Lia Williams · Cineora

ACTOR · FROM BIRKENHEAD, UK

Lia Williams

Born 1964 · 61 years old53 credits since 1982

TenseSuspensefulThought provokingDarkMelancholic

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In the pictureThe Crown

ABOUT LIA

There’s no biography for Lia Williams yet.

Born26 November 1964

BirthplaceBirkenhead, UK

Known forActing

On Cineora34 of 53 titles

Known for

The titles people know Lia from.

Series

The Crown

2016–2023IMDb8.6

Series

The Day of the Jackal

2024–IMDb8.1

Series

His Dark Materials

2019–2023IMDb7.7

Series

The Capture

2019–IMDb8.0

Series

The Missing

2014–2016IMDb8.1

Movie

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 34
Average IMDb: 7.3
Highest rated: The CrownIMDb 8.6
Working since: 1982

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

53 credits

The 2020s

9 titles · IMDb 7.3 on average

Not on Cineora

Decoy

2025

as Vivian

Series

MobLand

2025–IMDb8.3

as Emily Gutwell · 2 episodes

Series

The Day of the Jackal

2024–IMDb8.1

as Isabel Kirby · 8 episodes

Movie

Scoop

2024IMDb6.5

as Fran Unsworth

Series

Mr Bates vs The Post Office

2024IMDb8.4

as Paula Vennells · 4 episodes

Movie

Living

2022IMDb7.2

as Mrs. Smith

Series

The Lazarus Project

2022–2024IMDb7.3

as Belov · 1 episode

Movie

Benediction

2021IMDb6.6

as Edith Sitwell

The 2010s

11 titles · IMDb 7.7 on average

Series

His Dark Materials

2019–2023IMDb7.7

as Dr Cooper · 5 episodes

Series

The Capture

2019–IMDb8.0

as DSU Gemma Garland · 18 episodes

Series

Kiri

2018IMDb6.7

as Alice Warner · 4 episodes

Movie

The Foreigner

2017IMDb7.0

as Katherine Davies

Series

Strike

2017–IMDb7.9

as Liz Tassel · 2 episodes

Series

The Crown

2016–2023IMDb8.6

as Wallis Simpson / Wallis, Duchess of Windsor · 7 episodes

Not on Cineora

Distance

2016

as Jane

Not on Cineora

The Truth Commissioner

2016

as Prime Minister

The 2000s

8 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average

Movie

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

2007IMDb6.5

as Joan Tyler

Series

Lewis

2007–2015IMDb8.2

as Emma Barnes · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Snow White: The Sequel

2007TMDB4.4

as Sleeping Beauty (voice)

Not on Cineora

Three Steps to Hendon

2005

as Dawn Luscombe

Not on Cineora

May 33rd

2004

as Ella Wilson · 2 episodes

Movie

Chica de Río

2001IMDb5.6

as Cathy

Not on Cineora

The Russian Bride

2001

as Natash Cherniavskaya · 3 episodes

Movie

The King Is Alive

2000IMDb6.3

as Amanda

The 1990s

15 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

Movie

Shot Through the Heart

1998IMDb7.1

as Maida

Not on Cineora

Imogen's Face

1998

as Amanda

Movie

Firelight

1998IMDb7.2

as Constance

Not on Cineora

The Fifth Province

1997

as Diana De Brie

Not on Cineora

The Uninvited

1997

4 episodes

Movie

Different for Girls

1996IMDb7.0

as Defending Solicitor

Series

Midsomer Murders

1997–IMDb7.9

as Maggie Markham · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Flowers of the Forest

1996

as Janet Hilton

The 1980s

8 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Not on Cineora

The Yob

1988

as Lucy

Series

Red Dwarf

1988–2017IMDb8.4

as Carol Brown · 1 episode

Series

Casualty

1986–IMDb6.2

as Carrie Langman · 1 episode

Series

Bread

1986–1991IMDb6.3

as Hotel Maid · 1 episode

Series

Girls On Top

1985–1986IMDb6.5

as Secretary · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Screen Two

1985

as Janet Hinton · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Annika

1984

as Karen · 3 episodes

Series

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982–1993IMDb7.8

as Lucy · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Lia’s titles.

Tom BurkeLiving, Strike and 1 more

Rufus SewellScoop and Dirty Weekend

Pierce BrosnanMobLand and The Foreigner

Toby JonesArchive and Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Keeley HawesThe Missing and Scoop

Holliday GraingerThe Capture and Strike

Rupert GravesSecret State and Different for Girls

Monica DolanStrike and Mr Bates vs The Post Office