Editing Jane Horrocks

{{short description|British actress (born 1964)}}
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| name          = Jane Horrocks
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| birth_name    = Barbara Jane Horrocks
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1964|1|18|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Rawtenstall]], [[Lancashire]], England
| occupation    = Actress
| notable_works = {{plainlist|
* ''[[Life is Sweet (film)|Life is Sweet]]'' (1990)
* ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'' (1992 play)
* ''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'' (1998)
}}
| television    = {{plainlist|
* ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' (1992–2012)
* ''[[Fifi and the Flowertots]]'' (2005–2010)
* ''[[Little Princess (British TV series)|Little Princess]]'' (2006–2020)
* ''[[Trollied]]'' (2011–2015)
}}
| years_active  = 1986–present
| partner       = Nick Vivian (until 2017)
| children      = 2
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'''Barbara Jane Horrocks''' (born 18 January 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=January 18, 2023 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 18, 2023 includes celebrities Kevin Costner, Dave Bautista |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-18-2023-includes-celebrities-kevin-costner-dave-bautista.html |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Cleveland.com]]}}</ref> is a British actress. She portrayed [[Absolutely Fabulous#Cast and characters|Bubble and Katy Grin]] in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''. She was nominated for the 1993 [[Olivier Award for Best Actress]] for the title role in the stage play ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'', and received [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] and [[BAFTA Award|BAFTA]] nominations for the role in the [[Little Voice (film)|film version of ''Little Voice'']].

She is also known for her appearances in films, including ''[[The Dressmaker (1988 film)|The Dressmaker]]'' (1988), ''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]'' (1990), ''[[Second Best (film)|Second Best]]'' (1993), ''[[Life is Sweet (film)|Life is Sweet]]'' (1990), ''[[Chicken Run]]'' (2000), ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' (2005), ''[[Sunshine on Leith (film)|Sunshine on Leith]]'' (2013), ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]'' (2016), as well as the television series ''[[Fifi and the Flowertots]]'' (2005–2010), ''[[Little Princess (British TV series)|Little Princess]]'' (2006–2020), and the [[Sky One]] sitcom ''[[Trollied]]'', as Julie Cook (2011–2015).

== Early life ==
Horrocks was born in [[Rawtenstall]], [[Lancashire]], the daughter of Barbara ([[married and maiden names|née]] Ashworth), a hospital worker, and John Horrocks, a sales representative.{{Citation needed |date=August 2021}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=1994-12-18 |title=Impressive |pages=16 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> She was the youngest of three children.

She attended [[Balladen|Balladen County Primary School]] and [[The Valley Leadership Academy|Fearns county secondary school]]. She trained at [[Oldham College]], and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] with [[Imogen Stubbs]] and [[Ralph Fiennes]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/Player/Player_Page/0,,41864,00.html |title=Jane Horrocks |work=The [[Guardian Unlimited]] Film |year=2011 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]]}}</ref> and began her career with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/people/jane_horrocks_person_page.shtml |publisher=[[BBC]] Drama |title=People Index Jane Horrocks |access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref>

== Career ==
===Stage===
Horrocks has appeared on stage in ''Ask for the Moon'' (Hampstead, 1986), ''A Collier's Friday Night'' (Greenwich, 1987), ''Valued Friends'' (Hampstead, 1989), and ''The Debutante Ball'' (Hampstead, 1989). She appeared in ''Our Own Kind'' (Bush, 1991); ''[[Deadly Advice]]'' (Fletcher, 1993); ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' ([[Donmar Warehouse]] 1994); ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Greenwich Theatre, 1995); and ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]'' (Garrick Theatre, 2007).

While working on ''[[Road (play)|Road]]'', a play directed by [[Jim Cartwright]], Horrocks warmed up by doing singing impressions of [[Judy Garland]], [[Shirley Bassey]] and [[Ethel Merman]]. Cartwright was so impressed with her mimicry he wrote ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'' for her.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress]] at the [[1993 Laurence Olivier Awards]] for her performance in the 1992 [[West End theatre|West End]] production, directed by her then-boyfriend [[Sam Mendes]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

