Andrea Riseborough

Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 49 (Actor)
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Maurice and Ian are successful but aging actors, close friends whose conversation revolves around theatrical shop talk and the infirmities of septuagenarianism. Ian in particular is fearful that death is right around the corner, so he agrees to let his niece's daughter Jessie move in to his flat to care for him. Jessie, a provincial girl in her early twenties, turns out to be a nightmare for Ian, a hard-drinking, rude, and dismissive twerp... (imdb)
A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition. (imdb)
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her. (imdb)
The Devil's Whore (2008) - TV Mini-Series
Set between the years 1642 and 1660, "The Devil's Whore" charts the progress of the English Civil War through the eyes of the a 17 year old girl, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe. (imdb)
A light-hearted retelling of the true story of future prime minister Margaret Thatcher, during the fifties when, working as a research chemist, she begins her attempts to be selected for parliament, and meets her future husband Dennis. (imdb)
HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race relationships set in Luton. It's about mid-thirties siblings and friends whose personal lives are continuously messed up by their own selfish needs. Mad, Sad and Bad explores our contemporary metropolitan neuroses through the intersecting lives of these siblings and their friends... (imdb)
As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish. (imdb)
Dramatisation of the female workers strike at the ford factory in Dagenham in the 1960's
A two-tiered romantic drama focusing on the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard. (imdb)
A young woman who has been a member of the IRA alongside her brothers and husband becomes an informer for Britain's MI5. (imdb)
It is 1944 and the Germans have invaded the UK. In a remote Welsh valley, all the men mysteriously disappear shortly before a platoon of German soldiers arrive.
A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world. (imdb)
When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after. (imdb)
A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. (imdb)
A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed. (imdb)
Party Animals (2007) - TV Series
An assortment of characters live their lives while working in and around the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
A wealthy art gallery owner receives a draft of her ex-husband's new novel, and once she starts reading it she just cannot put it down. (imdb)
An enigmatic outsider living on a remote Scottish island finds herself caught between her minister husband and the delinquent who is sent to live with them. (imdb)
National Treasure (2016) - TV Mini-Series
A popular comedian, part of a long-running and highly successful comedy duo, is accused of historic sexual abuse against a number of women.
The Witness for the Prosecution (2016) - TV Mini-Series
The hunt is on to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse. Based on the short story by Agatha Christie. (imdb)
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. (imdb)
A has-been actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective series "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be a real person. (imdb)
Follows the Soviet dictator's last days and depicts the chaos of the regime after his death. (imdb)
Mike Burden, a rising leader in Ku Klux Klan, attempts to break away from the Klan when the girl he falls in love with urges him to leave for the better life they can build together. When the Klan seeks Mike out for vengeance, an African American Reverend takes in Mike, his girlfriend and her son, protecting them, and accepting them into their community. Together, Burden and Kennedy fight to overcome the Klan's efforts. (imdb)
Waco (2018) - TV Mini-Series
The FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993. (imdb)
Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief. (imdb)
Mandy is set in the primal wilderness of 1983 where Red Miller, a broken and haunted man hunts an unhinged religious sect who slaughtered the love of his life. (imdb)
The story of four people suffering through the worst crises of their lives.
A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. (imdb)
The Money (2014) - TV Movie
An American mogul and patriarch wields power and influence to expand his media empire and control his family.
When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she comes across Sultan, a talented archaeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present. (imdb)
Possessor follows an agent who works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies - ultimately driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients. (imdb)
ZeroZeroZero (2020) - TV Mini-Series
A cocaine shipment makes its way to Europe, starting from the moment a powerful cartel of Italian criminals decides to buy it, to its journeys through Mexico, to its shipment across the Atlantic Ocean. (imdb)
Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein becomes a catalyst for the MeToo Movement. Contains testimonials from those who knew him well such as Hillary Clinton, Emma Thompson, Heather Kerr, Ashley Judd, Rose McGowan, Uma Thurman and more! (imdb)
English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings.
That Dog (2015) - Short Film
Michael Cera and Tim Heidecker star in this wickedly acerbic yarn about three people in an L.A. apartment complex who have made social awkwardness and crass insensitivity into an art form. (YouTube)
Inspired by true events. A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption. (imdb)
An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results (imdb.com).
Two veterans of the First World War, one a doctor and the other a lawyer, both of whose work is devoted to assisting other veterans, and who had shared a close friendship in Amsterdam with a nurse who treated their battle injuries, find themselves accused of a crime they didn't commit, and drawn into a world of subterfuge.
Newlyweds Suse and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple's sexual identity. (imdb)
Alice & Jack (2023) - TV Series
Follows the story of a 16-year relationship between two imperfect lovers and its highs and lows.
The Regime (2024) - TV Mini-Series
Kate Winslet stars in this limited series as the Chancellor of an unnamed Central European nation that is unraveling behind the palace walls. (imdb)
At a Scandinavian psychiatric hospital, an uneasy triumvirate of multiple murderer Mads, therapist Anna, and policeman Soren all have a vested interest in unearthing the truth, and a deepening co-dependency threatens to consume them all. (imdb)
The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.