Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1 January 1974) is an English actress, born in Winsford,[1] Cheshire, and raised in Liverpool and Cheshire, whose appearances include roles in Vera, the ITV period drama series Home Fires and Downton Abbey, together with the BBC2 drama The Shadow Line.[2][3]
Biography
editCalbraith has appeared in many other television series including Vera,DCI Banks, Silent Witness, Casualty, Holby City, The Bill, 55 Degrees North and as Dr Tricia Summerbee in Heartbeat. She joined Coronation Street in 2005 for a short time to play Robyn, girlfriend of Martin Platt. In 2007, she guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio dramas Urban Myths and Son of the Dragon. In 2008, she guest-starred in the Sapphire and Steel audio drama Second Sight and Doctors. In 2011, she played Laura Gabriel in the BBC TV series, The Shadow Line.[4] From 2012 to 2014, she played Shep in the ITV series Vera.[5]
Television and film work
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2012 | Casualty | Tanya Hardie / Carrie Morgan / Paige Norton | 3 episodes |
| 2000 | Black Cab | Sara | Episode: "Silent Night" |
| 2000–2002 | Heartbeat | Dr. Tricia Summerbee | 42 episodes |
| 2003 | The Eustace Bros. | Kassidy | Episode #1.6 |
| 2005 | 55 Degrees North | Beth Robson | 5 episodes |
| Holby City | Clare Given | Episode: "View from the Sideline" | |
| Coronation Street | Robyn | 18 episodes | |
| 2005, 2009 | The Bill | Nicci Villers / Maxine Clements | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | EastEnders | DI Skillen | Episode #1.3136 |
| 2009 | Inspector George Gently | Helen Donovan | 14 episodes |
| 2011 | Downton Abbey | Jane Moorsum | 4 episodes |
| The Shadow Line | Laura Gabriel | 7 episodes | |
| 2012 | Midsomer Murders | Catrina Harper | Episode: "Written in the Stars" |
| 2012–2014 | Vera | DC Rebecca 'Shep' Shepherd | 7 episodes |
| 2013 | Mindscape | Jaime | Film |
| 2014 | Silent Witness | Lizzie Kennedy | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Home Fires | Steph Farrow | 12 episodes |
| 2016 | DCI Banks | Alice Finn | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Broken | Mariella | 2 episodes |
| Little Boy Blue | Helen Morris | 3 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Innocents | Deborah Hale | Episode: "Deborah" |
| The Alienist | Mrs. Zweig | Episode: "The Boy on the Bridge" | |
| Requiem | PS Graves | 5 episodes | |
| 2019 | Baptiste | Clare | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Strike Back | Dr Thurman | Episode: "Vendetta: Part 6" |
| 2021 | Unforgotten | Anna Sidhu | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Anne | Sheila Coleman | 3 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | Grace | Sandy Grace | 9 episodes |
| 2023 | The Family Pile | Yvette | 6 episodes |
| Smother | Cheryl | 4 episodes | |
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | Gina Griffiths | Episode #1.3 |
| The Jetty | Joan Owen | 4 episodes | |
| TBA | A Very Royal Scandal | Sam McAlister | In production |
References
edit- ^ "Telly talk: Clare's change of heart". Manchester Evening News. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "BBC Two – The Shadow Line, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Downton Abbey does disco". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Clare Calbraith". LocateTV.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ Shillcock, Francesca (4 April 2023). "7 stars who quit ITV's Vera and where they are now". hellomagazine.com. Hello Magazine. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
External links
edit- "Interview: Clare Calbraith, starring in Multitudes at the Tricycle Theatre". Westendframe.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- "Recognize These Home Fires Stars? - Season 1 - Home Fires - Programs". Masterpiece - PBS. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- Clare Calbraith at IMDb
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