Jane Horrocks Filmography

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Actors: Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Billy Connolly, Ian Abercrombie, Lucy Davis

Synopsis: The laziest cat in America swaps places with the richest feline in England in director Tim Hill's lasagna-laden sequel to the 2004 theatrical hit Garfield. Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer) is on his way to London to propose to his veterinarian girlfriend, Liz Wilson (Jennifer Love Hewitt), and his Read More

The Street: Series 01

Actors: Jane Horrocks, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Ryan, Sue Johnston, Timothy Spall

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Actors: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman

Synopsis: Tim Burton returns to the dark but fanciful animated style of The Nightmare Before Christmas with this stop-motion black comedy. Victor (voice of Johnny Depp) lives in a small European village in the 19th century, where he is pledged to marry Victoria (voice of Emily Watson), a partnership Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Gay

Actors: Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders

Synopsis: This two-hour spin-off of the raunchy British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous was originally telecast in the U.K. under the title Absolutely Fabulous: Gay. Now a buyer for Jeremy's, a trendy clothing store, hard-living and hard-drinking Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) comes to New York during Fashion Week Read More

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Actors: Ben Stiller, Ardal O'Hanlon, Britney Spears, Jane Horrocks, Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan, Paul Whitehouse, Brad Garrett, Harry Enfield, Jerry Stiller

Born Romantic

Actors: Craig Ferguson, Ian Hart, Jane Horrocks, Adrian Lester, Catherine McCormack, Olivia Williams

Synopsis: In modern-day London, three men and three women fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers (Ian Hart and John Thomson), who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. In one pairing, Eleanor (Olivia Williams), a sophisticated and slightly anal Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Menopause

Actors: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: Edina (Jennifer Saunders) suffers a professional crisis while Patsy (Joanna Lumley) begins menopause in the final episode of Absolutely Fabulous series four. After Bubble (Jane Horrocks) accidentally emails Eddy's address book to rival PR impresario Claudia Bing (Celia Imrie), Eddy's client roster Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Paris

Actors: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: Edina (Jennifer Saunders) is set to appear in a mother/daughter fashion spread to be shot in France for a glam magazine; after she fails to secure Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsdale, or Liv Tyler to play her daughter, she faces the realization that real-life daughter Saffy (Julia Sawalha) will have Read More

Christmas Carol: The Movie

Actors: Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Michael Gambon, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: This animated version of Charles Dickens classic story Christmas Carol adds some new touches, but primarily follows the traditional tale of the miserly and cruel Ebenezer Scrooge being confronted by a series of ghosts who show him the true meaning of Christmas. His experience leads to his Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Donkey

Actors: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: Edina (Jennifer Saunders) launches an all-out offensive on her body fat by prying the champagne glass out of her hand, adopting a boot-camp fitness program, and engaging in an intensive detoxification program -- all because of the shrewish comments of girlfriends Patsy (Joanna Lumley), Katy Grin Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Small Opening

Actors: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: During a drug binge, Edina (Jennifer Saunders) commiserates with Patsy (Joanna Lumley) about her lack of fame. Soon, though, notoriety comes knocking in the form of Saffy's debut as a playwright: "Self-Raising Flower," an autobiographical drama about the girl's troubled relationship with her Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Parralox

Actors: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: Five years after the events of Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout, Edina (Jennifer Saunders) has remodeled both her kitchen and her office, the former into a sleek modern room with a convenience-store freezer full of champagne, the latter into a paperless virtual meeting space. Partnering with Read More

Chicken Run

Actors: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson, Imelda Staunton

Synopsis: Aardman Animations, the British clay-animation studio that created a cult sensation (and won three Academy awards) with its short subjects featuring Wallace and Gromit, presents its first feature film, a mixture of comedy and adventure. Mrs. Tweedy (voice of Miranda Richardson) operates a chicken Read More

The Lion of Oz

Actors: Jason Priestley, Lynn Redgrave, Tim Curry

Synopsis: In this animated adventure inspired by the well-loved characters created by Frank L. Baum, a performing lion from a circus (Jason Priestley) is given a special prize for courage and is sent out to visit the fabled Land of Oz to claim his reward. En route, the lion encounters the Wicked Witch of Read More

Foxbusters (Animated Series)

