Nancy Carroll took some time off to do theater shortly after leaving "Father Brown," but the pull of TV work (and "Father Brown" in particular) was too strong to resist forever.

She did a few more supporting TV roles after leaving "Father Brown" in 2017, such as the TNT historical drama "Will" (about a young William Shakespeare).

Perhaps those two experiences inspired her to rededicate herself to her original love, because she spent the next two years strictly committed to theater work (Carroll's acting start came as part of the revered Royal Shakespeare Company). That said, it seems she couldn't stay away from the screen forever.

Carroll was back on TV in 2019, doing two episodes of "Queens of Mystery," a small-town amateur-sleuth story not unlike "Father Brown." Then, in 2020 she did an episode of "Agatha Raisin," a small-town amateur-sleuth story not unlike … you get the picture. And, of course, during this time she reprised her role on the actual "Father Brown" a few times as well.

But she stretched her legs a bit for her more recent (and high-profile) role as Anne Tennant, now Lady Glenconner, in a couple of episodes of the popular and controversial Netflix series "The Crown."

It's controversial because its supposed revelation of the behind-the-scenes lives of Britain's Royal Family has been criticized (including by Lady Glenconner herself) for being more fiction than fact.

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