Clare Calbraith

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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 the ITV period drama series Home Fires and Downton Abbey, together with the BBC2 drama The Shadow Line.[2][3]

Biography[edit]

Calbraith has appeared in many other television series including 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]

Film & television
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
2022–2023 Grace Sandy Grace 5 episodes
2023 The Family Pile Yvette 6 episodes
Smother Cheryl 4 episodes
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Gina Griffiths Episode #1.3
TBA A Very Royal Scandal Sam Mcallister In production

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Telly talk: Clare's change of heart". Manchester Evening News. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ "BBC Two – The Shadow Line, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Downton Abbey does disco". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Clare Calbraith". LocateTV.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ^ 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.

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