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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999–2012 | Casualty | Tanya Hardie / Carrie Morgan / Paige Norton | 3 episodes |
2000 | Black Cab | Sara | Episode: "Silent Night" |
2000–2002 | Heartbeat | 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 |
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