Her last West End appearance was in ''Sweet Panic'', the 2003 [[Stephen Poliakoff]] drama in which she portrayed a neurotic mother locked in a battle of wills with her disturbed son's psychologist.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She starred in [[Richard Jones (opera director)|Richard Jones]]'s critically acclaimed production of ''[[The Good Person of Sezuan|The Good Soul of Szechuan]]'' at the [[Young Vic]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3939130.ece |title=The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic |newspaper=[[Times Online]] |first=Benedict |last=Nightingale |author-link=Benedict Nightingale |date=16 May 2008 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[Times Newspapers Ltd.]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706062125/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3939130.ece |archive-date=6 July 2008}}</ref> She was reunited with Jones in a new musical production of ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'', which opened at the [[Young Vic]] in October 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngvic.org/assets/attachments/press-releases/D5151D32-E081-4BDA-29FCC27EE2A036D3.pdf |title=Official Young Vic announcement |work=[[Young Vic]] |access-date=2 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> At London's Young Vic, in 2016's ''If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me'', Horrocks revisited the songs of her youth to sing versions of tracks by the likes of [[Joy Division]], [[The Smiths]], [[Buzzcocks]], and [[The Human League]].<ref>{{cite web |work=bellaafrica |url=http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVyE4sOlWzq8A3X5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByNXM5bzY5BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1458184377/RO=10/RU=http://www.bellaafrica.net/world/why-jane-horrocks-is-singing-the-smiths//RK=0/RS=hYMCHTsaVGUy0Zx3P0_i9cFJB8A- |title=why jane horrocks is singing the smiths |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |agency=[[Oath Inc.]] |access-date=1 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

In October 2014, Horrocks played Ella Khan in the London revival of ''[[East Is East (play)|East Is East]]'' at [[Trafalgar Studios]] as part of [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|Jamie Lloyd]]'s Trafalgar Transformed season.<ref>{{cite news |title=East is East starring Jane Horrocks to run at Trafalgar Studios |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/production/2014/05/east-east-starring-jane-horrocks-run-trafalgar-studios/ |first=Nicola |last=Merrifield |date=9 May 2014 |access-date=1 July 2019 |newspaper=[[The Stage]]}}</ref> In 2024, Horrocks joined the cast of the British premiere production of play ''Nachtland'' at the [[Young Vic]] theatre, directed by [[Patrick Marber]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Millward |first1=Tom |title=Young Vic announces initial cast for Nachtland |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/young-vic-announces-initial-cast-for-nachtland_1556899/ |website=WhatsOnStage |date=7 December 2023 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>

In August 2024, Horrocks starred as Meg in [[Harold Pinter]]'s [[The Birthday Party (play)|''The Birthday Party'']] at the [[Ustinov Studio]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clive |date=2024-08-09 |title=The Birthday Party review — Jane Horrocks gets the laughs in sinister revival |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/birthday-party-review-jane-horrocks-theatre-royal-bath-vwccwxnp8 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Screen===
She appeared in [[Catherine Cookson]]'s ''The Fifteen Streets'', alongside [[Sean Bean]] and [[Owen Teale]] in 1989. She drew critical notice for her performance in the film ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]'' (1990). Horrocks became well known on screen for her role as Bubble and Katy Grin in the sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' (1992–2016).

She reprised her stage role in the 1998 screen adaptation, ''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'', which earned nominations for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] at the [[56th Golden Globe Awards]], the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]] at the [[52nd British Academy Film Awards]], the [[Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] at the [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards]], the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture]] at the [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards]], and the [[British Independent Film Awards|British Independent Film Award]] for Best Actress.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

For 10 years, Horrocks appeared with [[Prunella Scales]] in commercials for the UK supermarket chain [[Tesco]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Paul |title=Jane Horrocks: "I'm eternally grateful to Tesco" |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-07-26/jane-horrocks-im-eternally-grateful-to-tesco |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=17 September 2013 |publisher=[[Immediate Media Company Ltd]]}}</ref> She narrated BBC Two's television series ''[[The Speaker (TV series)|The Speaker]]'' in April 2009.

