Amanda Walker

• Name — Amanda Walker • Birth Name — Amanda Galafres Patterson Walker • Born — 29 November 1935 • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1959–present • Children — 2 • Mother — Madeleine Christie

Amanda Walker trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She is notable for roles in 28 Weeks Later, Heat and Dust, A Room with a View, Pollyanna and Churchill and the Generals. Overall, Amanda Walker has appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1959 and is still active as an actress as of 2024. In 1990, she appeared in the Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Cornish Mystery", an adaptation of Agatha Christie's short story of the same name. In May 2024, Walker appeared as an elderly Ruby Sunday (companion to the Doctor) in the Doctor Who episode "73 Yards".

Amanda Walker is the daughter of Madeleine Christie. She was married to fellow actor Patrick Godfrey from 1960 until his death in 2026. They had two children. Their daughter Kate Godfrey is Head of Voice for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1960 — ITV Play of the Week — Judy Cherry — Episode: "Flowering Cherry" • 1962 — Studio 4 — Mary Turner — Episode: "The Grass Is Singing" • 1965 — Jury Room — Jessie McLachlan — "The Sandyford Mystery" • 1965-66 — Dr. Finlay's Casebook — Henny Geddes/Maggie Strachan — 2 episodes • 1966 — Mystery and Imagination — The Voice — Episode: "The Open Door" • The — Jeanie Deans — TV film • The — Rachel Ferguson — "1.1" • Macbeth — Lady Macduff — TV film • 1967 — Conflict — Queen Isabel — Episode: "Richard II" • Champion House — Miss Parr — Episode: "The One That Got Away" • 1969 — The — Mrs. Arnold — Episode: "The Sardonic Smile" • 1970 — Codename — Marcadio — Episode: "The Alpha Men" • Play for Today — Madge — Episode: Robin Redbreast • 1971 — Doomwatch — Sister Trewin — Episode: "The Iron Doctor" • 1972 — Upstairs, Downstairs — Mrs. Pinkerton — Episode: "A Voice from the Past" • The — Therese — 3 episodes • 1972–73 — Adam Smith — Peggy Houston — TV series • 1973 — The — Nurse Armstrong — Episode: "Execution Day" • 1974 — The ITV Play — Miss Pierce — Episode: "The Liberation of Eileen" • 1975 — Rooms — Helen — Episode: "Reg" • 1976 — Clayhanger — Miss Dayson — Episode: "Hilda" • Sutherland's Law — Christine Darrach — Episode: "Shades of Black" • Second City Firsts — Anne Bredin — Episode: "Summer Season" • 1977 — Out of Bounds — Mrs. Parkin — 4 episodes • 1979 — The — Gritty Moss — 2 episodes • Churchill and the Generals — Queen Elizabeth — TV film • 1982 — Claire — Scotty — 3 episodes • 1983 — Pictures — Mrs. Chase — Episode 1.4 • 1986 — Shades of Darkness — Madame Paillot — "Agatha Christie's The Last Séance" • Blood Red Roses — Ella — 3 episodes • 1987 — Intimate Contact — Pamela — 2 episodes • The New Statesman — Mrs. Selway — Episode: "Three Line Whipping" • 1988 — The — Betty Lawson-Johnson — TV film • Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun — Nurse Graham • 1989 — Shadow of the Noose — Mrs. Hutchins — Episode: "An Alien Shore" • No Strings — Mrs. King — 2 episodes • Norbert Smith: A Life — Mrs. Wilson — TV film • Wild Flowers — Panama Hat • 1990 — Agatha Christie's Poirot — Mrs. Pengelley — Episode: "The Cornish Mystery" • 1991 — 4 Play — Mrs. F. — Episode: "Deptford Graffiti" • 1991 — The — Debbie Davidson — Episode: "From Doon with Death" • 1992 — Medics — Molly Gifford — Episode 2.1 • Kinsey — Sheila — 2 episodes • Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After — Queen Elizabeth II — TV film • 1993 — All or Nothing at All — Mrs. Lederman — Episode 1.2 • 1994 — The — Rita Little — Episode: "The Sixth Age" • Dandelion Dead — Bessie — Miniseries • 1996 — Hetty Wainthropp Investigates — Miss Apthwaite — Episode: "Safe as Houses" • Bramwell — Mrs. Johnson — Episode: 2.8 • 1997 — Hamish Macbeth — Barbara Scott — Episode: "Deferred Sentence" • Heartbeat — Jean Clarke — Episode: "Substitute" • A — Mrs. Conyers — Episode: "The Thirties" • 1997–98 — The — Mortiana — 3 episodes • 1999 — City Central — Joan Harrison — Episode: "Blue Legume" • The — Marjorie — Miniseries • Midsomer Murders — Edwina — Episode: "Dead Man's Eleven" • Dalziel and Pascoe — Mavis Marsh — Episode: "Recalled to Life" • The — F.M.E. Sally Tulcan — Episode: "Ring-a-Ring O'Roses" • 2000 — Life Force — Hepzibah McKinley — Episode: "Paradise Island" • Masterpiece — Mrs. Ransome — Episode: "The Railway Children" • Fish — Barbara Willis — Regular role • Peak Practice — Elaine Deneley — Episode: "Lonely Hearts: Part 2" • Daylight Robbery — Doreen — Episode 2.3 • 2001 — Hearts and Bones — Olive Piper — Episode 2.4 • Doctors — Mary Briggs — Episode: "Caring for Mary" • Midsomer Murders — Gwen — Episode: "Tainted Fruit" • 2002 — Heartbeat — Mrs. Sinclair — Episode: "Caught in the Headlights" • Foyle's War — Lady Bannerman — Episode: "The White Feather" • 2003 — Pollyanna — Widow Benton — TV film • Strange — Mrs. Fortune — Episode: "Dubik" • My Family — Patricia Hall — "Sixty Feet Under" • 2004 — Murphy's Law — Mary — "Convent" • 2005-17 — Doctors — Various — 3 episodes • 2006-13 — Holby City — Hilda Sutton/Winifred Hinton — 2 episodes • 2014 — The — Woman — 2 episodes • 2017 — Doctors — Gwen Bempton — Episode: "Golden Boy" • 2017–2018 — Sense8 — Aunt Kirsty — Episode: "Isolated Above, Connected Below"/"Amor Vincit Omnia" • 2018 — The Cry — Mrs. Amery — 2 episodes • 2021 — Casualty — Brenda Tome — Episode: "Is the Patient Breathing?" • 2022 — Tell Me Everything — Ruby — 1 episode • 2024 — Doctor Who — Old Ruby Sunday — Episode: "73 Yards"