Geraldine Somerville
- Actress
Geraldine Somerville was born in Dublin. She lived in Co. Meath until
she was six, when her parents moved to the Isle of Man. Geraldine went
to dance classes from the age of 6 and, at the age of 8, she attended
the Arts Educational School in Tring, Hertfordshire. There, she was
taught ballet, music and drama. At sixteen, she left to continue her
studies in London, where she gained a place at the Guildhall School of
Music and Drama.
Geraldine has, most recently, been seen in the film
My Week with Marilyn (2011),
directed by Simon Curtis, alongside
Golden Globe-winner
Michelle Williams, and has a
leading role as "Louisa Manton" in the upcoming
Julian Fellowes ITV Production of
Titanic (2012), to be broadcast in
March/April 2012.
Geraldine's acting career began in 1989, immediately after graduating
from the Guildhall. She was cast as "Laura" opposite
Linus Roache in "The Glass Menagerie", at The
Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, for which she was nominated for a
Best Actress award by the Manchester Evening News.
Geraldine's numerous theatre credits include: "Three Birds Alighting on
a Field", directed by
Max Stafford-Clark, "A Jamaican
Airman Foresees His Own Death", directed by
Hettie Macdonald and "The Treatment",
directed by Lindsay Posner, all at The
Royal Court, "Juliet" in "Romeo and Juliet", directed by
Andy Hay at Bristol Old Vic, "I Am
Yours", directed by Nancy Meckler for
Shared Experience, "A Doll's House", "Birmingham Rep",
'Blue Remembered Hills", with Steve Coogan
and Nigel Lindsay, directed by
Patrick Marber, and "Power" with
Robert Lindsay and
Rupert Penry-Jones, directed by
Lindsey Posner for The National Theatre.
More recently, Geraldine appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in
"Serenading Louis", 2010, opposite
Jason O'Mara, directed by
Simon Curtis.
Geraldine has starred in a wide variety of television dramas, her
breakout role being,
"'Panhandle' Penhaligon", alongside Robbie Coltrane,
in the ground-breaking, award-winning drama series,
Cracker (1993) (1993-1995), by
Jimmy McGovern, a much-imitated series
still shown around the world. Geraldine was nominated for the Best
Actress Bafta for her role as "Detective Penhaligon".
Other notable television dramas include:
The Deep Blue Sea (1994)
(1994), Aristocrats (1999),
After Miss Julie (1995)
(1995),
Daylight Robbery (1999),
Heaven on Earth (1998),
The Safe House (2002),
Daphne (2007) and
The Children (2008).
Films include:
My Week with Marilyn (2011),
director Simon Curtis,
Sixty Six (2006), director
Paul Weiland,
Gosford Park (2001), director
Robert Altman,
Jilting Joe (1998), director
Dan Zeff.
Geraldine also played "Lily Potter", mother of "Harry Potter" in all
the Harry Potter Films.
she was six, when her parents moved to the Isle of Man. Geraldine went
to dance classes from the age of 6 and, at the age of 8, she attended
the Arts Educational School in Tring, Hertfordshire. There, she was
taught ballet, music and drama. At sixteen, she left to continue her
studies in London, where she gained a place at the Guildhall School of
Music and Drama.
Geraldine has, most recently, been seen in the film
My Week with Marilyn (2011),
directed by Simon Curtis, alongside
Golden Globe-winner
Michelle Williams, and has a
leading role as "Louisa Manton" in the upcoming
Julian Fellowes ITV Production of
Titanic (2012), to be broadcast in
March/April 2012.
Geraldine's acting career began in 1989, immediately after graduating
from the Guildhall. She was cast as "Laura" opposite
Linus Roache in "The Glass Menagerie", at The
Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, for which she was nominated for a
Best Actress award by the Manchester Evening News.
Geraldine's numerous theatre credits include: "Three Birds Alighting on
a Field", directed by
Max Stafford-Clark, "A Jamaican
Airman Foresees His Own Death", directed by
Hettie Macdonald and "The Treatment",
directed by Lindsay Posner, all at The
Royal Court, "Juliet" in "Romeo and Juliet", directed by
Andy Hay at Bristol Old Vic, "I Am
Yours", directed by Nancy Meckler for
Shared Experience, "A Doll's House", "Birmingham Rep",
'Blue Remembered Hills", with Steve Coogan
and Nigel Lindsay, directed by
Patrick Marber, and "Power" with
Robert Lindsay and
Rupert Penry-Jones, directed by
Lindsey Posner for The National Theatre.
More recently, Geraldine appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in
"Serenading Louis", 2010, opposite
Jason O'Mara, directed by
Simon Curtis.
Geraldine has starred in a wide variety of television dramas, her
breakout role being,
"'Panhandle' Penhaligon", alongside Robbie Coltrane,
in the ground-breaking, award-winning drama series,
Cracker (1993) (1993-1995), by
Jimmy McGovern, a much-imitated series
still shown around the world. Geraldine was nominated for the Best
Actress Bafta for her role as "Detective Penhaligon".
Other notable television dramas include:
The Deep Blue Sea (1994)
(1994), Aristocrats (1999),
After Miss Julie (1995)
(1995),
Daylight Robbery (1999),
Heaven on Earth (1998),
The Safe House (2002),
Daphne (2007) and
The Children (2008).
Films include:
My Week with Marilyn (2011),
director Simon Curtis,
Sixty Six (2006), director
Paul Weiland,
Gosford Park (2001), director
Robert Altman,
Jilting Joe (1998), director
Dan Zeff.
Geraldine also played "Lily Potter", mother of "Harry Potter" in all
the Harry Potter Films.