Selina Griffiths

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Selina Griffiths
Born
Selina Jane Griffiths

1969 (age 54–55)
Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Children2
Parent(s)Annette Crosbie
Michael Griffiths

Selina Jane Griffiths (born 1969) is a British actress mostly known for her performances in sitcoms. She played

Pauline Maltby in the ITV comedy series Benidorm. She is the daughter of Annette Crosbie
.

Early life

Selina Griffiths is the daughter of

Central School of Speech and Drama, she made her professional stage debut at London's Lyric Theatre in The Way of the World alongside Barbara Flynn, with whom she appeared in television's Cranford
.

Career

Griffiths has appeared in many television programmes, including Doctor Finlay and Drop the Dead Donkey and playing Janet in The Smoking Room.[2]

In autumn 2007 she co-starred with

Matt Lucas and David Walliams.[3]

In February 2011, she appeared as

Pauline in Benidorm,[4] reprising the role in the 2016 & 2018 series and through March–April appeared in the Jeremy Dyson play adaption of Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales.[5]

In March 2012 she appeared as

Being Human
. Later that year she played several roles, including Beatrix Potter, in Sky's Psychobitches (part of Playhouse Presents), appearing in four episodes. She also plays Connie in BBC comedy Cuckoo.

Airing on 26 May 2013, Griffiths appeared in episode 2 (Nobody's Darling) of Case Histories.

In 2014 she appeared in the TV show Jonathan Creek. In 2015 she appeared as Elspeth Rice in ITV's Midsomer Murders episode 17.4 "A Vintage Murder".

In February 2017 she appeared as a primary school head teacher Miss Anstis in the BBC sitcom Not Going Out starring Lee Mack and Sally Bretton. She reprised the role in April 2019.[6]

In January 2019 she appeared as Ruth Thundersby in BBC's Father Brown.

Filmography

  • Doctor Finlay "Old Flames" (1995) as Pamela
  • The Smoking Room (2004–2006) as Janet, 16 episodes
  • Cranford (2007) as Caroline Tomkinson
  • Pauline Maltby
    , an alcoholic, 16 episodes
  • Holy Flying Circus (2011) as Production Person 2/Personal Assistant to BBC Head of Rude Words
  • Playhouse Presents (TV series) "Psychobitches" (2012) as Beatrix Potter/Anna Freud
  • Being Human "Hold the Front Page" (2012) as Yvonne Bradshaw
  • Cuckoo (2012–2014, 2018) as Connie, 11 episodes
  • Case Histories TV series episode 2 (2013) as Sacha
  • Trollied "Christmas Special" (2013) as Helen
  • Count Arthur Strong episode 3 "The Radio Play" (2013) as Rachael
  • Jonathan Creek "The Sinner and the Sandman" (2014) as Alison Chater
  • Midsomer Murders "A Vintage Murder" (2015) as Elspeth Rice
  • Not Going Out (2017, 2019, 2023)[6] "Charlie", "Facts of Life", "Day Out" as Miss Anstis
  • Quacks "The Bishop's Appendix", "The Duke's Tracheotomy" (2017) as Matron
  • Early Man (2018) as Magma
  • Father Brown "The Passing Bell" (2019) as Ruth Thundersby
  • Doctors (2019) "Trouble in Mind" as Anna Butler
  • Dial M for Middlesbrough
     (2019) as Mary

References

  1. ^ "Annette Crosbie OBE". Edinburgh-places.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Press Office - The Smoking Room biographies". BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  3. ^ "BBC One - Come Fly With Me, Episode 2". Bbc.co.uk. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  4. ^ Published Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 09:25 GMT (23 February 2011). "A 'Benidorm' Q&A with Selina Griffiths - TV Interview". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Everyman and Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool - 2011". Everymanplayhouse.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  6. ^ a b "BBC One – Not Going Out, Series 10, Facts of Life". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

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