Mary Roscoe

Mary grew up in Zimbabwe and came to London to train. She has been acting in film, television and theatre since 1980, and teaching alongside her acting work for 10 years. Recent acting with the acclaimed film directors Mike Leigh and Joanna Hogg led to Mary teaching improvisation for film at several drama schools in London. Film work includes – Testament of Youth (James Kent), The Riot Club (Lone Scherfig), Paddington (Paul King), Woman in Black Angel of Death (Tom Harper) Exhibition (Joanna Hogg), Les Miserables (Tom Hooper), Suspension of Disbelief (Mike Figgis), Chatroom (Hideo Nakata), Unrelated (Joanna Hogg – Guardian & Evening Standard award for best first film, Independent Film Critic’s Award for best film), Topsy Turvy (Mike Leigh). TV work includes – War & Peace, Partners in Crime, The Casual Vacancy, Whitechapel, Holby City, Great Expectations, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canoe Man, Antiques Rogue Show, The Thieving Headmistress, George Orwell A Life in Pictures, The Rector’s Wife, Frank Stubbs, Lovejoy, Sorry! Theatre includes playing lead roles in Repertory Theatres all over UK. London work includes “Aunt Dan & Lemon” Royal Court, Olive Oyl in “Popeye” Arts Theatre, Maria in “Twelfth Night” for Regents Park, “Trilby & Svengali” for Shared Experience at Lyric Hammersmith, 2 years of work for Mike Alfreds at Sadlers Wells, and experimental improvised work with David Gale & David Glass Ensemble.

Known For: Acting

Born: Harare,Zimbabwe, 1959-06-12

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1999	Topsy-Turvy	Miss Carlyle	66
2	2003	Ashes and Sand	Teacher	45
3	2003	To Kill a King	Lady Whitby	57
4	2003	George Orwell: A Life In Pictures	Eileen Blair	0
5	2006	The Thieving Headmistress	Maureen Stapley	70
6	2008	Unrelated	Verena	58
7	2010	Canoe Man	Solicitor	40
8	2010	Chatroom	Psychiatrist	59
9	2012	Room Service	Kyla Meeks (voice)	0
10	2012	Les Misérables	Ensemble Factory Women	73
11	2013	Exhibition	Neighbour Guest	51
12	2014	The Riot Club	George's Mother	59
13	2014	Paddington	Master Gruber's Aunt	71
14	2014	The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death	Woman in Tube	53
15	2020	Enola Holmes	Grace Whitting	73
16	2022	The People We Hate at the Wedding	Martha	63

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Lovejoy	Traffic Warden	73
2	1993	Frank Stubbs Promotes	Joan	60
3	1994	The Rector's Wife	Fergus's Wife	80
4	2004	Powers		0
5	2011	Great Expectations	Hannah	72
6	2012	Call the Midwife	Mrs. Whitley	75
7	2015	The Casual Vacancy	Monica the Librarian	62
8	2016	War and Peace	Maria Bogdanovna	76
9	2017	Strike	Cynthia	71
10	2020	Ted Lasso	Julie Higgins	84

Mary Roscoe

Film

Television