Anne Reid is a much-loved veteran of the stage and screen.

Anne Reid is starring in Oedipus on Broadway alongside Lesley Manville and Mark Strong.

Anne recently starred in By Royal Appointment on a UK tour.

Anne’s other theatre credits include Marjorie Prime (Menier Chocolate Factory), A Woman of No Importance (Vaudeville Theatre), Fracked!, Out of this World (Chichester Festival Theatre), Hedda Gabler (The Old Vic), Dimetos (Donmar Warehouse), Happy Now?, Wild Oats (National Theatre), Into the Woods (Royal Opera House), The Epitaph of George Dillon (Comedy Theatre), The York Realist (Royal Court) and A Family Affair (Theatre Royal Bath).

For television, Anne’s extensive credits include The Sixth Commandment, Sanditon, Years & Years, Hold the Sunset, Last Tango in Halifax, Our Zoo, The Last Witch, Upstairs Downstairs, Marchlands, Moving On, Five Days, Ladies of Letters, In Love with Barbara, Shameless, Affinity, The Bad Mother’s Handbook, Doctor Who, Jane Eyre, Bleak House, Life Begins, Dinnerladies, Sweet Charity andVictoria Wood: As Seen on TV.

On film, Anne has appeared in SAS Red Notice, Aeronauts, The Nest, The Snowman, Romans, Kaleidoscope, Believe, Foster, Cemetery Junction, Faintheart, Savage Grace, Hot Fuzz, Little Trip to Heaven, and The Mother (Critics’ Circle Award for British Actress of the Year).

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Anne Reid Press Interviews

InterviewAnne Reid: ‘Being on stage at 87? Sometimes I’d rather stay in bed’ (Alice Saville, i News, 31 March 2023) - Read more
InterviewAnne Reid on fame, desire and ambition at 90: ‘The most wonderful things have happened since I was 68!’ (Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 7 July 2025) - Read more
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