Deborah Findlay was born in Surrey and studied English at Leeds
University. She worked in Leeds with a theatre group touring plays,
music, community theatre and cabaret before coming to London to work at
the Theatre Royal Stratford East. She was in the original
production of 'Top Girls' by Caryl Churchill (OBIE Award) and seasons
at the RSC and National Theatre where she received an Olivier Award and
Outer Critics Circle Award for 'Stanley'. She has an extensive career in theatre and was nominated for a Tony for the play 'The Children'. She had another Olivier nomination for 'The Cut'. She played in New York on Broadway and in the West End in London including prestigious theatre the Donmar with the play 'The Vortex'.
She has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Leeds University.
She won an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress
in a Play for "Stanley" in 1997. She shared the award with Allison Janney and
Celia Weston.
Olivier winner as supporting Actress for her role in 'Stanley' .
Won Equity's 2015 Clarence Derwent Award, which recognizes supporting actors in New York and London, for playing Volumnia in the Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus.