Selina Jane Griffiths (born 1969) is a British actress mostly known for her performances in sitcoms. She played Pauline Maltby in the ITV comedy series ''

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''. She is the daughter of

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Early life

Selina Griffiths is the daughter of

Annette Crosbie Annette Crosbie (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish actress.Annette Crosbie fi ...

and Michael Griffiths. She trained at the

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and has appeared in several plays. Having graduated from the

, she made her professional stage debut at London's Lyric Theatre in ''The Way of the World'' alongside Barbara Flynn, with whom she appeared in television's '' Cranford''.

Career

Griffiths has appeared in many television programmes, including '' Doctor Finlay'' and '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' and playing Janet in '' The Smoking Room''. In autumn 2007 she co-starred with Deborah Findlay in the BBC1 costume drama series '' Cranford'' playing Miss Caroline Tomkinson. In January 2011 she appeared as a frightened passenger in the BBC1 comedy series '' Come Fly With Me'', which is written by

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and

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. In February 2011, she appeared as Pauline in ''

'', reprising the role in the 2016 & 2018 series and through March–April appeared in the Jeremy Dyson play adaption of

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's ''Twisted Tales''. In March 2012 she appeared as Yvonne Bradshaw in the BBC3 series '' Being Human''. Later that year she played several roles, including Beatrix Potter, in Sky's ''Psychobitches'' (part of ''Playhouse Presents''), appearing in four episodes. She also plays Connie in BBC comedy ''Cuckoo''. Airing on 26 May 2013, Griffiths appeared in episode 2 (''Nobody's Darling'') of ''Case Histories''. In 2014 she appeared in the TV show ''

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''. In 2015 she appeared as Elspeth Rice in ITV's ''

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'' episode 17.4 "A Vintage Murder". In February 2017 she appeared as a primary school head teacher Miss Anstis in the BBC sitcom ''

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'' starring

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and Sally Bretton. She reprised the role in April 2019. In January 2019 she appeared as Ruth Thundersby in BBC's ''

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''. In 2024, she appeared in the Disney+ series

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as Enid Spinks, based on the

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novel of the same name.

Filmography

* '' Doctor Finlay'' "Old Flames" (1995) as Pamela * '' The Smoking Room'' (2004–2006) as Janet, 16 episodes * '' Cranford'' (2007) as Caroline Tomkinson * ''

'' (2011, 2016–2018) as Pauline Maltby, an alcoholic, 16 episodes * '' Holy Flying Circus'' (2011) as Production Person 2/Personal Assistant to BBC Head of Rude Words * ''

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'' (TV series) "Psychobitches" (2012) as

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* '' Being Human'' "Hold the Front Page" (2012) as Yvonne Bradshaw * ''

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'' (2012–2014, 2018) as Connie, 11 episodes * ''Case Histories'' TV series episode 2 (2013) as Sacha * '' Trollied'' ''"''Christmas Special" (2013) as Helen * '' Count Arthur Strong'' episode 3 "The Radio Play" (2013) as Rachael * ''

'' "The Sinner and the Sandman" (2014) as Alison Chater * ''

'' "A Vintage Murder" (2015) as Elspeth Rice * ''

'' (2017, 2019, 2023) "Charlie", "Facts of Life", "Day Out" as Miss Anstis * ''Quacks'' "The Bishop's Appendix", "The Duke's Tracheotomy" (2017) as Matron * '' Early Man'' (2018) as Magma (voice) *''Father Brown'' "The Passing Bell" (2019) as Ruth Thundersby *''

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'' (2019) "Trouble in Mind" as Anna Butler *'' Dial M for Middlesbrough'' (2019) as Mary *'' The Larkins'' (2021–2022) as Norma Norman *

(2024) as Enid Spinks

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Selina 1969 births 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actors from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Actresses from London Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama English people of Scottish descent English television actresses English voice actresses Living people People from Richmond, London