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Rules of The Game

Rules of The Game

BBC One 2022

Sam is a hard-headed manager at a family-run business in the North West. However, when Sam arrives at work one day to find a dead body in the office reception she is forced to reckon with not only murky behaviour in the present, but murderous secrets from the past as well.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of Rules of The Game (Ranked Cast in 2025)

Ben Batt

#1 - Ben Batt (Agrippa)

Ben Batt plays as Agrippa in Rules of The Game.
Ben Batt is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 16 episodes.

#2 - Callie Cooke (Leila)

Callie Cooke plays as Leila in Rules of The Game.
Callie Cooke is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Zoë Tapper

#3 - Zoë Tapper (Kate Saunders)

Zoë Tapper (born 1981) is an English actress who first came to prominence playing Nell Gwynne in Richard Eyre's award-winning film Stage Beauty in 2004. She is known for portraying Anya Raczynski in Survivors and Mina Harker in Demons.

Zoë Tapper plays as Kate Saunders in Rules of The Game.
Zoë Tapper is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Alison Steadman

#4 - Alison Steadman (Gail)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She won the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh (her husband 1973-2001) film Life is Sweet, and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the "50 Greatest Actors" voted for by other actors, she was ranked No. 42. Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays Nuts in May (1976) and Abigail's Party (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective, and in 2001 for the ITV drama series Fat Friends (2000–05). Other television roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007–10, 2019) and Orphan Black (2015–16). Her other film appearances include A Private Function (1984), Clockwise (1986), Shirley Valentine (1989), Topsy Turvy (1999), and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).

Alison Steadman plays as Gail in Rules of The Game.
Alison Steadman is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Susan Wokoma

#5 - Susan Wokoma (DI Eve Preston)

Susan "Susie" Indiaba Wokoma (born 31 December 1987 in Southwark, London, England) is an award-winning British actress of Nigerian descent. She is best known for her roles as "Raquel" in the E4/Netflix show Crazyhead and "Cynthia" in Chewing Gum. Wokoma was a child participant in CBBC's Serious Jungle in 2002. She was also a member of The National Youth Theatre, making her professional acting debut in the BAFTA-winning That Summer Day before going on to train at RADA aged 19. Her television appearances have included Phoebe Waller-Bridge's show Crashing, Bluestone 42, Uncle, Misfits, as well as the film adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun and The Inbetweeners 2. Her theatre work includes productions at the Royal Court, Bush Theatre, Royal Exchange, Manchester, Almeida Theatre, Crucible Theatre, and The Royal National Theatre. Wokoma also joined the New York transfers of Phyllida Lloyd's all female Donmar Warehouse productions of Henry IV and Julius Caesar at St. Ann's Warehouse. In 2016 she won Best Supporting Actor at the BBC Audio Drama Awards for her performance in the radio adaptation of Marie NDiaye's Three Strong Women. Later the same year it was announced that she would star in the E4/ Netflix original television series Crazyhead alongside Cara Theobold. She went on to win the RTS Best On-Screen Performance award for Crazyhead in 2017. Wokoma is also a writer.

Susan Wokoma plays as DI Eve Preston in Rules of The Game.
Susan Wokoma is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 4 episodes.

#6 - Dominic Vulliamy (Duncan)

Dominic Vulliamy plays as Duncan in Rules of The Game.
Dominic Vulliamy is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 4 episodes.

#7 - Amy Leeson (Amy Dixon)

Amy Leeson plays as Amy Dixon in Rules of The Game.
Amy Leeson is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 4 episodes.

Maxine Peake

#8 - Maxine Peake (Sam Thompson)

Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright and political activist, who made her name as Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies. She has since played Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk and Grace Middleton in The Village. She is also an accomplished stage actress, having played the title role in Hamlet, and had a role in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. In 2018 she played the lead in the film Funny Cow and had a starring role in Mike Leigh's epic Peterloo, a film very close to her heart.

Maxine Peake plays as Sam Thompson in Rules of The Game.
Maxine Peake is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 4 episodes.

Rakhee Thakrar

#9 - Rakhee Thakrar (Bel Richmond)

Rakhee Thakrar (born 29 February 1984) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the roles of Shabnam Masood in the long-running BBC One soap opera EastEnders (2014–2016) and Emily Sands in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–present). She also plays the Eighth Doctor's companion, Bliss in Big Finish's Doctor Who: The Time War audio dramas.

Rakhee Thakrar plays as Bel Richmond in Rules of The Game.
Rakhee Thakrar is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 3 episodes.

Last updated: feb 10, 2023

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