Eleanor Matsuura
Acting • Born 1983-07-16
Biography
Eleanor Matsuura is a Japanese-born British actress. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, but raised in London, England; she is half-Japanese and half-English. She is best known for her roles as Yumiko in The Walking Dead, Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia, and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2004. She worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle, as well as British films. She appeared as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Filmography
51 credits
Magicians
Movie • 2007
Waitress
I Used to Be Famous
Movie • 2022
Amber
Spooks: The Greater Good
Movie • 2015
Hannah Santo
The Love Punch
Movie • 2014
Michaela
Burn Burn Burn
Movie • 2016
Pandora
The Lady in the Van
Movie • 2015
American Journalist
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Movie • 2013
TV Reporter
Red Top
Movie • 2016
Wendi Deng
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 2016
Hippolyta
Wonder Woman
Movie • 2017
Epione
Justice League
Movie • 2017
Epione (uncredited)
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared
Movie • 2016
Rebecca
Lost in London
Movie • 2017
Laura, Woody's wife
Blood Moon
Movie • 2014
Black Deer
The Grind
Movie • 2012
Charlie
Hacks
Movie • 2012
Ho Chi Mao Feast
Breaking and Entering
Movie • 2006
Ruby
9/11: The Twin Towers
Movie • 2006
Operator #1
A Very Social Secretary
Movie • 2005
Luz
The One and Only Ivan
Movie • 2020
Candace Taylor
Juliet, Naked
Movie • 2018
Cat
Residue
Movie • 2015
Angela Rossi
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie • 2021
Epone
Jay Kelly
Movie • 2025
Dresser
Keep Her Quiet
Movie
Janet Lin
Extras
TV • 2005
Producer's Wife
Party Animals
TV • 2007
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
Feel Good
TV • 2020
Donna Ridley
Hunter
TV • 2009
DI Zoe Larson
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Jo Nakashima
The Walking Dead
TV • 2010
Yumiko Okumura
Vexed
TV • 2010
Emma
Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009
Sophie Cohen
Hustle
TV • 2004
Receptionist
Cuffs
TV • 2015
PC Donna Prager
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Tiffany Hayes
Utopia
TV • 2013
Bev
Sherlock
TV • 2010
DI Hopkins
Residue
TV • 2015
Angela Rossi
My Family
TV • 2000
Docteur
Twenty Twelve
TV • 2011
Doctor
Shetland
TV • 2013
DI Jessie Cole
The Day of the Jackal
TV • 2024
Zina Jansone
The Fades
TV • 2011
Vicky
The Royal Bodyguard
TV • 2011
Dana
The Old Guys
TV • 2009
Marianne
After You've Gone
TV • 2007
Miss Murray
Dear Life
TV • 2026
Silk
TV • 2011
Elizabeth Forester
FM
TV • 2009
Jess