Synopsis: From the same folks who brought you such cartoon delights as Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, the animated British series Foxbusters was a spoof of the "maverick freedom fighter" genre. The title characters were three hens -- Ransome, Jeffries, and Sims -- who devoted their lives to protecting Read More

Journey to Watership Down

Synopsis: Based on the classic novel of the same name, 1978's Watership Down is one of the most beloved animated films of all time and receives a sequel in this 1999 release featuring the voices of John Hurt and Richard Briers. Journey to Watership Down centers on a group of rabbits and their adventures as Read More

Watership Down

Actors: Kate Ashfield, Richard Briers, Sue Elliott-Nichols, Andrew Falvey, Dawn French

Synopsis: A British-Canadian coproduction (seen on ITV in Britain), Watership Down was a serialized TV cartoon version of Richard Adams' classic allegorical novel (previously filmed as an animated feature in 1978). The story concerned a group of rabbits who, after experiencing a vision of their warren's Read More

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

Actors: James Woods, Robbie Williams, Ardal O'Hanlon, Ben Stiller, Paul Whitehouse, Brad Garrett, Jane Horrocks, Britney Spears, Steve Coogan, Hugh Grant

Synopsis: Already a holiday favorite in Britain, Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire features the voice of comedian Ardal O'Hanlon as a plucky reindeer eager to become one of Santa's chosen sleigh-pullers. To achieve his goals, however, he has to overcome the slings and arrows of Blitzen, who feels Read More

Faeries

Actors: Jeremy Irons, Kate Winslet, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: In this animated fantasy, Gordon and his sister Nellie are on holiday when they make the acquaintance of a mysterious raven and subsequently find themselves being transported to the mystical world of Faeryland. To return home, they must first see the Prince, who asks them to perform three tasks in Read More

Little Voice

Actors: Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Ewan McGregor

Synopsis: Based on Jim Cartright's play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, this screen adaptation directed by Mark Herman is an underdog film about an underdog girl named Little Voice (or LV for short). LV (Jane Horrocks from Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet who does all her own singing) is a shy, mousy woman Read More

Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis

Actors: Rik Mayall, Jane Horrocks, Danny Aiello, Ronald Pickup, Philip Martin-Brown

Synopsis: John Henderson directed this British comedy, taking a peek inside the British music industry. Record-company owner Marty Starr (Rik Mayall) concludes that Marla Dorland, aka Mavis Davis (Jane Horrocks) is fading. Meanwhile, he has to meet alimony payments to his ex (Jaclyn Mendoza), while he's Read More

Wyrd Sisters [Animated TV Series]

Actors: Jane Horrocks, Christopher Lee, Annette Crosbie, June Whitfield, Jimmy Hibbert

Synopsis: Based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pritchett, the British animated series Wyrd Sisters was set on a faraway planet, supported in space by four elephants standing on a turtle. The titular "sisters" were three witches -- Margrat Garlick, Nanny Ogg, and Granny Weatherwax -- who dwelt in the Read More

Nightlife

Synopsis: An agoraphobic woman has to put her fear to the test in this British made-for-television movie. Katrin Cartidge stars as Robin, a woman who lives in Scotland near a dangerous park. Afraid to leave her home, Robin spends her days and nights locked inside her home, taking photos of the passersby Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Fear

Synopsis: Our heroines find themselves at a mutual crossroads as Saffy (Julia Sawalha) heads off to college, leaving Edina (Jennifer Saunders) alone, and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) loses her job when her magazine folds. Pats soon moves in with Eddy, but their lack of domestic common sense spoils their otherwise Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: The End

Synopsis: Edina (Jennifer Saunders) moves into a commune but chafes at the paternalistic attitudes of the charlatans who run it; she spends her time impatiently waiting for her turn with "the talking stick," dejected over her separation from best friend Patsy (Joanna Lumley). Pats, meanwhile, finds that her Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Happy New Year

Synopsis: Edina (Jennifer Saunders), Patsy (Joanna Lumley), Bubble (Jane Horrocks), Saffron (Julia Sawalha), and Mother (June Whitfield) prepare for their respective New Year's festivities; Eddy and Pats plan to hit a Frankie Knuckles party while the others settle in for a night in front of the telly. Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Sex

