Emer Gillespie was born in 1963 in Islington, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) and Marcella (2016).

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

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Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Frances Barber and Ayub Khan-Din in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

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