English actor who has won several awards, including BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Emmys.
During the '60s she was a member of the RSC, made her debut in Cleopatra and her West End debut in Cressida, before forging a film career with the likes of Age of Consent, The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover, Gosford Park, The Madness of King George, Calendar Girls and The Queen.
Her best-known TV-role was as detective Jane Tennison in the long-running drama, Prime Suspect.