Saffron Burrows
Biography
Saffron Burrows is a British actress who began acting lessons at age 11 at the Anna Scher Theatre in Islington and made her screen debut in 1993 in In the Name of the Father. Her first major roles came in 1995 with Circle of Friends (1995) and Welcome II The Terrordome. She went on to appear in Deep Blue Sea (1999), Timecode (2000), Hotel (2001), Gangster No. 1 (2000), Enigma (2001), Frida (2002), Troy (2004), Perfect Creature (2006), Fay Grim (2006), Reign Over Me (2007), The Bank Job (2008), and Shrink (2009). On television she played Lorraine Weller on Boston Legal, Serena Stevens in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Victoria Hand on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Cynthia Taylor on Mozart in the Jungle. She was nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Deep Blue Sea and for Screen Actors Guild ensemble awards for Boston Legal.
53years old
Turns 54 on October 22in 9 days
- Born St Pancras
- Star sign: LibraLast day of the sign, on the Scorpio cusp
- Saffron Dominique Burrows (birth name)Also credited as Saffron Domini Burrows
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 31 years1995 to 2026
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A change of course
Fashion photographer Beth Boldt spotted Burrows in Covent Garden when she was 15. She then modeled for five years, splitting her time between London and Paris.
First role
In 1993, Burrows took a small part in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father, which was her first film role.
Languages
In The Galindez File, Burrows acted in Spanish. The film was written by Vazquez Montalban, a Spanish novelist, and concerns a woman looking into the vanishing of a Trujillo critic.
First role
In January 2005, Burrows was the first to play Janey Morris in Earthly Paradise, which had its world premiere at the Almeida Theatre.
Behind the camera
For The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and the New Statesman, Burrows has produced diaries, book reviews and articles for newspapers and magazines.
Saffron Burrows movies on Netflix
Zip Wireas Donaldson
Canary Blackas Elizabeth Mills
Bagheadas Catherine
Dangerous Watersas Alma
Knife Fightas Sophia Becker
Small Apartmentsas Francine
Shrinkas Kate
The Bank Jobas Martine Love
Reign Over Meas Donna Remar
Fay Grimas Juliet
Klimtas mia
Perfect Creatureas Lilly
Troyas Andromache
Fridaas Gracie
Enigmaas Claire
Hotelas Duchess of Malfi
Temptedas Lilly LeBlanc
Gangster No. 1as Karen
Timecodeas Emma
Deep Blue Seaas Dr. Susan McAlester
Wing Commanderas Lt. Cdr. 'Angel' Deveraux
Lovelifeas Zoey
The MatchMakeras Moira Kennedy Kelly
Circle of Friendsas Nan Mahon
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Mike Figgis directed two of these films. Salma Hayek appears in three 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.








Films together
Salma Hayek3 films together, 2000 to 2002
Danny Huston2 films together, 2000 to 2001
Dougray Scott2 films together, 2001 to 2006
Dougray Scott's page Perfect Creature2006IMDb rating 5.3Burrows as LillyScott as Silus
Enigma2001IMDb rating 6.4Burrows as ClaireScott as Thomas Jericho
Valeria Golino2 films together, 2001 to 2002
David Suchet2 films together, 1999 to 2008
David Suchet's page The Bank Job2008IMDb rating 7.2Burrows as Martine LoveSuchet as Lew Vogel
Wing Commander1999IMDb rating 4.4Burrows as Lt. Cdr. 'Angel' DeverauxSuchet as Capt. Jason Sansky
George DiCenzo2 films together, 2001
Mike FiggisDirector, 2 films, 2000 to 2001
Also two films together2 more actors
- Mía MaestroFrida (2002) and Timecode (2000)
- Ken BonesTroy (2004) and Wing Commander (1999)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Saffron Burrows's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$893 million
15 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 15 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$497M55.7% of the total
- 2$165M18.4% of the total
- 3$65M7.3% of the total
- 4$56M6.3% of the total
- 5$45M5.0% of the total
- 6$22M2.5% of the total
- 7$16M1.8% of the total
- 8$12M1.3% of the total








