Siobhan Finneran

Siobhan Finneran
Born	Siobhan Margaret Finneran (1966-04-26) 26 April 1966 Oldham, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985 – present
Spouse	Mark Jordon ​ ​ (1997⁠–⁠2014)​
Children	2

Siobhan Margaret Finneran (born 26 April 1966) is an English television and film actress. She is known for her regular roles in the BBC drama Clocking Off (2000-2002), ITV comedy Benidorm (2007-2015), ITV drama Downton Abbey (2010-2013) and BBC drama Happy Valley (2014-). She also starred as Rita in the 1987 film, Rita, Sue and Bob Too and as Mrs Swift in the 2013 film, The Selfish Giant.

Career

Finneran's first major role was as Rita in the 1986 film, Rita, Sue and Bob Too opposite Michelle Holmes and George Costigan. She went on to appear in the British soap operas Coronation Street (1989) and Emmerdale (1998). Since 2007, she has played Janice in ITV's comedy drama Benidorm, appearing in all 6 series and both specials. She appeared in the first 2 episodes of the seventh series, however the Garvey's family left, she is scheduled to return in Series 9 (2017) with the Garvey's. She was also a regular cast member of period drama series Downton Abbey, appearing as lady's maid Sarah O'Brien from 2010-2013. Since leaving Downton Abbey, she has had regular roles in The Syndicate (2013) and Happy Valley (2014). For her role as Mrs Swift in the film The Selfish Giant (2013), she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award.

Personal life

Finneran was married to former Heartbeat star Mark Jordon from 1997 to 2014. They have two children, Joseph and Poppy.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Rita, Sue and Bob Too	Rita
1989–1990	Coronation Street	Josie Philips	1991	Josie		TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 1.5")
1991	Cannon and Ball's Playhouse: Growing Concern	Carol	TV film
1991–1992	Motormouth	Milly Bates	TV series (32 episodes)
1993	Heartbeat	Janet	TV series (1 episode: "Bringing It All Back Home")
1994	Heartbeat	Tax Inspector	TV series (1 episode: "Wild Thing")
1995	Peak Practice	Caroline Royal	TV series (1 episode: "Light at the End of the Tunnel")
1995	Resort to Murder	Lena	TV mini-series (2 episodes)
1995	New Voices	Liz	TV series (1 episode: "The King of Farawania")
1995–1996	The Russ Abbot Show		TV series (8 episodes)
1996	Out of the Blue	Fran Paiton	TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 2.6")
1997	Where the Heart Is	Carol Bevan	TV series (1 episode: "Things Fall Apart")
1998	Hetty Wainthrop Investigates	Peggy Rainford	TV series (1 episode: "Child's Play")
1998	Emmerdale	Heather Hutchinson	soap opera
1999	The Cops	Brenda Walsh	TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 2.6")
2000	Always and Everyone	Karen Boyd	TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 2.4")
2000	City Central	Carol Bell	TV series (1 episode: "Community Spirit")
2000–2002	Clocking Off	Julie O'Neil	TV series (21 episodes)
2001	Bob and Rose	Marina Marquess	TV series (3 episodes)
2002	Blood Strangers	WPC Melanie Whitaker	TV film
2002	The King and Us	Jenny	TV film
2002	Shipman	Kathleen Adanski	TV film
2002	Sparkhouse	Sue Bolton	TV film
2003	Heartbeat	Gloria Brown	TV series (1 episode: "Fool For Love")
2004	Passer By	Helen Keyes	TV film
2004	Conviction	Gail Cleary	TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 1.4")
2005	Dalziel and Pascoe	Susie Ferdinand	TV series (2 episodes)
2005	Casualty	Sue Stedding	TV series (1 episode: "The Cost of Honesty")
2006	Johnny and the Bomb	Mrs Bushell	TV film
2006	The Royal	Rita Hogg	TV series (1 episode: "Keep On Running")
2006	Wire in the Blood	D.I. Jan Shields	TV series (1 episode "Torment")
2006	The Amazing Mrs Pritchard	Beverley Clarke	TV series (4 episodes)
2007	Boy A	Kelly	TV film
2007	Comedy Showcase	Shirley	TV series (1 episode: "Other People")
2007–2015	Benidorm	Janice Garvey	TV series (44 episodes)
2008	Apparitions	Sister Ruth	TV series (5 episodes)
2009	Unforgiven	Izzie Ingram	TV series (3 episodes)
2009	The Street	Kim	TV series (1 episode: "Episode No. 3.3")
2009	Blue Murder	Anita Burgess	TV series (1 episode: "Having It All")
2009	Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday	Verity	Special made for DVD only
2010	Casualty	Mel Riley	TV series (1 episode: "A Day in a Life")
2010–2013	Downton Abbey	Sarah O'Brien	TV series (25 episodes) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2013	The Syndicate	Mandy Atkinson	TV series 2, Main role
2013	The Selfish Giant	Mrs Swift	Nominated - British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014—	Happy Valley	Clare Cartwright	TV series
2015	Midwinter of the Spirit	Angela Purefoy	TV series

External links

• Siobhan Finneran at IMDb