In 2009, Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production ''[[Gracie!]]'', a drama portraying the life of [[Gracie Fields]] during World War II and her relationship with the Italian-born director [[Monty Banks]] (played by [[Tom Hollander]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Amazing Gracie: Jane Horrocks |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/amazing-gracie-jane-horrocks-935333 |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=17 September 2013 |date=27 April 2010}}</ref>

Other television credits include ''Absolutely Fabulous'', ''[[Victoria Wood]]'' - ''We'd Quite Like to Apologise'', ''Bad Girl'', ''Boon'', ''Heartland'', ''Hunting Venus'', ''La Nonna'', ''Leaving Home'', ''[[Never Mind the Horrocks]]'', ''Nightlife'', ''[[Wyrd Sisters (TV series)|Wyrd Sisters]]'', ''[[Foxbusters]]'', ''[[Jericho (UK TV series)|Jericho]]'', ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', ''Some Kind of Life'', ''Suffer the Little Children'', ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]'', ''The Garden'', ''[[Fifi & the Flowertots]]'', ''[[Little Princess (animated series)|Little Princess]]'' (the voice of the princess) and ''Welcome to the Times''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
 
She was the subject of an episode of the [[genealogy]] series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' in 2006. That year, she played the title role of Ros Pritchard in ''[[The Amazing Mrs Pritchard]]'', a drama about a woman elected prime minister.

On Tuesday 14 January 2014, Horrocks appeared as a contestant on ''The Great Sport Relief Bake Off'' on [[BBC Two]]— the celebrity version of ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]''—hosted by [[Jo Brand]] and broadcast to help raise money for the charity [[Sport Relief]]. The other contestants were TV and radio presenter [[Kirsty Young]], choreographer [[Jason Gardiner]], and Olympic athlete [[Greg Rutherford]].

On 9 May 2015, she gave a reading at [[VE Day 70: A Party to Remember]] in [[Horse Guards Parade]], London that was broadcast live on [[BBC One|BBC1]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32679995 |title=Actress Jane Horrocks cries reading WW2 letter |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=10 May 2015 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[BBC Online]] |agency=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

In 2015, she supplied the voice of the Tubby Phone in the reboot of the popular British children's television series ''[[Teletubbies]]''. In 2021, she began starring in the [[Sky One|Sky]] comedy series ''[[Bloods (TV series)|Bloods]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Horrocks stars in new paramedic show Bloods |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19259239.jane-horrocks-stars-new-paramedic-show-bloods/ |website=News&Star |date=2 May 2021 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>

===Audio===
Horrocks' voiceovers have been used on the films ''[[Chicken Run]]'', ''[[Christmas Carol: The Movie]]'', ''[[Corpse Bride]]'', ''[[Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties]]'', and ''[[Tinker Bell (film)|Tinker Bell]]''. She also did the voiceover of Fenchurch on radio and in the audio adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' science fiction series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' for BBC Radio 4. She has voiced Donner in all three [[Robbie the Reindeer]] films in aid of [[Comic Relief]].

In 2000, Horrocks made the CD ''Further Adventures of Little Voice'', again singing in the style of favourite divas.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} The recording includes duets with [[Ewan McGregor]], [[Robbie Williams]] and [[Dean Martin]]. Horrocks collaborated once more with Robbie Williams the following year, for a cover of the [[Bobby Darin]] song "Things" on Williams' album ''[[Swing When You're Winning]]''.

== Personal life ==
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2024}}
Horrocks has two children with her former partner, playwright Nick Vivian. They were together for 21 years, separating in 2017. She currently lives in [[Brighton]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2022-12-14 |title='I don't like to dwell on the dark side': Jane Horrocks on life on her own, family and first love, Ian Dury |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/14/i-dont-like-to-dwell-on-the-dark-side-jane-horrocks-on-life-on-her-own-family-and-first-love-ian-dury |access-date=2022-12-21 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> 

She was previously in a relationship with director Sam Mendes. She was in a relationship with the singer and actor [[Ian Dury]], about whom she devised the 2022 drama, ''Love Pants: Ian Dury & Jane Horrocks,'' for [[BBC Radio 4]], based on her own diary entries and his love letters to her during their one-year relationship in the 1980s, when she was 23. The two remained friends until his death in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drama |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-fzx0wi/drama/episodes/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Love Pants: Ian Dury & Jane Horrocks |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g97b |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Horrocks' mother, Barbara, died in 2021. Her father died in 2013.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

