Jane Bertish

Actress

Lewisham, London, England, UK

Biography

Jane Bertish has worked as an actress extensively in theatre, film, television and radio for more than 30 years. She has also directed many productions and projects at RADA, and other leading drama schools and universities. She has also taught on the RADA summer schools. Jane is a founding member and associate of The Wrestling School, a unique company that for 23 years has been dedicated to performing the work of one living author, Howard Barker, under his direction, and which has a worldwide re…

Filmography

7.5

Midsomer Murders

Katisha Empson

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

8.3

Black Mirror

Head of MI5

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

8.3

Ted Lasso

Megan

Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?

8.3

Andor

Senator Erveen

In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

7.6

Lewis

Dr Frisch

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

7.0

Wonka

Baroness Von Schmeichelhammer

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

6.7

Talamasca: The Secret Order

Miss Tregaron

Guy Anatole joins the clandestine world of the Talamasca, an international spy agency for the immortal universe, as he searches for answers to his family's own part in the supernatural world.

7.7

Ashes to Ashes

Therapist

Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.

7.1

The Lazarus Project

Vera

George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the Lazarus Project – a secret organization that turns back time when the world is at threat of extinction.

6.8

You, Me and the Apocalypse

Mother Benedicta

When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the most hilarious and unexpected chain of events imaginable is set in motion.

7.6

Vanity Fair

Mrs Magenis

In early 19th-century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

7.4

Sensitive Skin

Olga

Bittersweet comedy about a 61-year-old former model trying to cope with life in London.

6.8

Quatermass

Bee

In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult.

6.5

Paperhouse

Miss Vanstone

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.

6.1

Dance with a Stranger

Carole Findlater

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

6.2

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Karen's Secretary

An aging actress' husband dies of a heart attack en route to Rome, where they'd planned to holiday. There, she rents an apartment and, through the Contessa, she meets a young man, with whom she begins an affair.

5.7

Sword of Honour

Mme Kanyi

Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. Instead he finds himself in the middle of an army full of cowards, incompetents and a few outright evil men. They of course reap the fortunes of war, promotions and fame, but never Crouchback. His war is just an endless list of transfers and an hopeless but noble quest for righteousness.

4.2

The Quatermass Conclusion

Bee

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet.

6.3

Smart Money

Connors

Leon, a hacker convicted for a crime he did not commit, escapes from detention centre following the death of his father, to take revenge on the man who really did it.

5.0

Passion's Way

Mrs. Farlow

Set in early 1900s France, a widow renews a former romantic interest until it is discovered that he has had a past fling with one of her new employees, a nanny. This sets the two women into many well-mannered accusations and conversations, but no modern brawling, and puts him in the middle or possibly on the outside.