List of actors who have played Irene Adler

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The following is a list of actors who have played Irene Adler in various media.

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Radio and audio dramas

NameTitleDateNetwork
Gudrun Ure Sherlock Holmes – "A Scandal in Bohemia" [1] 1966 BBC Light Programme
Marian Seldes CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "A Scandal in Bohemia" [2] 1977 CBS Radio
Sarah Badel The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "A Scandal in Bohemia"1990 BBC Radio 4
Lindsay Whisler Moriarty 2022Scripted podcast (Audible)
Arielle Goldman2023

Stage plays

NameTitleDateType
Inga Swenson Baker Street 1965Musical (Broadway)
Tanya Franks Sherlock Holmes: The Best Kept Secret [3] 2013Play by Mark Catley
Renee Olstead Sherlock Holmes [4] 2015Play by Greg Kramer
Sarab KamooSherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear [5] 2018Plays by David MacGregor
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé [6] 2019
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ghost Machine [7] 2022

Television and DTV films

NameTitleDateType
Charlotte Rampling Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976Television film (American)
Anne Baxter The Masks of Death 1984Television film (British)
Morgan Fairchild Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1992Television film
Carolyn Wilkinson The Hound of London 1993Television film (Luxembourgish-Canadian)
Liliana Komorowska The Royal Scandal 2001Television film (Canadian)
Anna Chancellor Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars 2007Television film (British)

Television series

NameTitleDateType
Olga Edwardes Sherlock Holmes - "A Scandal in Bohemia"1951(British)
Larisa Solovyova The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - "The Treasures of Agra"1983(Russian)
Gayle Hunnicutt The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - "A Scandal in Bohemia"1984(British)
Lara Pulver Sherlock - "A Scandal in Belgravia"2012(British)
Sherlock - "The Sign of Three"2014(British)
Natalie Dormer Elementary 2013-2015(American)
Lyanka Gryu Sherlock Holmes 2013(Russian)
Rie Miyazawa Sherlock Holmes 2014-2015(Japanese)
Maaya Sakamoto Case File nº221: Kabukicho [8] 2019(Japanese)
Yoko Hikasa Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese)
Natalie Van Sistine Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub)

Theatrical films

NameTitleDateType
Rachel McAdams Sherlock Holmes 2009(British-American)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011(British-American)
Belén López Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days 2012(Spanish)
Mary J Blige Sherlock Gnomes 2018Paramount

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