Deborah Findlay

Deborah Findlay is an English actress, born in Surrey, who has worked mainly in theater while appearing in numerous television roles. She began acting with a theater company during her English studies at Leeds University and later appeared in the original production of Top Girls. She worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1980s, appearing in Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice. In 1997 she won an Olivier Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Hilda in Pam Gems's play Stanley. Stage work included the US premiere of Vincent River and Madame de Sade with Judi Dench. She played Volumnia in Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse, earning a Clarence Derwent award, and appeared in Lucy Kirkwood's The Children, which brought Tony nomination. On television she is known for playing Ruth in three series of the BBC legal drama The Split, and she appeared in Cranford, State of Play, and Torchwood: Children of Earth.