Clare-Hope Ashitey
{{Short description|British actress (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Clare-Hope Ashitey
| image =
| birthname = Clare-Hope Naa K. Ashitey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|02|12}}
| birth_place = Enfield, London, England
| education = Latymer School
SOAS, University of London (2009)
| known for = Children of Men, Seven Seconds
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2005–present
}}
Clare-Hope Ashitey (born 12 February 1987){{cite web | title =Ashitey, Clare-Hope | website=The BFI Film & TV Database | publisher =BFI | url =http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/1196504 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090131063904/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/1196504 | url-status =dead | archive-date =31 January 2009 | accessdate =25 March 2010 }} is a British actress. She attended the Centre Stage School of Performing Arts, Southgate[http://www.centrestageuk.com/home/ Centre Stage school] Retrieved 16 June 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522181322/http://www.centrestageuk.com/home/ |date=22 May 2009 }} while being educated at The Latymer School,{{Cite news| last =Davis | first =Anna | title =I'd rather study law says rising film star | work =London Evening Standard | publisher =ES London | date =4 September 2006 | url =http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23365620-id-rather-study-law-says-rising-film-star.do | accessdate =25 March 2010 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20100708224457/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23365620-id-rather-study-law-says-rising-film-star.do | archivedate =8 July 2010 | df =dmy-all }} in the Edmonton area of London, for seven years.
She took a gap year between school and university to work on the film Children of Men (2006). In 2018, she starred in the Netflix Original crime drama series Seven Seconds.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/seven-seconds-clare-hope-ashitey-star-956444|title=Netflix Crime Drama 'Seven Seconds' Taps 'Children of Men' Actress to Star (Exclusive)|date=15 December 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|access-date=12 January 2017}}
Early life and education
Ashitey was born in Enfield to Tina, a medical secretary, and Paul, a dentist, who are both from Ghana. She has an older sister, Grace, who studied at the University of Warwick, and an older brother. Ashitey attended Brimsdown primary school in Brimsdown, Enfield before being educated at The Latymer School in Edmonton, North London.{{cite web | title =Claire-Hope Ashitey plays Kee in The Children of Men | website=Sadibey| year =2006 | url =http://www.sadibey.com/dosyalar/Basin_Bultenleri/S/Son_Umut_08.doc | format =doc | accessdate =25 March 2010 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20120316172213/http://www.sadibey.com/dosyalar/Basin_Bultenleri/S/Son_Umut_08.doc | archivedate =16 March 2012 | df =dmy-all }}{{failed verification |reason=does not mention Latymer|date= March 2024}} She graduated in anthropology from SOAS, University of London in 2009.{{cite web | title =Theatre – Off West End: Brief Encounter With ... Clare-Hope Ashitey | website =What's On Stage | date =25 October 2009 | url =http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/off-west+end/E8831256487736/Brief+Encounter+With+...+Clare-Hope+Ashitey.html | accessdate =25 March 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100210194156/http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/off-west+end/E8831256487736/Brief+Encounter+With+...+Clare-Hope+Ashitey.html | archive-date =10 February 2010 | url-status =dead }}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| Helen | 1 episode |
| 2011, 2019
| Top Boy | Taylor | 5 episodes; series 1 and 3 |
| 2012
| Receptionist | 1 episode |
| 2014–2016
| Suspects | DC Charlie Steele | 23 episodes |
| 2015–2017
| Carly | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2017
|Sara |1 episode |
| Shots Fired
|Kerry Beck | rowspan="2" |Main cast |
| 2018
| K.J. Harper |
| rowspan="2"|2019
|D.S. Adele Addo |Episode: "Jay" |
| The Feed
|Evelyn Kern |Main cast |
| rowspan="2"|2020
|Alesha Williams |1 Episode |
| Doctor Who
|Rakaya |Episode: "Can You Hear Me?" |
| 2021
|Alex Swann |Main cast |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| Diane Lewis | 5 episodes |
| On the Edge
| Bella | 1 episode |
| 2024
| Agent Bright | 2 episodes |
=Theatre=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Victoria |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Game ! Voice role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2021
| Hoverbird | Voice only |
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|id=1715135|name=Clare-Hope Ashitey}}
- [https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809674237 Yahoo! Movies], yahoo.com. Accessed 5 December 2022.
- {{cite web|url=http://www.candlesforrwanda.org/view/41/clarehope-ashitey.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412184911/http://www.candlesforrwanda.org/view/41/clarehope-ashitey.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2009 |title=Claire Hope Ashitey lights a candle for Rwanda|website=Light a Candle of Hope For Rwanda}}
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Category:English film actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Enfield
Category:English people of Ghanaian descent
Category:Black British actresses
Category:Alumni of SOAS University of London
Category:Actors educated at The Latymer School
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Actresses from London
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