Claire Keelan | |
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Born | Liverpool, England | 8 May 1975
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2004–present |
Spouse | Simon Farnaby |
Children | 1 |
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).
Keelan is a former member of the Royal Court Young People's Theatre, and trained at Westminster College between 1998 and 1999. [1]
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]
Keelan is married to actor Simon Farnaby, and they have a daughter, Eve (born c.2014). [5]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Make Up Assistant | Feature film |
Pierrepoint | Jessie Kelly | Feature film | |
2006 | Hard to Swallow | Saskia | Short film |
2009 | Hush | Wendy | Feature film |
2010 | The Trip | Emma | Feature film |
2013 | Mister John | Kathleen Devine | Feature film |
2014 | The Trip to Italy | Emma | Feature film |
2017 | The Trip to Spain | Emma | Feature film |
2017 | Paddington 2 | Police Officer | Feature film |
2020 | The Trip to Greece | Emma | Feature film |
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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2004 | All About Me | Sarah | Situation comedy - "Downloading" (2004) |
2005 | Nathan Barley | Claire Ashcroft | Situation 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 | Kate | Television film | |
Perfect Day: The Funeral | Kate | Television 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 | Emma | Situation comedy |
2011 | Outcasts | Carla Shapiro | Drama series Episode: "Episode 7" |
2012 | Line of Duty | DS Leah Janson | Crime drama, 5 episodes |
2012 | The Last Weekend | Ian's girlfriend | 3 episodes |
2013 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Nurse Craven | Episode: "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case" |
Black Mirror | Naomi | Episode: "Be Right Back" | |
2017 | Carnage | Lindsay Graber | Mockumentary film |
2020 | Cold Feet | Sandra | Comedy drama, 4 episodes |
2023 | The Family Pile | Ursula | Comedy drama, 6 episodes |
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