Lizzie Hopley

Biography

The Liverpool-born actress and writer Lizzie Hopley trained at Manchester University and at RADA before building a career across screen, stage, audio and radio. Her film credits include Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre (2011), Pierrepoint (2005) opposite Timothy Spall, and Fackham Hall (2025). On television she has appeared in The Crown, Luther, The Long Song and Little Boy Blue, and she voiced the Mantasphid Queen in the animated Doctor Who adventure The Infinite Quest (2007). Her stage work takes in seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Globe and Cheek by Jowl. Writing is a second strand: her one-woman play Pramface took the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's Plat Du Jour in 2007, and she earned a Scribe Award in 2021 for the audio drama The Curse of Lady Macbeth. For Big Finish she has written and acted in more than 90 Doctor Who audio plays.

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 20 years2005 to 2025

Every film, newest first

2025Fackham HallIMDb rating 6.4
2012Day of the FlowersIMDb rating 5.5
2011Jane EyreIMDb rating 7.3
2007Doctor Who: The Infinite QuestIMDb rating 6.4
2005Pierrepoint: The Last HangmanIMDb rating 7.4

Genres

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Behind the camera
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007, Hopley's first one-woman play, Pramface, earned the Plat Du Jour. The play looked at what reality television does and at calling people chavs.
Behind the camera
Hopley wrote a sitcom pilot called Green, which took the top prize in Pozzitive Television's Funny Dot Comp in 2021.

Lizzie Hopley movies on Netflix

Fackham Hall2025IMDb rating 6.4as Phyllis Davenport
Day of the Flowers2012IMDb rating 5.5as Harriet
Jane Eyre2011IMDb rating 7.3as Miss Abbot
Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest2007IMDb rating 6.4as Mantasphid Queen (voice)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman2005IMDb rating 7.4as Dorothea Waddingham

Worked with

Lizzie Hopley made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Timothy Spall

Judi Dench

James Corden

David Tennant

Michael Fassbender

Sally Hawkins

Cary Joji FukunagaDirector, 1 film Jim O'HanlonDirector, 1 film Adrian ShergoldDirector, 1 film

Films together

Timothy Spall1 film together, 2005
Timothy Spall's page
- Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman2005IMDb rating 7.4Hopley as Dorothea WaddinghamSpall as Albert Pierrepoint
Judi Dench1 film together, 2011
Judi Dench's page
- Jane Eyre2011IMDb rating 7.3Hopley as Miss AbbotDench as Mrs. Fairfax
James Corden1 film together, 2005
James Corden's page
- Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman2005IMDb rating 7.4Hopley as Dorothea WaddinghamCorden as Kirky
David Tennant1 film together, 2007
David Tennant's page
- Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest2007IMDb rating 6.4Hopley as Mantasphid QueenvoiceTennant as The Doctorvoice
Michael Fassbender1 film together, 2011
Michael Fassbender's page
- Jane Eyre2011IMDb rating 7.3Hopley as Miss AbbotFassbender as Edward Rochester
Sally Hawkins1 film together, 2011
Sally Hawkins's page
- Jane Eyre2011IMDb rating 7.3Hopley as Miss AbbotHawkins as Mrs. Reed
Cary Joji FukunagaDirector, 1 film, 2011
All films by Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Jane Eyre2011IMDb rating 7.3Hopley as Miss Abbot
Jim O'HanlonDirector, 1 film, 2025
All films by Jim O'Hanlon
- Fackham Hall2025IMDb rating 6.4Hopley as Phyllis Davenport
Adrian ShergoldDirector, 1 film, 2005
All films by Adrian Shergold
- Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman2005IMDb rating 7.4Hopley as Dorothea Waddingham

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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