In 2012, she briefly appeared in the 2012 remake of Gambit as a dignified, but flatulent, hotel guest. In 2013, she appeared as Sister Gregory, a Roman Catholic nun, in the Father Brown episode "The Bride of Christ". She played the title role as the vanishing lady herself, Miss Froy, the character previously played by Dame May Whitty and Dame Angela Lansbury in the previous two versions, in the 2013 TV film The Lady Vanishes from the BBC, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence from an updated screenplay by Fiona Seres. In 2017, Cadell revealed that Alien star Sigourney Weaver has been her good friend for over 40 years.