Biography: Jane Horrocks |

Perhaps best-known to international audiences for her role as Bubble, Edina Monsoon's gloriously vapid assistant on Absolutely Fabulous, Jane Horrocks is a well-established stage and screen actress in her native Britain. Born in Lancashire,... more
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Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
Cast: Nicolas Cage Kate Winslet Michael Gambon   
Tags: Children's Fantasy Family Holiday Film 
Length: 81min
This animated version of Charles Dickens classic story Christmas Carol adds some new touches, but primarily follows the traditional tale of the miserly and cruel Ebenezer Scrooge being confronted by a series of ghosts who show him the true meaning of...

Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Ensemble Film Urban Comedy 
Length: 97min
In modern-day London, three men and three women fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers (Ian Hart and John Thomson), who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. In one pairing, Eleanor (Olivia...

Cast: Mel Gibson Nick Park Miranda Richardson   
Tags: Family Adventure Family-Oriented Adventure Escape Film Adventure Comedy 
Length: 85min
Aardman Animations, the British clay-animation studio that created a cult sensation (and won three Academy awards) with its short subjects featuring Wallace and Gromit, presents its first feature film, a mixture of comedy and adventure. Mrs. Tweedy...

Cast: Michael Caine Ewan McGregor Jane Horrocks Jim Broadbent   
Tags: Drama Showbiz Drama Family Drama 
Length: 96min
Based on Jim Cartright's play +The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, this screen adaptation directed by Mark Herman is an underdog film about an underdog girl named Little Voice (or LV for short). LV (Jane Horrocks from Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet who...

Cast: William Hurt   
Tags: Drama 
Length: 105min
Actor William Hurt delivers one of his most acclaimed performances in this drama from Oscar-winning cinematographer-turned-director Chris Menges. Hurt stars as Graham Holt, a repressed Welsh postmaster who lives a reclusive bachelor's existence with...

Cast: Jeremy Irons   
Tags: Fantasy 
Length: 80min
In this animated fantasy, Gordon and his sister Nellie are on holiday when they make the acquaintance of a mysterious raven and subsequently find themselves being transported to the mystical world of Faeryland. To return home, they must first see the...

Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
Cast: Danny Aiello   
Tags: Crime Comedy Comedy 
Length: 99min
John Henderson directed this British comedy, taking a peek inside the British music industry. Record-company owner Marty Starr (Rik Mayall) concludes that Marla Dorland, aka Mavis Davis (Jane Horrocks) is fading. Meanwhile, he has to meet alimony...

Tags: Drama 
Length: 93min
Made for British television, Alive and Kicking is the bleak but compelling story of two druggies. Smudgen (Lenny Henry) is not only a user but a dealer; his wife Marie (Annabelle Apsion) is in what seems to be a perpetually strung-out state. When...

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire (1999)
Cast: James Woods Ben Stiller Hugh Grant   
Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Family Family-Oriented Adventure Musical Fantasy Children's Fantasy 
Length: 30min
Already a holiday favorite in Britain, Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire features the voice of comedian Ardal O'Hanlon as a plucky reindeer eager to become one of Santa's chosen sleigh-pullers. To achieve his goals, however, he has to overcome the...

Cast: Edward Woodward Billie Whitelaw   
Tags: Black Comedy Comedy 
Length: 90min
A disturbed woman starts getting friendly advice from some of the great murderers of history in this black comedy from Great Britain. Introverted Jody Greenwood (Jane Horrocks) and her bolder sister Beth (Imelda Staunton) both live under the thumb of...
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