==Filmography==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="width:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role 
! Directed by
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Dressmaker (1988 film)|The Dressmaker]]''
| Rita
| [[Jim O'Brien (director)|Jim O'Brien]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|1989
| ''[[Getting It Right (film)|Getting It Right]]''
| Jenny 
| [[Randal Kleiser]]
|-
| ''[[The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (film)|The Wolves of Willoughby Chase]]''
| Pattern
| Stuart Orme
|-
| rowspan="3"|1990
| ''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]''
| Miss Susan Irvine
| [[Nicolas Roeg]] 
|-
| ''[[Memphis Belle (film)|Memphis Belle]]''
| Faith
| [[Michael Caton-Jones]]
|-
| ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]''
| Nicola
| [[Mike Leigh]]
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Second Best (film)|Second Best]]''
| Debbie
| [[Chris Menges]]
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Deadly Advice]]''
| Jodie Greenwood
| [[Mandie Fletcher]]
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis]]''
| Mavis Davis / Marla Dorland
| [[John Henderson (director)|John Henderson]]
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]''
| Laura "LV" Hoff
| [[Mark Herman]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''[[Faeries (1999 film)|Faeries]]''
| Huccaby <small>(voice)</small>
| Gary Hurst
|-
| ''[[Hooves of Fire]]''
| Donner <small>(voice)</small>
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2000
| ''[[Chicken Run]]''
| Babs <small>(voice)</small>
| [[Peter Lord]] & [[Nick Park]]
|-
| ''[[Born Romantic]]''
| Maureen "Mo" Docherty
| David Kane 
|-
| ''[[Lion of Oz]]''
| Wimsik <small>(voice)</small>
| Tim Deacon 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Christmas Carol: The Movie]]''
| [[Ghost of Christmas Past]] <small>(voice)</small>
| [[Jimmy T. Murakami]]
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Robbie the Reindeer|Legend of the Lost Tribe]]''
| Donner <small>(voice)</small>
|
|- 
| rowspan="2"|2005
| ''[[Corpse Bride]]''
| The Black Widow / Mrs. Plum <small>(voice)</small>
| [[Tim Burton]]
|-
| ''[[Brothers of the Head]]''
| Roberta Howe
| Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties]]''
| Meenie <small>(voice)</small>
| [[Tim Hill (director)|Tim Hill]]
|-
| 2007
| ''Close Encounters of the Herd Kind''
| Donner <small>(voice)</small>
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Tinker Bell (film)|Tinker Bell]]''
| rowspan="2" | Fairy Mary <small>(voice)</small>
| Bradley Raymond
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure]]''
| [[Klay Hall]]
|-
| 2010
| ''No One Gets Off in This Town''
| 
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Arthur Christmas]]''
| Lead Elf <small>(voice)</small>
| [[Sarah Smith (director)|Sarah Smith]] 
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Secret of the Wings]]''
| Fairy Mary <small>(voice)</small>
| Bobs Gannaway & [[Peggy Holmes]] 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Sunshine on Leith (film)|Sunshine on Leith]]''
| Jean Henshaw
| [[Dexter Fletcher]]
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Pirate Fairy]]''
| Fairy Mary
| Peggy Holmes
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]''
| Bubble/[[Shirley Bassey]] impersonator
| Mandie Fletcher
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Swimming with Men]]''
| Heather Scott
| [[Oliver Parker]]
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget]]''
| Babs <small>(voice)</small>
| [[Sam Fell]]
|}

