Her film appearances were infrequent, and included supporting roles in major films, such as A Room with a View (1986), before she rose to international fame as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she continued to play in James Bond films until Spectre (2015).
Peran-perannnya dalam film tidak tetap dan termasuk peran pendukung dalam film-film besar seperti A Room with a View (1986), sebelum ia meraih popularitas internasional sebagai ‘M’ di GoldenEye (1995), peran yang ia lanjutkan di James Bond sampai Spectre (2015).