Judy Parfitt

Judy is currently filming the 14th series of BBC's CALL THE MIDWIFE as Sister Monica Joan.

She made her stage debut with FOOLS RUSH IN in 1954 and gained widespread recognition for her role as Gertrude in HAMLET alongside Anthony Hopkins. Other notable stage credits include REALLY OLD, LIKE FORTY FIVE and THERESE RAQUIN at the National Theatre, NIGHT MUST FALL Broadway, New York and AN INSPECTOR CALLS at the Aldwych Theatre.

Judy made her Hollywood debut alongside Kathy Bates in DOLORES CLAIBOURNE and has since gone on to star in Madonna’s W.E, with Stephen Fry in WILDE and alongside Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson in THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING, for which she received the BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2004.

Judy has also forged a successful television career and received a BAFTA television nomination in 1983 for her role as Mildred Layton in THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN. More recently, Judy has been seen in THE BLEAK LITTLE SHOP OF STUFF, VERA, JONATHAN CREEK, JUST WILLIAM and MARPLE: GREENSHAW'S FOLLY.

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Judy Parfitt

Stage

Title	Role	Production	Director
REALLY OLD, LIKE FORTY FIVE	Lyn	National Theatre	Anna Mackmin
THERESE RAQUIN	Mme. Raquin	National Theatre	Marianne Elliott
NIGHT MUST FALL	Mrs. Bramson	Broadway New York	John Tillinger
AN INSPECTOR CALLS	Sybil Birling	Aldwych Theatre	Stephen Daldry
VALENTINE'S DAY	Mrs Clandon	Chichester Festival	Gillian Lynne
THE SISTERHOOD	Philaminte	Chichester/Minerva	Tony Britton
PASSION PLAY	Eleanor	Wyndham's/Leicester	Mike Ockrent
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA	Cleopatra	Young Vic	Keith Hack
OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS	Lady Alice Hawthorn	Chichester	MIchael Simpson
THE CHERRY ORCHARD	Ranevskaya	Riverside Studios	Peter Gill
THE FAMILY DANCE	Victoria Musgrave	Criterion Theatre	Jonathan Hale
FALLEN ANGELS	Jane Banbury	Greenwich Theatre	James Roose-Evans
THE APPLE CART	Orinthia	Bristol Old Vic	David Phethean

Television

Title	Role	Production	Director
CALL THE MIDWIFE (13 SEASONS)	Sister Monica Joan	BBC	Various
MIDSOMER MURDERS: 25 YEARS OF MAYHEM	Angela Wentworth	Bentley Productions	Rennie Rye
UP THE WOMEN (2 SEASONS)	Myrtle	Baby Cow/BBC Four	Christine Geron
THE GAME	Hester Waterhouse	BBC	Daniel O'Hara
MARPLE	Cicely Beauclerk	Mammoth Screen Ltd	Sarah Harding
VERA	Maggie	ITV Studios	Ed Bazalgette
THE SYNDICATE	Maureen	BBC	Syd McCartney
THE BLEAK OLD SHOP OF STUFF	Aunt Chastity	BBC2	Ben Gosling
JUST WILLIAM	Aunt Augusta	BBC	Paul Speed
JONATHAN CREEK:THE GRINNING MAN	Constance Gessler	BBC	David Renwick
LITTLE DORRIT	Mrs. Clennam	BBC	Dearbla Walsh
FUNLAND	Mercy Woolf	BBC Comedy-North	Dearbhla Walsh
FUNLAND	Mercy Woolf	BBC Television	Brian Kirk \| Susan Tully \| Dearbhla Walsh
THE LONG FIRM	Lady Thursby	BBC Television	Billie Eltringham
POIROT: DEATH ON THE NILE	Miss Van Schuyler	Granada Television	Andy Wilson
HEARTS OF GOLD	Isobel John	BBC Television	Richard Laxton
ER (2 SEASONS)	Isabelle Corday	NBC	Various
MURDER IN MIND	Margaret Collins	BBC Television	Ferdinand Fairfax
THE HUNT	Lady Diana	Carlton Television	Piers Haggard
THE RUBY RING	Mrs Puxley	HBO	Harley Cokeliss
SILENT CRIES	Beryl Stacton	Warner Brothers	Anthony Page

Feature Film

Title	Role	Production	Director
HELLO CARTER	Miriam	Revolution Films	Anthony Wilcox
W.E	Queen Mary	Semtex Films	Madonna
THE MOTH DIARIES	Mrs. Rood	Edward R. Pressman Film	Mary Harron
DEAN SPANLEY	Mrs. Brimley	Miramax	Toa Fraser
ASYLUM	Brenda Raphael	Paramount	David Mackenzie
THE ARYAN COUPLE	Rachel Krauzenberg	Atlantic Film Productions	John Daly
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING	Maria Thins	Archer Street Productions	Peter Webber
EVER AFTER: A CINDERELLA STORY	Queen Marie	20th Century Fox	Andy Tennant
WILDE	Lady Mount-Temple	20th Century Fox	Brian Gilbert
DOLORES CLAIRBOURNE	Vera Donovan	Castle Rock Entertainment	Taylor Hackford