Lynn Farleigh
Acting
Lynn Farleigh, a Bristolian, trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her career in rep at Salisbury. She has worked many times for the ESC, the RSC and the National Theatre, recently in the acclaimed production of “Three Days in the Country”. Shakespeare roles include Helena in All's Well That Ends Well, Viola , Hermione, Lady Anne, Titania, Portia and Lady Macbeth. Much television work includes Steptoe and Son, Pride and Prejudice, Finney, Out, Wycliffe (as Helen), Midsomer Murders, and more recently in Vera, Lightfields, Casualty, EastEnders and Silent Witness. Lynn works with students and young actors and has directed eight plays for the British American Drama Academy, the most recent was her version of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time”. She lives in north Oxfordshire with her actor husband and a very elderly but demanding three-legged cat, Lucie!
Known for
Acting85
movieThe Flash
2023
Judge
tvGrace
2021
Alma Starr
tvVera
2011
Valerie Furlow
moviePeep Show: Seasonal Beatings
2010
Pam Corrigan
tvSherlock
2010
Professor Cairns
Waving at Trains
2009
Annabelle Warren
movieMiss Potter
2006
Lady Sybil
tvHe Knew He Was Right
2004
Mrs Outhouse
tvPeep Show
2003
Pam Corrigan
Attachments
2000
Dr Heather Green
tvBad Girls
1999
Mrs Williams
movieFairyTale: A True Story
1997
Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
tvThe Ice House
1997
Mrs. Thompson
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Sonia Madrigal
tvSilent Witness
1996
Ann Cunningham
tvPride and Prejudice
1995
Mrs Phillips / Mrs. Phillips
tvFinney
1994
Mary Finney
movieSuffer The Little Children
1994
Solicitor
tvWycliffe
1994
Helen Wycliffe
tvPeak Practice
1993
Moira Pearce
movieTales from Hollywood
1992
Helene Weigel
tvHeartbeat
1992
Mary Radcliffe / Joan Dyson
tvPerformance
1991
Helene Weigel
movieHeartland
1989
Rachel
movieBorder
1988
Mrs Fialova
tvThe Play on One
1988
Rachel
tvWish Me Luck
1988
Vivien Ashton
movieFighting Back
1986
Barbara Merrick
tvScreenPlay
1986
Helen
movieComing Through
1985
Lydia Lawrence
Love and Marriage
1984
Christine / Cathy
The Hard Word
1983
Sarah Wood
Claire
1982
Pam Hunter
movieLovers of Their Time
1982
Hilda Britt
All for Love
1982
Hilda Britt
movieThe Workshop
1982
Simone
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Helene Weigel
tvBergerac
1981
Joan Grant
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
Heather Massie
movieAntony & Cleopatra
1981
Octavia
movieClapperclaw
1981
Lorna
movieA Walk in the Forest
1980
Catherine Clements
Sweet Nothings
1980
Mary Fearon
tvSpooner's Patch
1979
Mrs Webster
tvThe Word
1978
Valerie Hughs
movieWatership Down
1978
Cat (voice)
tvOut
1978
Anne Ross
tvScorpion Tales
1978
Virginia Ward
tvMurder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
Doreen Periam
Romance
1977
Heather
The Velvet Glove
1977
Edith Cavell
tvBill Brand
1976
Miriam Brand
Cakes and Ale
1976
Amy Driffield
tvAffairs of the Heart
1974
Catherine Sloper
tvFall of Eagles
1974
Krupskaya / Nadezhda Krupskaya
tvPlayhouse
1974
Kate / Lorna / Simone
movieVoices
1973
The Mother
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972
Sarah Belmont
tvJustice
1971
Muriel Parker
tvEyeless in Gaza
1971
Helen Amberley
tvThe Guardians
1971
Eleanor Benedict
movieDeathday
1971
Lydia Crosse
A Man for Loving
1970
Isobel Francis
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
Doris Hanson
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Miss Charlotte Plummer / Isobel Francis / Heather Massie
tvOut of the Unknown
1965
Lydia Crosse
tvPublic Eye
1965
Valerie Pratt
tvZ-Cars
1962
Ann Fazakerley