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Clare Perkins | |
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| Born | England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Clare Perkins is an English actress, known for her roles as Denise Boulter in Family Affairs and Ava Hartman in EastEnders .
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Clare Perkins | |
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| Born | England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Clare Perkins is an English actress, known for her roles as Denise Boulter in Family Affairs and Ava Hartman in EastEnders .
Perkins' first role was as Opal in the 1991 TV film Hallelujah Anyhow in the Screen Two strand. On TV she has appeared in Family Affairs , All in the Game, My Wonderful Life, Pig Heart Boy , Casualty , EastEnders , Men Behaving Badly , Big Women, and Clapham Junction . [1] [ better source needed ]
She played the role of Ava Hartman in EastEnders . [2]
She played Kerene Nagashi in the Amazon fantasy series The Wheel of Time .[ citation needed ]
In 2021, she appeared in the horror film Censor , and stars in the TV comedy-drama The Outlaws , which was first broadcast in that year.[ citation needed ]
Perkins plays Carla McLain in the Apple+ science fiction drama series Silo from 2023. [3]
Perkins has been a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company, and played the character of Mel for eight years in the BBC World Service soap Westway .[ citation needed ]
In 2011 she performed in many radio dramas for Radio 4, including The Winter House, Landfall, Corrinne Come Back and Gone, and Best Intentions.[ citation needed ]
From 2021 she played Denise Metcalf, a veterinary nurse, in the long-running radio soap opera The Archers. [4] [5]
Her film credits include Jill in the Palme d'Or-winning Ladybird, Ladybird (Ken Loach), Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh), Bullet Boy (Saul Dibb) and 7 Lives .[ citation needed ] She played Beverly in the film Bullet Boy, which opened the London Film Festival in 2004; she won Best Actress for this role at the Screen Nation Awards.[ citation needed ]
Perkins has appeared on stage in many theatres, such as the Royal Court, Young Vic, National Theatre, and Soho Theatre.[ citation needed ] Perkins was in two West End productions in 2019 - Emilia which transferred from The Globe, and Sweat , which transferred from the Donmar Warehouse, with the consequence that at one point her face was on the front of two West End theatres simultaneously for a month, The Vaudeville and The Gielgud; it is believed that she is the only actress to achieve this.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Ladybird, Ladybird | Jill | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Hortense's Sister-in-Law | |
| 2004 | Bullet Boy | Beverley | |
| 2006 | Shoot the Messenger | Mary Gibbs | |
| 2007 | Deadmeat | De Costa | |
| 2009 | Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper | Nurse Susan | |
| 2011 | 7 Lives | Kids Mum | |
| 2016 | Kaleidoscope | Launderette Assistant | |
| 2018 | Been So Long | Snowqueen | |
| 2021 | Censor | Anne | |
| 2022 | Medusa Deluxe | Cleve | |
| TBA | Love Without Walls | Faye | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Screen Two | Opal | Episode: "Hallelujah Anyhow" |
| 1993 | Grange Hill | Marcia | Episode: "Series 16, Episode 10" |
| 1994 | The Bill | Delia Fisher | Episode: "Skinning Cats" |
| 1997 | Men Behaving Badly | Deborah's Friend | Episode: "Stag Night" |
| EastEnders | Darts Team Leader | 1 episode | |
| 1997-1999 | My Wonderful Life | Bridget Groves | Series regular |
| 1998 | Big Women | Cleo | Episode: "A Nest of Randy Vipers" |
| 1999 | Pig Heart Boy | Cathy Kelsey | Main role |
| 2000 | Whole New Heart | Cameron's Mother | TV film |
| 2001 | Always and Everyone | Gloria Edmunds | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 10" |
| Merseybeat | Joy Patterson | Episode: "Deep End" | |
| Casualty | Bernice Healey | Episode: "On the Edge" | |
| 2002 | Doctors | Miriam Akinbiyi | Episode: "Happy Days Are Here Again" |
| 2003–2005 | Family Affairs | Denise Boulter | Main role |
| 2006 | Holby City | Gabrielle Horner | Episode: "Brother's Keeper" |
| All in the Game | Mrs. Lamone | TV film | |
| 2007 | The Bill | Olivia Vaughan | Episode: "Day of Reckoning" |
| Talk to Me | Childminder | Episode: "The Wedding" | |
| Clapham Junction | Dolly | TV film | |
| 2008 | Casualty | Rachel O'Hara | Episode: "Sex and Death" |
| 2011 | Holby City | Simone Tait | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| Doctors | Lorraine Greenhall | Episode: "Hitting the Wall" | |
| 2012 | BBC Learning: True Stories | Rosa Parks | Episode: Episode 1.2 |
| 2012–2013 | EastEnders | Ava Hartman | Series regular |
| 2018 | Doctors | Ellen Morrison | Episode: "The Woman Who Runs" |
| Death in Paradise | Fabienne Jordan | Episode: "The Healer" | |
| 2020 | Flack | Shirelle | Episode: "Sofi" |
| The Crown | Social Worker | Episode: "Fagan" | |
| 2021 | The Outlaws | Myrna Okeke | Main role |
| The Wheel of Time | Kerene Nagashi | Main role | |
| 2023 | Silo | Carla | Recurring role, 9 episodes |
| 2025 | TheGuest | Annette | Recurring role |