Synopsis: Distraught over the size of her actually quite spacious wardrobe, Edina (Jennifer Saunders) attempts to annex Saffy's bedroom. Saffy (Julia Sawalha) refuses, suggesting that her mother take over long-lost son Serge's room instead. Saf, Eddy, and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) break into the room, which is Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Jealous

Synopsis: At a posh public-relations awards show, Edina (Jennifer Saunders) guzzles champagne with Patsy (Joanna Lumley), bosses Bubble (Jane Horrocks) around, chats up supermodel Naomi Campbell, and prepares to take home a prize. She's beaten to the punch, however, by Claudia (Celia Imrie), her Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Door Handle

Synopsis: Edina (Jennifer Saunders) becomes an over-scheduled mess when a computer organizer seizes control of her life. Obsessed with checking things off her list, she is unable to accomplish anything -- not even the refurbishment of her kitchen, which was burned down by friend Patsy (Joanna Lumley) in the Read More

Some Kind of Life

Synopsis: A British housewife faces a difficult decision in this realistic drama. Alison is the young wife and mother whose life is turned upside down after her beloved husband, Steve, is involved in a motorcycle crash, suffers massive head trauma and awakens with the mental and emotional capacity of a Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Poor

Synopsis: Saffron (Julia Sawalha) cautions her mother to economize in gentle preparation for the revelation by Edina's accountant that she's been cut off by both of her ex-husbands; as revealed in series one's Absolutely Fabulous: Birthday, Edina's been double-dipping, and Justin and Marshall aren't having Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Death

Synopsis: While Saffy Monsoon (Julia Sawalha) mourns the death of her grandfather, her mother, Edina (Jennifer Saunders), is too busy mourning the failure of her latest weight-loss program: a bizarre scheme in which she is slathered in mud and then mummified for several hours. Gran (June Whitfield) handles Read More

Second Best

Actors: William Hurt, Chris Cleary Miles, Keith Allen, Prunella Scales, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: Actor William Hurt delivers one of his most acclaimed performances in this drama from Oscar-winning cinematographer-turned-director Chris Menges. Hurt stars as Graham Holt, a repressed Welsh postmaster who lives a reclusive bachelor's existence with his suicidal father (Alfred Lynch), who is in Read More

Deadly Advice

Actors: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Edward Woodward

Synopsis: A disturbed woman starts getting friendly advice from some of the great murderers of history in this black comedy from Great Britain. Introverted Jody Greenwood (Jane Horrocks) and her bolder sister Beth (Imelda Staunton) both live under the thumb of their domineering mother Iris (Brenda Fricker). Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Morocco

Synopsis: Eddy (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) head to Marrakesh to team up for a photo shoot. It seems Patsy's magazine is going to run a spread featuring Pop-Specs, a trashy little product represented by Eddy's PR firm. When Saffy (Julia Sawalha) tags along, she quickly learns her mum has Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: New Best Friend

Synopsis: Edina (Jennifer Saunders) gets in an uproar over the impending visit of Max (Patrick Barlow) and Bettina (Miranda Richardson), a pair of impossibly hip old friends. Terrified that her cluttered house won't be up to snuff with these chic minimalists, she chucks things -- and people -- right and Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Iso Tank

Synopsis: Saffron (Julia Sawalha) meets at home with her fellow students to plan a school report while her mother, Edina (Jennifer Saunders), floats upstairs in the new aquatic isolation tank she's ordered from Los Angeles. This being Edina, of course, she doesn't brave the iso tank alone; best pal Patsy Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Fashion

Synopsis: In the inaugural episode of popular Brit-com Absolutely Fabulous, a drinking binge and a fashion event provide the framework in which to introduce several of the show's primary characters: slothful forty-ish PR exec Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders); her caustic, no-nonsense daughter, Saffron Read More

Absolutely Fabulous [TV Series]

Actors: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha

Synopsis: In this satirical British sitcom, which became a cult hit on American cable, a grotesquely self-centered fashion victim chain-smokes, swills champagne, abuses drugs, munches caviar, terrorizes her daughter, and tries in vain to mingle with the beautiful people -- all in the company of her sleek Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: France

