Clare Calbraith
{{Short description|English actress (born 1974)}}
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Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1 January 1974) is an English actress, born in Winsford,{{Cite news|author= |date=17 April 2010|title=Telly talk: Clare's change of heart|work=Manchester Evening News|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/telly-talk-clares-change-of-heart-1177998|access-date=30 January 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0110msr|title=BBC Two – The Shadow Line, Episode 1|work=BBC|access-date=23 February 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8888691/Downton-Abbey-does-disco.html|title=Downton Abbey does disco|work=telegraph.co.uk|access-date=23 February 2015}}
Biography
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.locatetv.com/person/clare-calbraith/18385|title=Clare Calbraith|work=LocateTV.com|access-date=23 February 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128085826/http://www.locatetv.com/person/clare-calbraith/18385|archivedate=28 November 2014}} From 2012 to 2014, she played Shep in the ITV series Vera.{{cite web |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/489149/itv-vera-stars-who-quit-and-why/ |title=7 stars who quit ITV's Vera and where they are now |last=Shillcock |first=Francesca |date=4 April 2023 |website=hellomagazine.com |publisher=Hello Magazine |access-date=1 June 2024}}
Television and film work
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film & television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1999–2012
| Casualty | Tanya Hardie / Carrie Morgan / Paige Norton | 3 episodes |
| 2000
| Black Cab | Sara | Episode: "Silent Night" |
| 2000–2002
| Tricia Summerbee | 42 episodes |
| 2003
| Kassidy | Episode #1.6 |
| rowspan="3"|2005
| 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
| DI Skillen | Episode #1.3136 |
| 2009
| Helen Donovan | 14 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| 4 episodes |
| The Shadow Line
| Laura Gabriel | 7 episodes |
| 2012
| Catrina Harper | Episode: "Written in the Stars" |
| 2012–2014
| Vera | DC Rebecca 'Shep' Shepherd | 7 episodes |
| 2013
| Jaime | Film |
| 2014
| Lizzie Kennedy | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2016
| Steph Farrow | 12 episodes |
| 2016
| Alice Finn | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| Broken | Mariella | 2 episodes |
| Little Boy Blue
| Helen Morris | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2018
| Deborah Hale | Episode: "Deborah" |
| The Alienist
| Mrs Zweig | Episode: "The Boy on the Bridge" |
| Requiem
| PS Graves | 5 episodes |
| 2019
| Clare | 4 episodes |
| 2020
| Dr Thurman | Episode: "Vendetta: Part 6" |
| 2021
| Anna Sidhu | 6 episodes |
| 2022
| Anne | Sheila Coleman | 3 episodes |
| 2022–2024
| Grace | Sandy Grace | 9 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2023
| The Family Pile | Yvette | 6 episodes |
| Smother
| Cheryl | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2024
| Gina Griffiths | Episode #1.3 |
| The Jetty
| Joan Owen | 4 episodes |
| {{TableTBA}}
| In production |
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.westendframe.com/2015/03/interview-clare-calbraith-starring-in.html|title=Interview: Clare Calbraith, starring in Multitudes at the Tricycle Theatre|website=Westendframe.com|access-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101513/http://www.westendframe.com/2015/03/interview-clare-calbraith-starring-in.html|archive-date=24 December 2017|url-status=usurped}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/features/spotlight/home-fires-s1-recognize-these-stars/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024005209/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/features/spotlight/home-fires-s1-recognize-these-stars/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2015|title=Recognize These Home Fires Stars? - Season 1 - Home Fires - Programs|website=Masterpiece - PBS|access-date=23 December 2017}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0129379 |name=Clare Calbraith}}
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Category:20th-century English actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Actresses from Cheshire
Category:English film actresses
Category:English soap opera actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:Actors from Cheshire West and Chester
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