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

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Biography

Calbraith 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

Film & television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999–2012 Casualty Tanya Hardie / Carrie Morgan / Paige Norton3 episodes
2000Black CabSaraEpisode: "Silent Night"
2000–2002 Heartbeat Tricia Summerbee42 episodes
2003 The Eustace Bros. KassidyEpisode #1.6
2005 55 Degrees North Beth Robson5 episodes
Holby City Clare GivenEpisode: "View from the Sideline"
Coronation Street Robyn18 episodes
2005, 2009 The Bill Nicci Villers / Maxine Clements2 episodes
2006 EastEnders DI SkillenEpisode #1.3136
2009 Inspector George Gently Helen Donovan14 episodes
2011 Downton Abbey Jane Moorsum 4 episodes
The Shadow Line Laura Gabriel7 episodes
2012 Midsomer Murders Catrina HarperEpisode: "Written in the Stars"
2012–2014 Vera DC Rebecca 'Shep' Shepherd7 episodes
2013 Mindscape JaimeFilm
2014 Silent Witness Lizzie Kennedy2 episodes
2015–2016 Home Fires Steph Farrow12 episodes
2016 DCI Banks Alice Finn2 episodes
2017 Broken Mariella2 episodes
Little Boy Blue Helen Morris3 episodes
2018 The Innocents Deborah HaleEpisode: "Deborah"
The Alienist Mrs ZweigEpisode: "The Boy on the Bridge"
Requiem PS Graves5 episodes
2019 Baptiste Clare4 episodes
2020 Strike Back Dr ThurmanEpisode: "Vendetta: Part 6"
2021 Unforgotten Anna Sidhu6 episodes
2022 Anne Sheila Coleman3 episodes
2022–2024 Grace Sandy Grace9 episodes
2023The Family PileYvette6 episodes
Smother Cheryl4 episodes
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Gina GriffithsEpisode #1.3
The Jetty Joan Owen4 episodes
A Very Royal Scandal Sam McAlister In production

References

  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.