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Wendy Nottingham
Wendy Nottingham is a British actress whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly available in major sources. She has been active since 1987, making her earliest screen credit as an applicant at a hairdressing salon in Hidden City (1987), and has since accumulated over 50 film and television credits. Notably, she has appeared in three Best Picture Oscar nominees: Secrets & Lies (1996), Babel (2006), and Atonement (2007). Her most notable film credits include Elaine Clifford in Notes on a Scandal (2006), Helen Lenoir in Topsy-Turvy (1999), Mrs.
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Jarvis in Atonement (2007), Ivy in Vera Drake (2004), a Glum Wife in Secrets & Lies (1996), Madame Homais in Madame Bovary (2014), Laura in The Children Act (2017), Charlotte's Maid in Ammonite (2020), Mrs. Cordoza in The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021), and Conrad Earp's Secretary in Asteroid City (2023). On television she is best known as Mary in Peaky Blinders (2016, 5 episodes), with additional credits in The Borgias (2013), A Young Doctor's Notebook (2012), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), Extras (2006), Agatha Christie's Marple (2008), Inspector Lewis (2008), Spooks (2008), EastEnders (2009), Holby City (2014), Lawless (2013), and Casualty (1990–2010). In theatre she appeared in Machinal (West End, 2024), Abigail's Party (Hampstead Theatre), Curtains (Rose Theatre Kingston, 2018), and Radiant Boy (Southwark Playhouse, 2025).
Known for
Peaky Blinders2013
Atonement2007
Babel2006
Asteroid City2023
Notes on a Scandal2006
Secrets & Lies1996
The Last Letter from Your Lover2021
The Children Act2018
Filmography
- TBABondedFilmAugust
- 2025LynleySeriesRuth Brouard
- 2023Asteroid CityFilmConrad Earp's Secretary
- 2023Good BoyFilmVicar
- 2021The Last Letter from Your LoverFilmMrs Cordoza
- 2020AmmoniteFilmCharlotte's Maid
- 2019Mr. Malcolm's ListFilm
- 2018The Children ActFilmLaura
- 2018FarmingFilmSocial Worker
- 2015Madame BovaryFilmMadame Homais
- 2014Pudsey the Dog: The MovieFilmMrs. Bluejay
- 2013Peaky BlindersSeriesMary
- 2013LawlessFilmAngie Harris
- 2012A Young Doctor's NotebookSeriesElena (Mother)
- 2011The BorgiasSeriesAbbess
- 2009Victoria Wood's Midlife ChristmasFilm
- 2008Bigga Than BenFilmTerrified Shopper
- 2007AtonementFilmMrs. Jarvis
- 2007LewisSeriesSusan Whelton
- 2007KingdomSeriesMrs. Lawton
- 2007Hell Bent for LeatherFilmMa
- 2006BabelFilmTourist
- 2006Notes on a ScandalFilmElaine Clifford
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireSeriesMother
- 2006Housewife, 49FilmMiss Finch
- 2005ExtrasSeriesMother
- 2004Vera DrakeFilmIvy
- 2002SpooksSeriesSarah Mitchell
- 1999Topsy-TurvyFilmHelen Lenoir
- 1999Dead on TimeFilmWendy McNabb
- 1999Extremely DangerousSeriesAlison Byrne
- 1997Agatha Christie's The Pale HorseFilmEileen Brandon
- 1997The Peter PrincipleSeriesEvelyn Walker
- 1996Secrets & LiesFilmGlum Woman
- 1996Mary ReillyFilmScreaming Girl's Mother
- 1994The Wimbledon PoisonerSeriesMrs 47
- 1989Precious BaneFilmTivvy Sexton
- 1988TumbledownFilmMrs Prothero
- 1987The Short & CurliesFilmCharlene
- 1987Hidden CityFilmApplicant at Hairdressing Salon
- 1984The BillSeries