Claire Price

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Claire Price
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Price in Sapho and Phao 2013
Born
Claire Louise Price

(1972-07-04) 4 July 1972 (age 52)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present

Claire Louise Price (born 4 July 1972) is an English actress. Her stage credits are extensive, her film and television credits include The Whistle-Blower (2001), Midsomer Murders episode "Tainted Fruit" (2001), Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Hollow" (2004), Rosemary and Thyme (2004), Rebus (2006-2007), Dalziel and Pascoe (2006), The Coroner (2015), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), and Home Fires (2015-2016), and The Capture (2022).

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Life and career

Price was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. [1] Her parents, John Price and Andree Evans, also acted. [1] Her grandfather was the Worcestershire cricketer John Price. Her nephew is actor Charlie Rowe.

She is known for her portrayal as DS Siobhan Clarke in the TV drama Rebus (2006-2007) broadcast on the ITV network. [1] She played opposite Ken Stott (DI John Rebus) in the adaptations of the Inspector Rebus novels by Scottish author Ian Rankin. [1] In 2015, Price also played the role of Miriam Brindsley in ITV's World War II TV series Home Fires (2015-2016). [1] Her parents, John Price and Andree Evans, were also actors. [2]

Previous television work include one-episode roles in many other long-running crime drama series including London's Burning , The Knock , Dalziel and Pascoe , [3] Rosemary and Thyme , [2] Apparitions , Doctors , Agatha Christie's Poirot The Hollow, [2] Midsomer Murders Tainted Fruit, [2] Murder in Mind , The Whistle-Blower , [2] The Outcast , Capital , and The Coroner . [2]

Price has also worked in classical theatre. She played Olivia in the 2003 multi-cultural adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Liverpool Playhouse. [3] Her other Shakespearean roles have included Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at the Sheffield Crucible, [1] Miranda in The Tempest at the Old Vic, [3] and Rosalind in As You Like It at Manchester Royal Exchange. [3] At the Royal National Theatre, she played Berinthia in The Relapse (2001) and Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac (2004). [3]

In 2008, she played Ellida in Lady from the Sea at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, [3] and in 2009 she took the roles of Amanda in Private Lives at the Hampstead Theatre, [1] Queen Elizabeth I in Mary Stuart at Theatr Clwyd, [1] directed by Terry Hands, [4] and as a journalist in The Power of Yes at the National Theatre. [5]

In 2009, she appeared in The First Domino at Brighton Festival Fringe. [6]

She had a supporting role in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015). [2]

Price played the lead role of Petruchia in the RSC's staging of The Taming of the Shrew at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. [7]

Honours and awards

Price won the award for 'Best Supporting Performance' at the 2011 UK Theatre Awards for her role in The Pride at the Crucible in Sheffield. [8] She won Best Actress for her role as Alice in 'Jump' at The British Independent Film Festival 2012

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