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Tamsin Greig

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Holluschickie · 20/10/2025 12:42

I don't expect anyone to agree with me, but when I grow up I want to look like Tamsin Greig. Watching her in The Riot Women and she's just so attractive in such a natural, non- plastic, athletically built way. Love her hair too, and the way she does not appear to have done anything to her face.

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Pieceofpurplesky · 20/10/2025 12:51

It's the cheekbones. Very attractive woman.

EmeraldRoulette · 20/10/2025 12:52

I saw her a couple of times in London just out and about

She's a fabulous looking woman. I think the athletic build is key though. I also noticed she has excellent posture. I'm going to guess that she's a trained dancer is she?

SnooperLoopy · 20/10/2025 12:52

Someone I work with told me I look like Tamsin Greig the other day. TG is eleven years older than me, and I still took it as a massive compliment!

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Holluschickie · 20/10/2025 12:59

She's also on a magazine cover. Can't remember which one. But she looked so individual and different among all the other covers of identikit women.

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TottersBlithely · 20/10/2025 12:59

Don’t really care what she looks like - I just very much miss her voice, and her character, in The Archers.

(’m sure she’s perfectly lovely, but it doesn’t seem quite fair that she has time for TV and stage stuff, but won’t come back to a radio show where she’s badly needed.)

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 20/10/2025 13:01

To be fair, Totters, what The Archers could pay must be an absolute pittance compared with what she can get on TV and in the theatre! She did come back when Jennifer died, didn't she?

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Holluschickie · 20/10/2025 13:03

TottersBlithely · 20/10/2025 12:59

Don’t really care what she looks like - I just very much miss her voice, and her character, in The Archers.

(’m sure she’s perfectly lovely, but it doesn’t seem quite fair that she has time for TV and stage stuff, but won’t come back to a radio show where she’s badly needed.)

But this is S and B, so that's why the focus on her " look".

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FrenchandSaunders · 20/10/2025 13:10

I agree she's gorgeous. I've only just realised she's Jackie in Friday Night Dinner, how did I not know that!

Happyjoe · 20/10/2025 13:11

She is a stunning, naturally beautiful woman and seems to be a really top lady too! One of my fav actresses ever since Green Wing.

Thoroughly enjoyed Riot Girls, but as an old punk myself, should've been spelled Riot Grrrls perhaps?!

PGmicstand · 20/10/2025 13:12

Love Tamsin - she's stunning, funny, and eloquent.

tartyflette · 20/10/2025 13:16

She was utterly fabulous in Friday Night Dinner, as was all th cast. Such a shame the wonderful Paul Ritter died so there can be no more of it.
(Unless it's with Jackie now widowed and getting back on the dating scene again, with the grown up sons putting their oar in...)

HeadNorth · 20/10/2025 13:17

Happyjoe · 20/10/2025 13:11

She is a stunning, naturally beautiful woman and seems to be a really top lady too! One of my fav actresses ever since Green Wing.

Thoroughly enjoyed Riot Girls, but as an old punk myself, should've been spelled Riot Grrrls perhaps?!

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It was Riot Women - they weren't girls! I thought all the women in it in looked really good in their own way - when Beth went a bit punk it was transformative.

Happyjoe · 20/10/2025 13:27

HeadNorth · 20/10/2025 13:17

It was Riot Women - they weren't girls! I thought all the women in it in looked really good in their own way - when Beth went a bit punk it was transformative.

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Good point made well by you, lol 🤘

Yeah, they all looked amazing :-) Was a great show, didn't want it to end, rarely happens these days!

BitOutOfPractice · 20/10/2025 13:31

Absolutely love her. She just glows doesn’t she?

I started watching Riot Women last night and thought a. How toned she looks. B. How great her hair is.

I love her acting too (saw her in a play with Martin Freeman about 20 years ago and she acted him off. the. stage) but wanted to praise her looks too for a S&B thread.

I miss her on the Archers too @TottersBlithely

BitOutOfPractice · 20/10/2025 13:33

As well as Friday Night Dinner (“you look nice Jackie!”) can I also recommend Episodes with the lovely Stephen Mangan and Matt le Blanc.

StewkeyBlue · 20/10/2025 13:34

She looks fabulous .

Would love her cheekbones and hair. Also poise. And eyes. And talent.

MabelMoo23 · 20/10/2025 13:35

Holluschickie · 20/10/2025 12:59

She's also on a magazine cover. Can't remember which one. But she looked so individual and different among all the other covers of identikit women.

She’s on the front cover of this months Good Housekeeping- I saw it this morning and I noticed it for the exact same reasons, she looked amazing

TheTortiePuffinNeedsHerBreakfast · 20/10/2025 13:47

I love her new blonde look, it really suits her.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 20/10/2025 13:56

On Zinio some of the magazines let you read one or two articles in the current issue as a 'taster'. The Tamsin article is one of them this month. https://www.zinio.com/gb/article/good-housekeeping-uk/november-2025-i674671/riot-women-is-a-sort-of-love-song-a9

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https://www.zinio.com/gb/article/good-housekeeping-uk/november-2025-i674671/riot-women-is-a-sort-of-love-song-a9

Dollymylove · 20/10/2025 13:57

I love Tamsin Grieg. She was fabulous in Friday night dinner. I had never seen it but my son alerted me to it and I binge watched every episode recently. I haven't watched Riot women yet but she was brilliant in Green wing and Love soup 😁😁

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 20/10/2025 14:11

tartyflette · 20/10/2025 13:16

She was utterly fabulous in Friday Night Dinner, as was all th cast. Such a shame the wonderful Paul Ritter died so there can be no more of it.
(Unless it's with Jackie now widowed and getting back on the dating scene again, with the grown up sons putting their oar in...)

Part of my loves this but equally I don't think it would work without a topless male going "Hello bambinos".

Also I really wish people would put more than just a famous persons name as the title because I always think it'll be that they've died. And as a big TG fan my heart just stopped!

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Holluschickie · 20/10/2025 14:13

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 20/10/2025 14:11

Part of my loves this but equally I don't think it would work without a topless male going "Hello bambinos".

Also I really wish people would put more than just a famous persons name as the title because I always think it'll be that they've died. And as a big TG fan my heart just stopped!

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Yeah fair enough! I should have put TG's look.

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Lottapianos · 20/10/2025 14:20

She has fabulous hair and lovely glowy skin, and I agree that she looks very authentic and different from the plastic frozen look that some women in their 50s have

Ormally · 20/10/2025 14:38

tartyflette · 20/10/2025 13:16

She was utterly fabulous in Friday Night Dinner, as was all th cast. Such a shame the wonderful Paul Ritter died so there can be no more of it.
(Unless it's with Jackie now widowed and getting back on the dating scene again, with the grown up sons putting their oar in...)

She'd move in with Auntie Val, surely? There could be one or 2 topless males of short duration, then.

ClaireEclair · 20/10/2025 14:40

I served her in the shop I used to work in years ago and she was so charming and friendly. I was such a fan of Black Books and Green Wing and I’m sure I was physically buzzing while talking to her.