Geraldine James

Name:
Geraldine James
Age:
73
Date of Birth:
Jul 6, 1950
Place of Birth:
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Occupation:
Actress
Spouse:
Joseph Blatchley (m. 1986)
Children:
1
Years active:
1973–present

Geraldine James - Biography Summary


Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is a British actress. For her role as Portia in the 1989 Broadway revival of The Merchant of Venice, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. She also won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1989 Venice Film Festival for She's Been Away. Theatre director Peter Hall says James ranks amongst the great English classical actresses.

James has been nominated four times for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress; for Dummy (1977), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Band of Gold (1995) and The Sins (2000). She is also known as Mrs. Pincher, the breastfeeding mother in Little Britain (2004). Her film credits include Gandhi (1982), The Tall Guy (1989), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and 45 Years (2015).



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