British Famous TV Drama Actresses MCQs with Answers
Who portrayed Lady Mary Crawley in the TV series “Downton Abbey”?
a) Keira Knightley
b) Maggie Smith
c) Michelle Dockery
d) Helena Bonham Carter
Answer: c) Michelle Dockery
Which actress played the role of Claire Randall in the TV series “Outlander”?
a) Gillian Anderson
b) Caitriona Balfe
c) Emilia Clarke
d) Kate Winslet
Answer: b) Caitriona Balfe
Who portrayed Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the series “Prime Suspect”?
a) Helen Mirren
b) Judi Dench
c) Olivia Colman
d) Emma Thompson
Answer: a) Helen Mirren
Which actress played the role of Villanelle in the TV series “Killing Eve”?
a) Phoebe Waller-Bridge
b) Jodie Comer
c) Helena Bonham Carter
d) Vanessa Kirby
Answer: b) Jodie Comer
Who portrayed Sarah Lund in the Danish-British series “The Killing”?
a) Helena Bonham Carter
b) Cate Blanchett
c) Olivia Colman
d) Sofie Gråbøl
Answer: d) Sofie Gråbøl
Which actress played the role of Villanelle’s handler Carolyn Martens in “Killing Eve”?
a) Phoebe Waller-Bridge
b) Fiona Shaw
c) Jodie Comer
d) Helena Bonham Carter
Answer: b) Fiona Shaw
Who portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in the earlier seasons of “The Crown”?
a) Emma Watson
b) Claire Foy
c) Olivia Colman
d) Helen Mirren
Answer: b) Claire Foy
Which actress played the role of Marcella Backland in the TV series “Marcella”?
a) Michelle Dockery
b) Anna Friel
c) Helena Bonham Carter
d) Olivia Colman
Answer: b) Anna Friel
Who portrayed Aunt Polly Gray in the TV series “Peaky Blinders”?
a) Helen Mirren
b) Cillian Murphy
c) Olivia Colman
d) Helen McCrory
Answer: d) Helen McCrory
Which actress played the role of Eliza Doolittle in the TV adaptation of “Pygmalion”?
a) Helena Bonham Carter
b) Emma Watson
c) Keira Knightley
d) Billie Piper
Answer: d) Billie Piper
Who portrayed the character Ygritte in the TV series “Game of Thrones”?
a) Sophie Turner
b) Maisie Williams
c) Emilia Clarke
d) Rose Leslie
Answer: d) Rose Leslie
Which actress played the role of DS Ellie Miller in the series “Broadchurch”?
a) Jodie Whittaker
b) Olivia Colman
c) Phoebe Waller-Bridge
d) Tilda Swinton
Answer: b) Olivia Colman
Who portrayed Miss Marple in the TV adaptation of Agatha Christie’s detective stories?
a) Judi Dench
b) Emma Watson
c) Maggie Smith
d) Geraldine McEwan
Answer: d) Geraldine McEwan
Which actress played the role of DS Steve Arnott in the series “Line of Duty”?
a) Sophie Rundle
b) Keeley Hawes
c) Olivia Colman
d) Vicky McClure
Answer: d) Vicky McClure
Who portrayed DI Alex Drake in the TV series “Ashes to Ashes”?
a) Olivia Colman
b) Keeley Hawes
c) Sophie Rundle
d) Emilia Clarke
Answer: b) Keeley Hawes
Which actress played the role of DS Sam Tyler in the series “Life on Mars?
a) Vicky McClure
b) Olivia Colman
c) Keeley Hawes
d) Liz White
Answer: c) Keeley Hawes
Who portrayed DS Rachel Bailey in the TV series “Scott & Bailey”?
a) Vicky McClure
b) Keeley Hawes
c) Suranne Jones
d) Sophie Rundle
Answer: c) Suranne Jones
Which actress played the role of DS Camille Bordey in the series “Death in Paradise”?
a) Sophie Rundle
b) Vicky McClure
c) Keeley Hawes
d) Sara Martins
Answer: d) Sara Martins
Who portrayed DS Jane Tennison in the prequel series “Prime Suspect 1973”?
a) Helen Mirren
b) Keeley Hawes
c) Sophie Rundle
d) Stefanie Martini
Answer: d) Stefanie Martini
Which actress played the role of DS Kate Fleming in the series “Line of Duty”?
a) Sophie Rundle
b) Vicky McClure
c) Keeley Hawes
d) Suranne Jones
Answer: b) Vicky McClure
Who portrayed DS Ellie Miller in the American adaptation of “Broadchurch,” titled “Gracepoint?
a) Sophie Rundle
b) Anna Gunn
c) Keeley Hawes
d) Olivia Colman
Answer: b) Anna Gunn
Which actress played the role of DS Juliet Bravo in the TV series “Juliet Bravo”?
a) Stefanie Martini
b) Anna Carteret
c) Helen Mirren
d) Emma Watson
Answer: b) Anna Carteret
Who portrayed DS Ellie Miller in the TV series “Gracepoint”?
a) Olivia Colman
b) Anna Gunn
c) Helen Mirren
d) Stefanie Martini
Answer: b) Anna Gunn
Which actress played the role of DS Kate Fleming in the spin-off series “Bodyguard”?
a) Keeley Hawes
b) Sophie Rundle
c) Vicky McClure
d) Suranne Jones
Answer: a) Keeley Hawes
Who portrayed DS Marcella Backland in the series “Marcella”?
a) Vicky McClure
b) Anna Friel
c) Keeley Hawes
d) Suranne Jones
Answer: b) Anna Friel
Which actress played the role of DS Anne Oldman in the series “A Touch of Cloth”?
