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Geraldine Somerville

Geraldine Somerville

12 movies on Netflix

Biography

Geraldine Somerville is an Irish actress who trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama and finished her studies in 1988. She began on television with guest spots in Poirot, Casualty and The Bill. Her film debut came in Close My Eyes (1991). She gained a BAFTA nomination for playing DS Jane Penhaligon in the crime drama Cracker in 1995. She is known for playing the adult Lily Potter in the Harry Potter film series and for Gosford Park (2001). Her other films include Haunted (1995), Sixty Six (2006), Daphne (2007), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Automata (2014), Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), The Hippopotamus (2017) and Christmas in the Highlands (2019). On stage, she made her professional debut in The Glass Menagerie in 1989 and later returned to the Royal Exchange Theatre in that play.

59years old

Turns 60 on May 19in 213 days

  • Born County Meath
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
  • Also credited as Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville

Movie Career

Films
12
Career span
28 years1991 to 2019

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  1. First role

    In 1989, Geraldine Somerville played Laura Wingfield in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, the venue for her professional stage debut. The Stage newspaper called her "someone to watch out for".

Geraldine Somerville movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Gosford Park2001 Drama, Mysteryas Louisa Stockbridge

    IMDb rating 7.2103K votes

  2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004 Adventure, Family, Fantasyas Lily Potter

    IMDb rating 7.9779K votes

  3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007as Lily Potter

    IMDb rating 7.5712K votes

  4. Automata2014as Samantha

    IMDb rating 6.062K votes

  5. Haunted1995as Kate

    IMDb rating 6.28.2K votes

  6. The Hippopotamus2017as Rebecca Logan

    IMDb rating 6.44.7K votes

  7. Goodbye Christopher Robin2017as Lady O

    IMDb rating 7.132K votes

  8. My Week with Marilyn2011as Lady Jane Clark

    IMDb rating 6.992K votes

Most often with

David Yates directed two of these films, Simon Curtis two. Emma Watson appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Geraldine Somerville's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.8 billion

9 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 12 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $938M33.5% of the total
  2. 2
    $934M33.4% of the total
  3. 3
    $790M28.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Gosford Park2001as Louisa Stockbridge
    $88M3.1% of the total
  5. 5
    My Week with Marilyn2011as Lady Jane Clark
    $35M1.3% of the total
  6. 6
    $7.3M0.3% of the total
  7. 7
    Automata2014as Samantha
    $6.2M0.2% of the total
  8. 8
    Sixty Six2006as Alice Barrie
    $1.9M0.1% of the total
Close My Eyes (1991), $135,893

$135,893from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total