
Mary Beard
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.
Known For

TV
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979

TV
The Grand Tour
Self
2016

TV
W1A
Self
2014

TV
Remembers…
Self
2022

TV
Civilisations
Presenter
2018

TV
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
Self - Presenter
2012

TV
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit
Self - Presenter
2016

TV
Inside Culture
Self - Presenter
2020

TV
Jamie's Dream School
Herself
2011

Film
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Self
2017

Film
Caligula with Mary Beard
Self - Host
2013

Film
Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town
Herself - Presenter
2010

Film
Sultana's Dream
Mary Beard (voice)
2023

TV
Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude
Self - Presenter
2020

Film
Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
Self - Presenter
2024

TV
Mary Beard's Forbidden Art
2022

Film
Julius Caesar Revealed
Presenter
2018

Film
Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard
2013
Filmography
2024FilmMeet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beardas Self - Presenter2023FilmSultana's Dreamas Mary Beard (voice)2022TVRemembers…as Self2022TVMary Beard's Forbidden Art2020TVInside Cultureas Self - Presenter2020TVMary Beard's Shock of the Nudeas Self - Presenter2018TVCivilisationsas Presenter2018FilmJulius Caesar Revealedas Presenter2017FilmManolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizardsas Self2016TVThe Grand Touras Self2016TVMary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limitas Self - Presenter2014TVW1Aas Self2013FilmCaligula with Mary Beardas Self - Host2013FilmPompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard2012TVMeet the Romans with Mary Beardas Self - Presenter2011TVJamie's Dream Schoolas Herself2010FilmPompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Townas Herself - Presenter1979TVQuestion Timeas Self - Panellist