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who is this actress???

386 replies

TheCoralDog · 13/11/2026 19:06

okay so i saw her in london this weekend and it's bothering me.
shes between 45 and 55. Blonde flicky shirt bob. sexy eyes. very pretty with a distinctive english, posh, clipped accent. fairly tall.

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Squirrelsnut · 13/11/2026 20:43

Claire Skinner
The one who was in Silk.
Anne Marie Duff.

MatriarchCaz · 13/11/2026 20:43

Sophie ellis bexter?

radiatorfrills · 13/11/2026 20:43

Taylor Swift

PearlClutzsche · 13/11/2026 20:44

Holliday Grainger
Tuppence Middleton
Natalie Dormer

DanaScullysLegoHair · 13/11/2026 20:45

socialbatteryisdead · 13/11/2026 20:38

She’s not blonde now is she ?

Maybe not 🤔 I think she has a bit of a flicky bob at the mo.

Becuriousnotjudgemental1980 · 13/11/2026 20:45

Glynis barber? Charlie brooks?

DanaScullysLegoHair · 13/11/2026 20:47

Has anyone said Tilda Swinton? Not sure about the accent though.

PearlClutzsche · 13/11/2026 20:47

Emilia Clarke
Emilia Fox

radiatorfrills · 13/11/2026 20:48

Beyoncé

DanaScullysLegoHair · 13/11/2026 20:48

Amanda Redman?

Italiangreyhound · 13/11/2026 20:48

Anna Madeley

BatshitCrazyWoman · 13/11/2026 20:48

When you said feline eyes, I thought of Samantha Womack

who is this actress???
PyongyangKipperbang · 13/11/2026 20:49

Beyonce and Taylor Swift are not known for their cut glass English accents......

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/11/2026 20:49

Mariella Frostrup is a good call

radiatorfrills · 13/11/2026 20:50

@PyongyangKipperbangwhoosh!

DanaScullysLegoHair · 13/11/2026 20:50

Amanda Burton.

I'll shut up now. Doesn't she have an Irish accent anyway?

Oh wait. The Heartbeat woman. But also Irish 😆

CoffeeCantata · 13/11/2026 20:52

Daisydoesnt · 13/11/2026 20:01

It's SOOOO Janet McTeer. She was amazing in Kaos.

Janet is very tall as are Gwendoline Christie (really tall) and Hannah Waddingham. Nothing wrong with that but I think OP wouid have remarked on it.

CoffeeCantata · 13/11/2026 20:52

Daisydoesnt · 13/11/2026 20:01

It's SOOOO Janet McTeer. She was amazing in Kaos.

Janet is very tall as are Gwendoline Christie (really tall) and Hannah Waddingham. Nothing wrong with that but I think OP wouid have remarked on it.

CoffeeCantata · 13/11/2026 20:54

Anya Taylor-Joy has feline eyes but I think she’s only mid-30s??

rosagarten · 13/11/2026 20:54

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/11/2026 20:32

I love it too!!!!!

My crush on Scott Cohen will NEVER fade! That bit in the final episode where he is running through the forest to rescue Virginia....oh my!

Max from The Gilmore Girls - I need to check this out!

Fuckitydoodah · 13/11/2026 20:54

PearlClutzsche · 13/11/2026 20:47

Emilia Clarke
Emilia Fox

When OP described her outfit, Emilia Fox came to mind

Springhassprungagain · 13/11/2026 21:00

Maxine Peake?

gnat99 · 13/11/2026 21:02

Honeysuckle Weeks?
Rachael Stirling?

sherbertdibdab · 13/11/2026 21:04

The actress who plays Trixie in Call the Midwife? Can't remember her name!

pusskins06 · 13/11/2026 21:07

Natascha McElhone