Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1958 | Behind the Mask | Pamela Gray | |
| 1966 | Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment | Leonie Delt | Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| A Man For All Seasons | Anne Boleyn | ||
| Blowup | Unnamed | ||
| 1967 | Camelot | Guinevere |
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| 1968 | Charge of the Light Brigade, TheThe Charge of the Light Brigade | Mrs. Clarissa Morris | |
| Sea Gull, TheThe Sea Gull | Nina | ||
| Isadora | Isadora Duncan | Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
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| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Sylvia Pankhurst | |
| Quiet Place in the Country, AA Quiet Place in the Country | Flavia | ||
| 1970 | Dropout | Mary | |
| Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third, AA Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third |
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| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary, Queen of Scots |
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| Devils, TheThe Devils | Sister Jeanne | ||
| Vacation | Immacolata Meneghelli | Italian: La vacanza | |
| Trojan Women, TheThe Trojan Women | Andromache | ||
| 1973 | Picture of Katherine Mansfield, AA Picture of Katherine Mansfield | Katherine Mansfield | Television film |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Mary Debenham | |
| 1975 | Out of Season | Ann | |
| 1976 | Seven-Per-Cent Solution, TheThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Lola Deveraux | |
| 1977 | Julia | Julia |
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| 1979 | Agatha | Agatha Christie | |
| Yanks | Helen | ||
| Bear Island | Heddi Lindguist | ||
| 1981 | Playing for Time | Fania Fenelon | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1982 | My Body, My Child | Leenie Cabrezi | Television film |
| 1983 | Sing Sing | Queen | |
| Wagner | Cosima Wagner | Had a limited theatrical release; better known as a television mini-series; 2011 re-released as a feature film on DVD | |
| 1984 | Bostonians, TheThe Bostonians | Olive Chancellor |
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| 1985 | Wetherby | Jean Travers | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress |
| Three Sovereigns for Sarah | Sarah Cloyce | ||
| Steaming | Nancy | ||
| 1986 | Comrades | Mrs. Carlyle | |
| Peter the Great | Sophia | Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | |
| Second Serve | Richard Radley / Renee Richards |
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| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Peggy Ramsay |
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| 1988 | Consuming Passions | Mrs. Garza | |
| Man for All Seasons, AA Man for All Seasons | Lady Alice More | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | |
| 1990 | Romeo.Juliet | Mother Capulet | |
| Breath of Life | Sister Crucifix | Italian: Diceria dell'untore | |
| Pokhorony Stalina | English journalist | ||
| Orpheus Descending | Lady Torrance | Television film | |
| 1991 | Ballad of the Sad Cafe, TheThe Ballad of the Sad Cafe | Miss Amelia | |
| Young Catherine | Empress Elizabeth | Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson | Television film | |
| 1992 | Howards End | Ruth Wilcox | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1993 | Wall of Silence, AA Wall of Silence | Kate Benson | Spanish: Un Muro de Silencio |
| House of the Spirits, TheThe House of the Spirits | Nivea del Valle | ||
| Sparrow | Sister Agata | Italian: Storia di una capinera | |
| Great Moments in Aviation | Dr. Angela Bead | ||
| They | Florence Latimer |
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| 1994 | Mother's Boys | Lydia Madigan | |
| Little Odessa | Irina Shapira | Volpi Cup | |
| 1995 | Month by the Lake, AA Month by the Lake | Miss Bentley | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| The Wind in the Willows | Narrator | Television Film | |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Max | |
| Two Mothers for Zachary | Nancy Shaffell | Television film | |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Elsa Lubing | |
| Wilde | Lady Speranza Wilde | ||
| Mrs. Dalloway | Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway | ||
| Déjà Vu | Skelly | ||
| Bella Mafia | Graziella Luciano | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Robin Lerner | |
| Lulu on the Bridge | Catherine Moore | ||
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Countess Constance LaGrange | |
| Uninvited | Mrs. Ruttenburn | ||
| Girl, Interrupted | Dr. Sonia Wick | ||
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Edith Tress (segment "1961") |
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| Mirka | Kalsan | ||
| Rumor of Angels, AA Rumor of Angels | Maddy Bennett | ||
| 2001 | Pledge, TheThe Pledge | Annalise Hansen | |
| Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | Countess Wilhelmina/Narrator | ||
| 2002 | Gathering Storm, TheThe Gathering Storm | Clementine Churchill | Television film
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| Crime and Punishment | Rodian's Mother | ||
| Searching for Debra Winger | Herself | Documentary | |
| Locket, TheThe Locket | Esther Huish | Television film | |
| 2003 | Byron | Lady Melbourne | Television film |
| Good Boy! | Greater Dane, TheThe Greater Dane | ||
| 2004 | Fever, TheThe Fever | Woman | Also Executive Producer Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2004–2009 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Erica Noughton | Television series; 10 episodes |
| 2005 | Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam, TheThe Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | Heiress, TheThe Heiress | |
| Short Order | Marianne | ||
| White Countess, TheThe White Countess | Vera Belinskya | ||
| 2006 | Thief Lord, TheThe Thief Lord | Sister Antonia | |
| Venus | Valerie | Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Shell Seekers, TheThe Shell Seekers | Penelope Keeling | Television film | |
| 2007 | Riddle, TheThe Riddle | Roberta Elliot | |
| How About You | Georgia Platts | ||
| Evening | Ann Lord | ||
| Atonement | Older Briony Tallis |
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| 2008 | Restraint | Sky News Reader | |
| Ein Job | Hannah Silbergrau | Television film | |
| Gud, lukt och henne | |||
| 2009 | Eva | Eva | |
| Day of the Triffids, TheThe Day of the Triffids | Durrant | Television miniseries | |
| 2010 | Letters to Juliet | Claire Smith-Wyman |
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| Whistleblower, TheThe Whistleblower | Madeleine Rees | ||
| Miral | Bertha Spafford | ||
| Animals United | Winnie | Voice Only (English Version) | |
| 2011 | Coriolanus | Volumnia |
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| Cars 2 | Mama Topolino/Queen | Voice Only | |
| Anonymous | Queen Elizabeth I |
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| 2012 | Song for Marion | Marion | |
| Political Animals | Justice Diane Nash | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
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