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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 27, 1966
Place of Birth
Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
- 셔반 피너런
Siobhan Finneran
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Siobhan Margaret Finneran is an English television and film actress. She made her screen debut in the 1987 independent film Rita, Sue and Bob Too, and subsequently worked consistently in television drama including roles in Coronation Street (1989–1990), Clocking Off (2000–2002) and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006). In 2005, Finneran originated the lead female role in the stage play On the Shore of the Wide World and was awarded the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Also a comedy performer, Finneran appeared as Janice Garvey, a leading character in the first seven series of ITV sitcom Benidorm (2007–2015). Later television roles include portraying a lawyer in the mini-series Unforgiven (2009), an embittered servant in the first three series of the costume drama Downton Abbey (2010–2012) and a recovering addict in Happy Valley (2014–2023), for which she was nominated for the 2017 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. Later film credits include Mrs Swift in the 2013 film release The Selfish Giant, which earned her a British Independent Film Award nomination. Finneran is also a prolific television documentary narrator. Finneran was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, then in Lancashire, to Irish parents. She moved with her family to Saddleworth as a young child, and has lived in the area ever since. During childhood Finneran was always drawn to the performing arts and was a fan of the celebrated English comedian Eric Morecambe, recalling that "as a little girl I wanted to be Eric Morecambe. Not to be like him but to actually be him". She completed a theatre studies course. In 2023, Finneran became patron for Manchester based charity Contact Hostel, an organisation that provides support and accommodation for teenage girls facing homelessness.
Known For
1.0
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dictator: The Hitler Interviews
2025
6.1
Helga
The Damned
2025
7.8
DI Liz Nyles
Protection
2024
8.0
Self
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
0.0
Julia
Huggo
2024
7.2
Beryl Hullighan
The Reckoning
2023
0.0
Rapture
2023
8.0
Self (Narrator)
Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers
2021
7.6
Marie-Louise O'Dell
Time
2021
6.0
Self - Narrator
The Yorkshire Jobcentre
2020
Credits
Dictator: The Hitler Interviews
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
1.0
The Damned
as Helga
2025
6.1
Protection
as DI Liz Nyles
2024
7.8
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
as Self
2024
8.0
Huggo
as Julia
2024
0.0
The Reckoning
as Beryl Hullighan
2023
7.2
Rapture
2023
0.0
Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers
as Self (Narrator)
2021
8.0
Time
as Marie-Louise O'Dell
2021
7.6
The Yorkshire Jobcentre
as Self - Narrator
2020
6.0
The Other One
as Marilyn
2020
6.5
Alma's Not Normal
as Lin
2020
7.3
The Stranger
as DS Johanna Griffin
2020
7.2
A Confession
as Elaine Pickford
2019
7.0
Forensics: The Real CSI
as Narrator
2019
7.5
Pond Life
as Kath Edlington
2019
6.2
The Widow
as Sally Newell
2019
6.9
James Bulger: The New Revelations
as Narrator
2018
0.0
Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives
as Jen
2018
7.3
Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday
as Herself
2018
8.0
Apostasy
as Ivanna
2017
6.8
The Loch
as DCI Lauren Quigley
2017
6.6
The Chillenden Murders
as Narrator (Voice)
2017
6.3
🎬
Having a Ball: The Making of Rita, Sue and Bob Too
2017
0.0
The Moorside
as DC Christine Freeman
2017
6.8
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
as Jane
2016
6.0
Midwinter of the Spirit
as Angela Purefoy
2015
6.6
Nobody from Nowhere
as Elizabeth Traven
2014
6.4
Happy Valley
as Clare Cartwright
2014
7.9
Inside No. 9
as Edith
2014
8.0
The Selfish Giant
as Mrs. Swift
2013
7.3
The Syndicate
as Mandy Atkinson
2012
7.5
Downton Abbey
as Sarah O'Brien
2010
8.1
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Verity
2009
5.8
Unforgiven
as Izzie Ingram
2009
7.4
Apparitions
as Sister Ruth
2008
7.2
Boy A
as Kelly
2008
7.1
Comedy Showcase
as Shirley
2007
7.0
Benidorm
as Janice Garvey
2007
7.5
Benidorm
as Janice
2007
7.5
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
as Beverley Clarke
2006
6.2
Johnny and the Bomb
as Mrs. Bushell
2006
6.5
Doctor Who
as Becka Savage
2005
7.6
Passer By
as Helen Keyes
2004
0.0
Blue Murder
as Anita Burgess
2003
6.7
The Royal
as Rita Hogg
2003
7.6
Wire in the Blood
2002
7.8
Timeshift
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2002
7.0
Sparkhouse
as Sue Bolton
2002
7.6
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
as Kathleen Adanski
2002
6.7
🎬
The King and Us
as Jenny
2002
0.0
Blood Strangers
as WPC Melanie Whitaker
2002
4.8
Clocking Off
as Julie O'Neill
2000
7.4
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Peggy Rainford
1996
7.3
Out of the Blue
as Fran Paiton
1995
0.0
Peak Practice
as Caroline Royal
1993
6.1
Heartbeat
as Janet
1992
7.1
Heartbeat
as Tax Inspector
1992
7.1
Heartbeat
as Gloria Brown
1992
7.1
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
as Rita
1987
6.1
Casualty
as Sue Stedding
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Mel Riley
1986
6.1
🎬
Chatlines
N/A
0.0
🎬
Unchosen
as Mrs Phillips
N/A
0.0
The Stork
as Gwenda
N/A
10.0