Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Actor (b. 1946)
14
Movies
74.9%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Penelope Wilton’s films higher than 76% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Shaun of the Dead (Pluto TV) · Match Point (YouTube, Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex, Tubi, Kanopy, Fawesome, Prime Video (free)) · The French Lieutenant's Woman (Tubi, Hoopla) · Iris (Kanopy, Hoopla).

Frequent Collaborators

Bill Nighy (3)Matthew Goode (3)Maggie Smith (3)John Madden (3)Tom Wilkinson (2)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Penelope Wilton (74.9%) is the average audience approval rating across 14 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Penelope's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Dame Penelope Alice Wilton DBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She was formerly married to fellow actor Sir Ian Holm, and as she has not remarried, she retains her married style of Lady Holm. Wilton is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989), playing Homily in The Borrowers (1992) and The Return of the Borrowers(1993), and for her role as the widowed Isobel Crawley in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She also played the recurring role of Harriet Jones in Doctor Who (2005–2008) and Anne in Ricky Gervais' Netflix dark comedy After Life.  Wilton has had an extensive career on stage, receiving six Olivier Award nominations. She was nominated for Man and Superman (1981), The Secret Rapture (1988), The Deep Blue Sea(1994), John Gabriel Borkman (2008) and The Chalk Garden (2009) before winning the 2015 Olivier Award for Best Actress for Taken at Midnight. Her film appearances include Clockwise (1986), Cry Freedom (1987), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Calendar Girls (2003), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Match Point (2005), Pride & Prejudice (2005), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), The Girl (2012), The BFG (2016) and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Penelope Wilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1946-06-03 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

On ThumbScore, Penelope Wilton appears in 14 films with an average audience score of 74.9%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Penelope Wilton movie, ranked by audience score

Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
2004
👍 92%
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
👍 88%
Match Point
Match Point
2005
👍 78%
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
👍 77%
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
👍 77%
Cry Freedom
Cry Freedom
1987
👍 75%
The BFG
The BFG
2016
👍 74%
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
👍 74%
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
👍 72%
Clockwise
Clockwise
1986
👍 71%
Calendar Girls
Calendar Girls
2003
👍 70%
Belle
Belle
2013
👍 68%
Iris
Iris
2001
👍 67%
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat
2022
👍 65%