=== Television series ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="width:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role 
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"|1987
| ''First Sight''
| Natalie
| Episode: "Leaving Home" (1.3)
|-
| ''[[Screenplay (TV series)|Screenplay]]''
| Louise 
| Episode: "[[Road (play)|The Road]]" (2.13) 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1988
| ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]''
| Anja
| Episode: "The True Bride" (1.9)
|-
| ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]''
| Pippa Bond
| Episode: "No Crying He Makes" (2.7)
|-
| rowspan="3"|1989
| ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]''
| Anja
| Episode: "Musicians" (1.8)
|-
| ''[[Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)|Victoria Wood]]''
| Cathy Warburton
| Episode: "We'd Quite Like to Apologise" (1.4)
|-
| ''[[Alas Smith and Jones|Smith & Jones]]''
| 
| Episode: "The Unprepared Version" (5.6)
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]''
| Trisha Downey
| Episode: "Best Left Buried" (5.11)
|-
| rowspan="2"|1991
| ''[[Screen One]]''
| Gail
| Episode: "[[Alive and Kicking (TV drama)|Alive and Kicking]]" (3.7)
|-
| ''[[Performance (British TV series)|Performance]]''
| 
| Episode: "Nona" (1.2) 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1992
| ''[[Red Dwarf]]''
| Nirvanah Crane
| Episode: "[[Holoship]]" (5.1)
|-
| ''[[Screenplay (TV series)|Screenplay]]''
| Maggie Hunt
| Episode: "Bad Girl" (7.3)
|-
| ''[[Performance (British TV series)|Performance]]''
| 
| Episode: "Roots" (2.3)
|-
|1992–2012
| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''
| Bubble <br> <small>(also played Katy Grin, Lola and radio voice)</small>
| 33 episodes
|-
| 1995
|''[[Performance (British TV series)|Performance]]''
| [[Doll Tearsheet]]
| Episode: "Henry IV" (5.5)
|-
| 1995&ndash;1998
| ''[[Crapston Villas]]''
| Flossie
| 20 episodes <small>(all episodes)</small>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1996
| ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
| Cammy
| Episode: "[[List of Tales from the Crypt episodes#Season 7 (1996)|Cold War]]" (7.6)
|-
| ''[[Never Mind the Horrocks]]''
| Various roles
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1997
| ''[[Wyrd Sisters (TV series)|Wyrd Sisters]]''
| Magrat Garlick <small>(voice)</small>
| Television mini-series
|-
| ''[[The Blobs]]''
| Various <small>(voice)</small>
| 26 Episodes <small>(all episodes)</small> (S4C, Scottish Television, Siriol, DC Thomson, Taytel and Ragdoll Limited (live-action shoot))
|-
| 1997&ndash;1999
| ''[[The Forgotten Toys]]''
| Various roles <small>(voice)</small>
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Foxbusters]]''
| Jeffries <small>(voice)</small>
| 26 Episodes <small>(all episodes)</small>
|-
| 1999&ndash;2000
| ''[[Watership Down (1999 TV series)|Watership Down]]''
| Hannah
| 14 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''[[Mirrorball (TV pilot)|Mirrorball]]''
| Yitta Hilberstam
| Television pilot
|-
| ''[[Spot the Dog]]''
| Narrator
| 26 Episodes were re-narrated over the originals that were done by [[Paul Nicholas]].
|-
| 2001
| ''Little Big Mouth''
| Krystan <small>(voice)</small>
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Linda Green]]''
| Teresa Franklin
| Episode: "Teresa" (2.2)
|-
| 2003&ndash;2004
| ''[[Wide-Eye]]''
| [[Flea]] <small>(voice)<br> Baby [[Komodo dragon|Komodo]] (voice)<br>Natterjack Toads (voices)</small>
| 26 episodes (All episodes)
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Monkey Trousers]]''
| Various roles
| 
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Jericho (British TV series)|Jericho]]''
| Sadie Swettenham
| Episode: "To Murder and Create" (1.3)
|-
| 2005&ndash;2010
| ''[[Fifi and the Flowertots]]''
| Fifi Forget-Me-Not and Primrose <small>(UK/US voice)</small>
| 40 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[The Street (British TV series)|The Street]]''
| Angela Quinn
| Episodes: "The Accident" (1.1) <br> "Stan" (1.2)
|-
| ''[[The Amazing Mrs Pritchard]]''
| Ros Pritchard 
| 6 episodes <small>(all episodes)</small>
|-
| 2006&ndash;2020
| ''[[Little Princess (British TV series)|Little Princess]]'' 
| Little Princess <small>(voice)</small>
|
|-
| rowspan="5"|2011
| ''[[Coming Up (TV series)|Coming Up]]''
| Felicity
| Episode: "Magic" (6.5)
|-
| ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''
| Eliza <small>(voice)</small>
| Episode: "[[Phineas and Ferb (season 3)|My Fair Goalie]]" (3.11)
|-
| ''[[This is Jinsy]]''
| Mrs. Stenton
| Episode: "Vel" (1.6)
|-
| ''[[Little Crackers]]''
| Hairdresser
| Episode: "Jane Horrocks' Little Cracker: Barbara" (2.3)
|-
| ''[[Pixie Hollow Games]]''
| Fairy Mary <small>(voice)</small>
| Television special
|-
| 2011&ndash;2013, 2015
| ''[[Trollied]]''
| Julie Cook
| 37 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2012
| ''Get Your House in Order''
| Narrator <small>(voice)</small>
| Episode: "Stuart" (1.3)
|-
| ''[[True Love (TV series)|True Love]]''
| Sandra
| Episode: "Sandra" (1.4)
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Lily's Driftwood Bay]]''
| Wee Rabbit
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[Inside No. 9]]''
| Liz
| "[[Cold Comfort (Inside No. 9)|Cold Comfort]]" (2.4)
|-
| ''[[Long Live the Royals]]''
| Queen Elenor <small>(voice)</small>
| UK version only
|-
| 2015&ndash;2018 
| ''[[Teletubbies]]''
| Tubby Phone <small>(voice)</small>
| Darrall MacQueen, DHX Media and CBeebies
|-
| 2019-present
| ''[[The Rubbish World of Dave Spud]]''
| Gran Spud <small>(voice)</small>
| Except "Two Toots Spud", "An Honest Face" and "Night School"
|-
| 2020
| ''[[The Singapore Grip (TV series)|The Singapore Grip]]''
| Sylvia Blackett
| TV series
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Jungledyret Hugo|Hugo the Jungle Animal]]''
| Baby Hugo
| Episode: "Baby Hugo"
|-
| 2021–2022
| ''[[Bloods (TV series)|Bloods]]''
| Wendy
| Main role
|}

