Born: July 26, 1946 as Ilyena Lydia Mironoff
A British classically trained Shakespearean actresses. She has played a wide range of the Bard's heroines, but is best known for her portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, the lead character in the award winning British television series Prime Suspect.
Filmography up to 2000:
The Pledge - 2000
Green Fingers - 1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle - 1999
The Passion of Ayn Rand - 1999
The Prince of Egypt - 1998
Sidoglio Smithee - 1998
Painted Lady - 1997
Critical Care - 1997
Some Mother's Son - 1996
The Great War - 1996
Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment - 1996
Losing Chase - 1996
Prime Suspect: The Lost Child - 1995
The Madness of King George - 1995
Prime Suspect: Inner Circles - 1995
Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness - 1995
Royal Deceit - 1994
Prime Suspect 3 - 1993
The Hawk - 1993
Prime Suspect 2 - 1992
Where Angels Fear to Tread - 1991
Bethune: The Making of a Hero - 1990
The Comfort of Strangers - 1990
Prime Suspect - 1990
Red King, White Knight - 1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover - 1989
When the Whales Came - 1989
Pascali's Island - 1988
Cause Celebre - 1987
Invocation: Maya Deren - 1987
The Mosquito Coast - 1986
Coming Through - 1985
The Gospel According to Vic (Heavenly Pursuits) - 1985
White Knights - 1985
Cal - 1984
2010 - 1984
Priest of Love - 1981
Excalibur - 1981
Caligula - 1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu - 1980
Hussy - 1980
The Long Good Friday - 1980
Hamlet - 1976
O Lucky Man - 1973
Miss Julie - 1972
Savage Messiah - 1972
Age of Consent - 1969
Colpo Rovente - 1969
Midsummer Night's Dream - 1968
Herostratus - 1967