Editing Prime Suspect (section)

==Cast==
===Main cast===
* [[Helen Mirren]] as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, initially of Southampton Row Police Station in Central London, later Detective Superintendent in series 4. Mirren has described Tennison as "extremely directed, ambitious, talented and very uncompromising. Therefore she is deeply frustrated by her job; the way her sex is a barrier."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/primesuspect12345/primesuspect1.html |title=''Masterpiece Theatre: Prime Suspect 1'' |publisher=[[PBS]]|via=pbs.org |access-date=10 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106203416/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/primesuspect12345/primesuspect1.html|archive-date=6 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[John Benfield]] as Detective Superintendent Michael Kernan (series 1–4), Tennison's supervisor, later Detective Chief Superintendent
* [[Richard Hawley (actor)|Richard Hawley]] as [[Detective Constable]] Richard Haskons (series 1–4), later Detective Sergeant and Detective Inspector
* [[Tom Bell (actor)|Tom Bell]] as Detective Sergeant Bill Otley (series 1, 3, 7)
* [[Jack Ellis (actor)|Jack Ellis]] as [[Detective Inspector]] Tony Muddyman (series 1–2, 4)
* [[Craig Fairbrass]] as Detective Inspector Frank Burkin (series 1–2)
* [[Mossie Smith]] as [[Constable]] Maureen Havers (series 1, 4)
* [[Ian Fitzgibbon]] as Detective Constable Jones (series 1–2)
* [[Philip Wright (actor)|Philip Wright]] as Detective Constable Lillie (series 1–3)
* [[Andrew Tiernan]] as Detective Constable Rosper (series 1–2)
* [[Gary Whelan]] as Detective Sergeant Terry Amson (series 1)
* [[Stephen Boxer]] as Detective Chief Inspector Thorndike, later Detective Superintendent (series 2–4)
* [[Stafford Gordon]] as Commander Traynor (series 2–4)
* [[Mark Strong]] as Detective Inspector Larry Hall (series 3, 6), later Detective Chief Superintendent in series 6
* [[Robert Pugh]] as Detective Sergeant Alun Simms (series 6–7)

===Supporting cast, including notable guest stars===
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* [[Tom Wilkinson]] as Peter Rawlins (series 1), Tennison's divorced live-in boyfriend
* [[Zoë Wanamaker]] as Moyra Hanson (series 1), George Marlow's common law wife
* [[Ralph Fiennes]] as Michael (series 1)
* [[John Bowe (actor)|John Bowe]] as George Marlow (series 1)
* [[Maxine Audley]] as Doris Marlow (series 1) 
* [[Colin Salmon]] as Detective Sergeant Bob Oswalde (series 2)
* [[George Harris (actor)|George Harris]] as Vernon Allen (series 2)
* [[Lloyd McGuire]] as Sergeant Calder (series 2)
* [[Peter Capaldi]] as Vera/Vernon Reynolds (series 3)
* [[Andrew Woodall]] as Detective Inspector Brian Dalton (series 3)
* [[David Thewlis]] as James Jackson (series 3)
* [[James Frain]] as Jason Baldwin (series 3), an adult child abuse victim
* [[Struan Rodger]] as Superintendent Halliday (series 3)
* [[Chris Fairbank]] as Detective Chief Inspector David Lyall (series 3)
* [[Ciarán Hinds]] as Edward Parker-Jones (series 3), the manager of a community centre
* [[Kelly Hunter]] as Jessica Smithy (series 3), a reporter
* [[Jonny Lee Miller]] as Anthony Field (series 3), an adult victim of child abuse 
* Mark Drewry as Detective Inspector Ray Hebdon (series 3)
* [[Danny Dyer]] as Martin Fletcher (series 3), a homeless street boy
* [[Jeremy Colton]] as David Driscoll (series 3)
* [[Stuart Wilson (actor)|Stuart Wilson]] as Dr Patrick Schofield (series 4), a psychologist whom Tennison consults, and then dates
* [[Anthony Daniels]] as a pathologist (series 4)
* [[Sophie Stanton]] as Detective Sergeant Christine Cromwell (series 4)
* [[Beatie Edney]] as Susan Covington (series 4), a young mother whose child is kidnapped
* [[Robert Glenister]] as Chris Hughes (series 4)
* [[Lesley Sharp]] as Anne Sutherland (series 4)
* [[Jill Baker]] as Maria Henry (series 4), a lawyer
* [[Kelly Reilly]] as Polly Henry (series 4), Maria's daughter
* [[Christopher Fulford]] as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Mitchell (series 4)
* [[Tim Woodward]] as George Marlow (series 4)
* [[Joyce Redman]] as Doris Marlow (series 4)
* [[David Ryall]] as Oscar Bream (series 2,4)
* [[Marc Warren]] as Detective Constable Andy Dyson (series 4)
* [[Steven Mackintosh]] as Clive Norton {{aka}} "The Street" (series 5)
* [[David O'Hara]] as Detective Sergeant Gerry Rankine (series 5)
* [[Marsha Thomason]] as Janice Lafferty (series 5)
* Ray Emmet Brown as Michael Johns (series 5)
* [[John McArdle]] as Detective Chief Superintendent Ballinger (series 5)
* Julia Lane as Detective Inspector Claire Devanney (series 5)
* [[Liam Cunningham]] as Robert West (series 6)
* [[Ben Miles]] as Detective Chief Inspector Simon Finch (series 6)
* [[Sam Hazeldine]] as Detective Constable David Butcher (series 6)
* [[Barnaby Kay]] as Detective Constable Michael Philips (series 6)
* [[Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė]] as Jasmina Blekic (series 6)
* [[Tanya Moodie]] as Detective Constable Lorna Grieves (series 6)
* [[Velibor Topic]] as Dusan Zigic (series 6)
* [[Oleg Menshikov]] as Milan Lukic/Dragan Yankovich (series 6)
* [[Clare Holman]] as Mrs Lukic (series 6)
* [[Frank Finlay]] as Arnold Tennison (series 6)
* [[Phoebe Nicholls]] as Shaw (series 6)
* Rad Lazar as Kasim Ibrahimovic (series 6)
* [[Gary Lewis (actor)|Gary Lewis]] as Tony Sturdy (series 7)
* [[Stephen Tompkinson]] as Sean Philips (series 7)
* [[Laura Greenwood]] as Penny Philips (series 7)
* [[Eve Best]] as Linda Philips (series 7)
* [[Brendan Coyle]] as DCS Mitchell (series 7)
* [[Robbie Gee]] as Detective Inspector Traynor (series 7)
* [[Ellie Kendrick]] as Melanie (series 7)
* Russell Mabey as Detective Inspector Cox (series 7)
* [[Carolyn Pickles]] as Pauline Hammond (series 7)
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