=== Television films ===
{| class="wikitable"  style="width:80%; text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role 
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"|1989
| ''The Fifteen Streets''
| Christine Bracken
| 
|-
| ''Heartland''
| Pam
|
|-
| 1991
| ''Came Out, It Rained, Went Back in Again''
| Learner Lesbian
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Cabaret''
| Sally Bowles
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994
| ''Self Catering''
| Marilyn
| 
|-
| ''Suffer the Little Children''
| Deborah Hayes
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Some Kind of Life]]''
| Alison
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''Nightlife''
| Helen
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| ''[[Hunting Venus]]''
| Cassandra
| 
|-
| ''[[The Flint Street Nativity]]''
| Zoe
| 
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Gracie!]]''
| Gracie Fields
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Road to Coronation Street]]''
| Margaret Morris
|
|}

=== Short film, television and video ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="width:80%; text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role 
! Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''Butter''
| Beggar
| Television
|-
| 1995
| ''Combination Skin''
| <small>(voice)</small> 
| Short film 
|-
| 1999
| ''Hooves of Fire''
| Donner <small>(voice)</small>
| rowspan="2" | Television
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''Legend of the Lost Tribe''
| Donner / Arctic Fox <small>(voice)</small>
|-
| ''Last Rumba in Rochdale''
| Gran <small>(voice)</small>
| rowspan="2" | Short film
|-
| 2004
| ''Wheeling Dealing''
| Authentic Newsreader
|-
| 2006
| ''Voices from the Underworld''
| Herself <small>(voice)</small>
| Video Short
|-
| 2007
| ''Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind''
| Donner <small>(voice)</small>
| Television
|-
| 2011
| ''The Itch of the Golden Nit''
| <small>(voice)</small>
| Short film
|}

===Audio CDs===
{| class="wikitable"  style="width:80%; text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role 
! Notes
|-
| 1999
| ''Crackers in Space''
| [[List of Wallace & Gromit characters#Wendolene Ramsbottom|Wendolene]]<ref>Tristan Davies and Nick Newman (1999). ''Crackers in Space''. Heavy Entertainment, Hodder Headline Audiobooks, Aardman Animations.</ref>
|
|}

===Music videos===
*[[New Order (band)|New Order]] - "[[1963 (song)|1963]]" (1995)

== Awards and honours ==
* [[1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]] (1991): Won Award for [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]'' (1991).
* [[1992 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] (1992): Won Award for [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''Life Is Sweet.''
* [[Sitges Film Festival|Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival]] (1994): Won Best Actress Award for ''[[Deadly Advice]]'' (1994).
* [[52nd British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role]] for ''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'' (1998).
* [[British Independent Film Awards]] (1999): Nomination for Best Actress for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
* [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
* [[56th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]] (1999): Nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy]], for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
* [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture|Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical]] for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
* [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast]], for ''Little Voice'' (1998), shared with [[Annette Badland]], [[Brenda Blethyn]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Michael Caine]], [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]] and [[Ewan McGregor]].
* Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999): Nomination for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]] for ''Little Voice'' (1998).

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|1363}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/001027_horrocks.shtml BBC interview]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/jane_horrocks.shtml Jane Horrocks on BBC Drama Faces]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8675045/The-many-faces-of-Jane-Horrocks.html The many faces of Jane Horrocks]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s2_celeb_gallery_05.shtml Jane Horrocks on ''Who Do You Think You Are?'']

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