Charlotte Ritchie

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Charlotte Ritchie
Born (1989-08-29) 29 August 1989 (age 34)
Clapham, London, England
Alma mater University of Bristol
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Singer
Years active2004–present

Charlotte Ritchie (born 29 August 1989) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Alison Cooper in Ghosts , Oregon in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat , Hannah in Siblings , Alison in Dead Pixels , Barbara Gilbert in the BBC drama Call the Midwife , [1] George in Feel Good and Kate Galvin in You . She was a member of the classical crossover group All Angels. [2]

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Early life

Ritchie was born in Clapham, London, on 29 August 1989. [3] She was educated at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, and joined Youth Music Theatre UK and its production of Red Hunter in 2005. [4] She gained a degree in English and drama at the University of Bristol while filming Fresh Meat in her final year. [5]

Career

In 2004, Ritchie played a lead role in a short film entitled The Open Doors with Michael Sheen. She appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . [6] She also appeared in The Pierglass at the Young Pleasance Theatre in August 2006 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Ritchie performed with All Angels in an episode of Emmerdale . [7] She also played Emily Owen, a neighbour in the BBC's Life of Riley .

From 2011 to 2016, Ritchie portrayed Oregon in the Channel 4 comedy series Fresh Meat .

She stars alongside Tom Stourton in the BBC Three sitcom Siblings , which was first broadcast in summer 2014, and she appeared as a guest panellist in the same year on 8 Out of 10 Cats .

In 2015, Ritchie joined the cast of the popular period drama Call The Midwife , playing Nurse Barbara Gilbert (Hereward) until March 2018. [8]

In 2016, she appeared in the UK production of Noël Coward's Private Lives , playing the role of Sibyl Chase. [9]

On New Years Day 2019, Ritchie had the guest starring role of Lin in the Doctor Who episode "Resolution".

From 2019 to 2023, she played Alison alongside Kiell Smith-Bynoe as Mike in Ghosts , a BBC sitcom about a young couple who inherit a haunted estate. [10] In 2019, she appeared in Dead Pixels , also playing a character named Alison.

She additionally played George in the Channel 4 series Feel Good , co-starring with Mae Martin. [11] The series was released on Netflix in 2020.

Ritchie was a contestant on series 11 of Taskmaster , which was broadcast on Channel 4 in March to May 2021. [12] She has since been a guest on several episodes of the official Taskmaster podcast.

In 2022, Ritchie joined the cast as a series regular on season 4 of You . [13]

In 2023, Ritchie appeared in the music video for "The Blades" by the alternative rock band Squid. [14]

Ritchie also briefly appeared in the 2023 film Wonka as Barbara.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 The Open Doors Vera
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire StudentUncredited extra
2013 Benny & Jolene
2014The PortraitEva BurrellShort film
2016Time Traveller's Support GroupLinaShort film
2018Careful How You GoShort film
Man of the HourGemmaShort film
MatchBoxImogenShort film
2019CapitalCharlotte Quince-WheatleyShort film
2021REPEATEmily Moore
2023 Wonka Barbara

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Life of Riley Emily Owen
2011–2016 Fresh Meat Melissa "Oregon" ShawcrossMain role; 30 episodes
2012 Doctors Becky Foley2 episodes
2014This Thing Called LoveAlice Barber
2014–2016 Siblings HannahMain cast
2015–2018 Call the Midwife Nurse Barbara GilbertMain role: series 4–7
2016 Drunk History UK Self (drunk storyteller)1 episode S2 E5
Raised by Wolves Ruby3 episodes
Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man for Sport ReliefNarrator
2019 Doctor Who Lin1 episode: "Resolution"
Death in Paradise Iris Shephard1 episode
Stath Lets Flats Harriet1 episode
2019–2023 Ghosts Alison CooperMain role; 34 episodes
2019–2021 Dead Pixels AlisonMain role; 12 episodes
2020 McDonald & Dodds Sgt Irene Ross1 episode
The Other One Kitty1 episode
2020–2021 Feel Good GeorgeMain role; 12 episodes
2021 Taskmaster ContestantSeries 11
2022–present Grantchester Bonnie EvansFrom series 7
2023–present You Kate GalvinMain role; season 4

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014–2016 Dreamfall Chapters Zoë Castillo (voice)Main role
2021 Bravely Default II Gloria (voice)

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