Synopsis: Although she's trying to launch a new interior decorating venture, Eddy (Jennifer Saunders) decides to take a vacation in the French countryside with Patsy (Joanna Lumley). The pair become lost in Provence, then must suffer through their holiday in a second-class cottage, bored out of their minds. Read More

Absolutely Fabulous: Fat

Synopsis: After struggling unsuccessfully to fit into a variety of unflattering outfits, Edina (Jennifer Saunders) tries to cook up yet another quick weight-loss plan, much to the annoyance of Saffy (Julia Sawalha), who points out that her mother eats, drinks, and smokes incessantly and takes no exercise Read More

Alive and Kicking

Actors: Robbie Coltrane, Lenny Henry, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: Made for British television, Alive and Kicking is the bleak but compelling story of two druggies. Smudgen (Lenny Henry) is not only a user but a dealer; his wife Marie (Annabelle Apsion) is in what seems to be a perpetually strung-out state. When Marie has a baby, the authorities take the child Read More

Memphis Belle

Actors: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, David Strathairn

Synopsis: Unabashedly sentimental, this war film was produced by David Putnam in partnership with Catherine Wyler, whose father William Wyler directed an acclaimed documentary about the real-life events depicted in the film. The ensemble cast is composed of ten young actors portraying the crew of the World Read More

The Witches

Actors: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson

Synopsis: In Nicolas Roeg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, a young boy is vacationing at the seaside with his grandmother when he discovers that the hotel he is staying at is hosting a convention of witches. Eavesdropping on the witches, he learns that the Grand High Witch (Anjelica Huston) Read More

Life Is Sweet

Actors: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: Mike Leigh's situation comedy about a lower middle-class family in the London suburbs is a slice-of-life chronicle that subtly reveals the pain and rage underneath the surface of day-to-day conventions. The youngish parents, Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) live with their Read More

Getting It Right

Actors: Jesse Birdsall, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Cook, Lynn Redgrave, Jane Horrocks

Synopsis: Based on Elizabeth Jane Howard's novel, Getting It Right this charming comedy follows the story of Gavin Lamb (Jesse Birdsall), a 31 year-old virgin who is terrified with women and still lives with his parents. Nevertheless, he becomes the subject of desire for a variety of women, including a Read More

Catherine Cookson's The Fifteen Streets

Actors: Owen Teale, Clare Holman

Synopsis: The story of a poor man who falls in love with a well-to-do woman is told in this British made-for-television movie. Owen Teale stars as John O'Brien, a turn-of-the-century working-class stiff who falls in love with Mary Llewellyn (Clare Holman), the educated daughter of a wealthy family. Despite Read More

Victoria Wood [TV Series]

Actors: Victoria Wood, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Duncan Preston, Lill Roughley

Synopsis: Having previously headlined a series of short TV skits and monologues, British comedienne-composer Victoria Wood graduated to the anthology format in this six-episode offering. Individual episode titles included "Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah," "The Library," "Over to Pam," "We'd Quite Like to Read More

Heartland

Actors: Anthony Hopkins

Synopsis: An emotive drama in which a dairy farmer (Anthony Hopkins) is faced with ruin, brought on by the vagaries of European law and takes extreme measures to combat what he feels to be the injustice of a system which no longer supports the traditions and ideals of the past. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Read More

The Dressmaker

Actors: Joan Plowright, Billie Whitelaw, Jane Horrocks, Tim Ransom

Synopsis: The brilliant young British actress Jane Horrocks made her film debut in The Dressmaker. She plays Rita, the 17-year-old niece of two Liverpool sisters, who are united only by a common hatred. Older sister Nellie (Joan Plowright) is an emotionally repressed dressmaker, while Margo (Billie Read More

No Crying He Makes

Synopsis: No Crying He Makes is a BBC-produced thriller starring George Baker. The scene is the British town of Kingomarkham; the time is Christmas Eve. Detectives Waxford and Burden are assigned to probe the case of an "infant switch" in a local hospital. The real mother may be in just as much danger as Read More

Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Actors: Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Geraldine James

Synopsis: Stuart Orme directed this charming children's adventure-fantasy based on the book by Joan Aiken. Set during the imaginary reign of King James III, sometime in the last century, the story takes place in the snowbound and wolf-infested North Yorkshire countryside in England. The tale centers upon Read More