Awards & Winners

Geraldine James

Date of Birth 06-July-1950
Place of Birth Maidenhead
(United Kingdom, Berkshire, England)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Geraldine James, OBE, Geraldine Thomas, Geraldine James, OBE
Profession Actor, Voice Actor
Geraldine James, OBE is an English actress. She tied with Peggy Ashcroft for Best Actress at the 1989 Venice Film Festival for She's Been Away and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. After graduating from Drama Centre London in 1973, James began her career in repertory theatre. For her role as Portia in the 1989 Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. She has been nominated four times for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, for Dummy, The Jewel in the Crown, Band of Gold and The Sins. She is also known as Mrs. Pincher, the breastfeeding mother in Little Britain. Her film credits include Gandhi, The Tall Guy, Sherlock Holmes, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Theatre director Peter Hall says Geraldine James ranks amongst the great English classical actresses.

Awards by Geraldine James

Check all the awards nominated and won by Geraldine James.

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress The Sins

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress Band of Gold

1990


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Honored for : The Merchant of Venice

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play The Merchant of Venice
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play The Merchant of Venice

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress The Jewel in the Crown

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actress Dummy