a) Sophie Rundle
b) Vicky McClure
c) Keeley Hawes
d) Suranne Jones
Answer: a) Sophie Rundle
Who portrayed DS Mary Jane “MJ” Croft in the series “Cuffs”?
a) Anna Carteret
b) Stefanie Martini
c) Amanda Abbington
d) Eleanor Matsuura
Answer: d) Eleanor Matsuura
Which actress played the role of DS Janet Scott in the series “Scott & Bailey”?
a) Keeley Hawes
b) Lesley Sharp
c) Sophie Rundle
d) Anna Friel
Answer: b) Lesley Sharp
Who portrayed DS Barbara Havers in the TV adaptation of Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley novels?
a) Lesley Sharp
b) Sophie Rundle
c) Anna Friel
d) Sharon Small
Answer: d) Sharon Small
Which actress played the role of DS Emma Lane in the series “Whitechapel”?
a) Amanda Abbington
b) Sophie Rundle
c) Anna Friel
d) Lesley Sharp
Answer: a) Amanda Abbington
Who portrayed DS Jo Masters in the series “The Bill”?
a) Lesley Sharp
b) Amanda Abbington
c) Anna Friel
d) Sally Rogers
Answer: d) Sally Rogers
Which actress played the role of DS Jackie Reid in the series “Wire in the Blood”?
a) Anna Friel
b) Sophie Rundle
c) Amanda Abbington
d) Lesley Sharp
Answer: c) Amanda Abbington
Who portrayed DS Sally Donovan in the TV series “Sherlock”?
a) Amanda Abbington
b) Louise Brealey
c) Sian Brooke
d) Anna Friel
Answer: a) Amanda Abbington
Which actress played the role of DS Annie Cabbot in the TV adaptation of Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks novels?
a) Lesley Sharp
b) Sophie Rundle
c) Anna Friel
d) Andrea Lowe
Answer: d) Andrea Lowe
Who portrayed DS Ronnie Brooks in the TV series “Law & Order: UK?
a) Lesley Sharp
b) Freema Agyeman
c) Anna Friel
d) Bradley Walsh
Answer: d) Bradley Walsh
Which actress played the role of DS Samantha Nixon in the TV series “The Bill”?
a) Anna Friel
b) Lesley Sharp
c) Sophie Rundle
d) Lisa Maxwell
Answer: d) Lisa Maxwell
Who portrayed DS Elizabeth “Liz” Rawton in the TV series “The Bill”?
a) Lesley Sharp
b) Anna Friel
c) Amanda Abbington
d) Lisa Maxwell
Answer: d) Lisa Maxwell
Which actress played the role of DS Sam Casey in the TV series “The Bill”?
a) Lesley Sharp
b) Lisa Maxwell
c) Anna Friel
d) Sophie Rundle
Answer: b) Lisa Maxwell
Who portrayed DS Rachel Dawson in the TV series “The Bill”?
a) Anna Friel
b) Lisa Maxwell
c) Lesley Sharp
d) Amanda Abbington
Answer: b) Lisa Maxwell
Which actress played the role of DS Annie Redford in the TV series “Loch Ness”?
a) Siobhan Finneran
b) Lisa Maxwell
c) Lesley Sharp
d) Amanda Abbington
Answer: a) Siobhan Finneran
Who portrayed DS Kate McAllister in the TV series “Between the Lines”?
a) Lesley Sharp
b) Lisa Maxwell
c) Amanda Abbington
d) Siobhan Redmond
Answer: d) Siobhan Redmond
Which actress played the role of DS Mary Holmes in the TV series “Mayday”?
a) Anna Friel
b) Lesley Sharp
c) Amanda Abbington
d) Sophie Rundle
Answer: c) Amanda Abbington
Who portrayed DS Kath Morgan in the TV series “In the Club”?
a) Lesley Sharp
b) Hermione Norris
c) Anna Friel
d) Lisa Maxwell
Answer: b) Hermione Norris
Which actress played the role of DS Amy Harris in the TV series “Unforgotten”?
a) Amanda Abbington
b) Nicola Walker
c) Anna Friel
d) Hermione Norris
Answer: b) Nicola Walker
Who portrayed DS Alison “Tosh” McIntosh in the TV series “Shetland”?
a) Hermione Norris
b) Lesley Sharp
c) Anna Friel
d) Amanda Abbington
Answer: a) Hermione Norris
Which actress played the role of DS Carol Jordan in the TV adaptation of Val McDermid’s Tony Hill novels?
a) Anna Friel
b) Hermione Norris
c) Amanda Abbington
d) Hermione Norris
Answer: d) Hermione Norris
Who portrayed DS Vivienne “Viv” Deering in the TV series “No Offence”?
a) Amanda Abbington
b) Lesley Sharp
c) Joanna Scanlan
d) Anna Friel
Answer: c) Joanna Scanlan
Which actress played the role of DS Rachel Bailey in the TV series “Scott & Bailey”?
a) Amanda Abbington
b) Lesley Sharp
c) Suranne Jones
d) Anna Friel
Answer: c) Suranne Jones
Who portrayed DS Lisa Armstrong in the TV series “The Bay”?
a) Amanda Abbington
b) Lesley Sharp
c) Morven Christie
d) Anna Friel
Answer: c) Morven Christie
Which actress played the role of DS Ulla Norlander in the TV series “The Bridge”?
a) Amanda Abbington
b) Sofia Helin
c) Morven Christie
d) Anna Friel
Answer: b) Sofia Helin