the multi-award winning series.

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

2024

The Bill: Target poster
10.0

WPC Ackland finds herself the target of an assassin's bullet.

The Bill: Target

1996

Men Only poster
5.6

Men Only is a provocative two-part drama about the dark side of modern masculinity. What do men want, what do women want from them, and can the two ever be reconciled? Our men are a five-a-side football team from South London. Only they're too old, too slow, too under the thumb at home to waste their precious Tuesday nights kicking a ball around and losing every time. So the football stops and the excitement starts. They begin in lap-dancing bars, but soon they want more. Porn. Violence. Sex. Class A's. What happens on Tuesday nights should never go home. But one night they finally go too far, and the two worlds look set to collide

Men Only

2001

We Are Not Alone poster
6.9

Six weeks after the Gu'un aliens have invaded and completely conquered Earth, hapless Stewart becomes the Gu'uns' official human liaison who ends up saddled with alien Greggs for a housemate. Stewart must help the Gu'uns deliver their message to the masses and win favour with humankind, while also aiding the human resistance and managing his enduring crush on Elodie.

We Are Not Alone

2023

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NR

Novice Private Investigator Joe Smith is called by a wealthy woman living in north London to investigate the disappearance of her family cat. In the course of his investigation, Smith discovers some unexpected and unsettling things.

Bring Back the Cat

2016

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt poster
8.7

The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode the same characters go on a treasure hunt, and end up with their car being washed out to sea on a beach. Marcus (a businessman who deals with Dave's company) first appears in this episode.

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

2005

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering poster
7.3

The gang return for their third adventure, this time on a trip to scatter Grace's mother's ashes on the Yorkshire Moors.

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

2006

Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley poster
NR

Celebrating the legendary comedy with clips and insights from the cast and celebrity fans.

Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley

2022

We the Kings poster
10.0

Jack, on the run for attempted murder, hides in the house of a deaf and mute man. A power struggle forms between the two.

We the Kings

2018