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who is this actress???

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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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Decisionfatiguemum · 13/11/2026 21:48

Hamnah Waddingham?

Koalacanth · 13/11/2026 21:49

Her name's Keira Knightly, and she used to play a pirate.

PearlClutzsche · 13/11/2026 21:49

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/11/2026 21:28

I want to look like her if I grow up.

Me too!

Churchbell · 13/11/2026 21:51

TheCoralDog · 13/11/2026 19:16

we were in covent garden
she was wearing the outfit i've actually seen her in when she was on a tv show - like a boxy leather jacket and flowy black wide trousers.

This outfit made me think of the lead in Patience. Ella Maisie Purvis - but I think she would be too young.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 13/11/2026 21:51

Annabel Scholey, admittedly not usually blonde.

who is this actress???
LuxuryWoman2020 · 13/11/2026 21:52

Janet Mcteer??

mondaytosunday · 13/11/2026 21:56

Has anyone suggested Claire Skinner? (Outnumbered probably her most famous role).

TomHanksIsMyHero · 13/11/2026 21:56

Apologies if that has already been said, but Maxine Peak?

MeanMrMustardSeed · 13/11/2026 22:00

Springhassprungagain · 13/11/2026 21:00

Maxine Peake?

I’m convinced it’s her!

MassiveOvaryaction · 13/11/2026 22:02

TheCoralDog · 13/11/2026 20:08

she has feline looking eyes and often a dramatic lip

Definitely actress? Only sounds maybe like Sophie Ellis-Bextor from this to me.

RaspberryRiddle · 13/11/2026 22:02

ladygindiva · 13/11/2026 21:13

Sharon Small?

She's got the hair and eyes - but also a strong Scottish accent

RaspberryRiddle · 13/11/2026 22:04

radiatorfrills · 13/11/2026 21:30

Vanessa Redgrave

Has the accent but will be 90 next year....

Thornyrose7 · 13/11/2026 22:06

Ruth Wilson

Katewashere · 13/11/2026 22:08

Wouldn’t be Mariella Fostrupt?

radiatorfrills · 13/11/2026 22:08

@RaspberryRiddleIm taking the piss!

Teenawilko · 13/11/2026 22:09

Tracy Ann Oberman

Bankoon · 13/11/2026 22:09

Peggy Mount

FenywHysbys · 13/11/2026 22:09

Jenny Funnell?

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 13/11/2026 22:10

TheCoralDog · 13/11/2026 20:08

she has feline looking eyes and often a dramatic lip

Tamsin Greig or Tamzin Outhwaite— Naomi Watts, Gina Bellman or Emily Mortimer?

JulietteRoche · 13/11/2026 22:11

Vanillalime · 13/11/2026 19:08

Emilia Fox?

She's very short.

Mondaytuesdayhappydays · 13/11/2026 22:12

thebrowncatisback · 13/11/2026 21:47

Helen mirren

Heddy lamaaar ?

Mondaytuesdayhappydays · 13/11/2026 22:13

TheCoralDog · 13/11/2026 20:08

she has feline looking eyes and often a dramatic lip

Got it - Grayson Perry

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/11/2026 22:14

Mondaytuesdayhappydays · 13/11/2026 22:13

Got it - Grayson Perry

😂

Ophy83 · 13/11/2026 22:17

Nicola Walker? Feline eyes/plays a lawyer in The Split

UnpopularOpinionsIWouldUsuallyKeepToMyself · 13/11/2026 22:17

SillySallySaidSo · 13/11/2026 20:31

I dont think i have ever seen a resolution to these type of threads....

So you never took part in the notorious Samantha Bond thread of, oooh about five years ago, then?
OP finally, triumphantly, announced round about page 39 that, after dismissing possibly every single actress known to woman since the dawn of time, she’d discovered it was Samantha Bond.
Someone had suggested Samantha fucking Bond on page two, the OP apparently missed it.

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