Mary Beard

Mary Beard

Known for

Acting

Born

January 1, 1955 (age 71)

Birthplace

Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK

Biography

Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilization. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible". Beard is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.

Best known work

The Grand Tour

The Grand Tour

2016

W1A

W1A

2014

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

2012

Civilisations

Civilisations

2018

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

2017

Question Time

Question Time

1979

Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit

Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit

2016

Sultana's Dream

Sultana's Dream

2023

Caligula with Mary Beard

Caligula with Mary Beard

2013

Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude

Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude

2020

Filmography

2024
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
as Self - Presenter, Writer
2023
Sultana's Dream
as Mary Beard (voice)
2022
Sunday with Laura KuenssbergTV
as Self – Historian (1 episode)
2022
Remembers…TV
as Self (2 episodes)
2022
Mary Beard's Forbidden ArtTV
2020
Inside CultureTV
as Self - Presenter (13 episodes)
2020
Mary Beard's Shock of the NudeTV
as Self - Presenter (2 episodes)
2018
CivilisationsTV
as Presenter (2 episodes)
2018
Julius Caesar Revealed
as Presenter, Writer
2017
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
as Self
2016
The Grand TourTV
as Self (1 episode)
2016
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without LimitTV
as Self - Presenter (4 episodes), Screenplay
2014
W1ATV
as Self (1 episode)
2013
Caligula with Mary Beard
as Self - Host, Writer
2013
Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard
2012
Meet the Romans with Mary BeardTV
as Self - Presenter (3 episodes), Writer, Creator
2011
Jamie's Dream SchoolTV
as Herself (1 episode)
2010
Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town
as Herself - Presenter
1979
Question TimeTV
as Self - Panellist (5 episodes)