Claire Keelan

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Claire Keelan
Born (1975-05-08) 8 May 1975 (age 48)
Liverpool, England
OccupationActress
Years active2004present
Spouse Simon Farnaby
Children1

Claire Keelan (born 8 May 1975) is an English actress, mostly in comedy. Her credits include A Cock and Bull Story (2005), Nathan Barley (2005), Perfect Day (2005), Survivors (2008), No Heroics (2009), Hush (2009), The Trip (2010), Mister John (2013), Agatha Christie's Poirot (2013), Black Mirror (2013), Carnage (2017), and Cold Feet (2020).

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Background

Keelan is a former member of the Royal Court Young People's Theatre, and trained at Westminster College between 1998 and 1999. [1]

Career

Keelan has appeared in the films A Cock and Bull Story (2005), [2] Pierrepoint (2005) and Hush (2009). [3] Her television credits include Perfect Day , [3] Survivors , [1] Sorted , Moving On , [2] The Trip , [2] and the pilot episode of How Not to Live Your Life . [2] She played the lead roles of Claire Ashcroft in Nathan Barley , [2] and Electroclash in No Heroics . [2] In 2013 she appeared in an episode of Channel 4's Black Mirror written by Charlie Brooker. [2]

Keelan's theatre work includes Top Girls , Ultra Violet, Les liaisons dangereuses , A Midsummer Night's Dream , [1] Rise and Shine, [1] and The Electric Hills. [4]

Personal life

Keelan is married to actor Simon Farnaby, and they have a daughter, Eve (born c.2014). [5]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2005 A Cock and Bull Story Make Up Assistant Feature film
Pierrepoint Jessie KellyFeature film
2006Hard to SwallowSaskia Short film
2009 Hush WendyFeature film
2010 The Trip EmmaFeature film
2013 Mister John Kathleen DevineFeature film
2014 The Trip to Italy EmmaFeature film
2017 The Trip to Spain EmmaFeature film
2017 Paddington 2 Police OfficerFeature film
2020 The Trip to Greece EmmaFeature film

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
2004 All About Me Sarah Situation comedy
- "Downloading" (2004)
2005 Nathan Barley Claire AshcroftSituation comedy, 7 episodes
Perfect Day Kate Television film
2006 The Bill Sian Frost Police procedural,
- Episode 419 (2006)
Sorted Polly BBC Drama series
- Episode 1.6 (2006)
Perfect Day: The Millennium KateTelevision film
Perfect Day: The Funeral KateTelevision film
2007 How Not to Live Your Life Episode: "Pilot"Situation comedy
2008 Survivors Linda Post-apocalyptic drama
Episode: "Episode 1.5"
2009 No Heroics Electroclash / Sarah Comedy series
Moving On Sonia Anthology series
- Bully (2009)
2010–2020 The Trip EmmaSituation comedy
2011 Outcasts Carla ShapiroDrama series
Episode: "Episode 7"
2012 Line of Duty DS Leah Janson Crime drama, 5 episodes
2012 The Last Weekend Ian's girlfriend3 episodes
2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot Nurse CravenEpisode: "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case"
Black Mirror NaomiEpisode: "Be Right Back"
2017 Carnage Lindsay GraberMockumentary film
2020 Cold Feet SandraComedy drama, 4 episodes
2023The Family PileUrsulaComedy drama, 6 episodes

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References

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  5. Chris Bennion (17 September 2020). "Simon Farnaby interview: 'Doing another Paddington film was just too much to bear'". telegraph.co.uk.