Clare Calbraith

Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1 January 1974) is an English actress, born in Winsford,[1] 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.[2][3]

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.[4] From 2012 to 2014, she played Shep in the ITV series Vera.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Crossing the Line Becky Short film
2012 Neighbors Jean
2013 Mindscape Jaime Feld
2021 The Man at the Bottom of the Garden Jessica Short film
2023 Wake Up Layla Short film
TBA The Face of Horror Mathilda Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Casualty Tanya Hardie Episode: "Human Traffic"
2000 Black Cab Sara Episode: "Silent Night"
2000–2002 Heartbeat Dr. Tricia Summerbee Series 10–12; 42 episodes
2003 The Eustace Bros. Kassidy Episode #1.6
2005 The Bill Nicci Villers Episode: "Honour"
55 Degrees North Beth Robson Series 2; 5 episodes
Holby City Clare Given Episode: "View from the Sideline"
Coronation Street Robyn 18 episodes
2006 EastEnders DI Skillen Episode #1.3136
2007 Casualty Carrie Morgan Episode: "The Fires Within"
2008 Doctors Kay McLeod Series 10; 14 episodes
2009 Inspector George Gently Helen Donovan Episode: "Gently in the Night"
The Bill Maxine Clements Episode: "Powerless"
2011 The Shadow Line Laura Gabriel Mini-series; 7 episodes
Downton Abbey Jane Moorsum Series 2; 4 episodes
2012 Casualty Paige Norton Episode: "Fools for Love"
Midsomer Murders Catrina Harper Episode: "Written in the Stars"
2012–2014 Vera DC Rebecca 'Shep' Shepherd Recurring role; 7 episodes
2014 Silent Witness Lizzie Kennedy Episode: "Fraternity: Parts 1 & 2"
2015–2016 Home Fires Steph Farrow Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
2016 DCI Banks Alice Finn Episodes: "To Burn in Every Drop of Blood: Parts 1 & 2"
2017 Little Boy Blue Helen Morris Mini-series; 3 episodes
Broken Mariella Episodes: "Christina" & "Helen"
2018 The Alienist Mrs. Zweig Episode: "The Boy on the Bridge"
Requiem PC Graves Mini-series; 5 episodes
The Innocents Nurse Deborah Hale Episode: "Deborah"
2019 Baptiste Clare 4 episodes
2020 Strike Back Dr. Thurman Episode: "Vendetta: Part 6"
2021 Unforgotten Anna Sidhu Series 4; 6 episodes
2022 Anne Sheila Coleman Mini-series; 3 episodes
2022, 2024 Tell Me Everything Ann Series 1 & 2; 9 episodes
2022–2025 Grace Sandy Grace Series 2–5; 9 episodes
2023 The Family Pile Yvette 6 episodes
Smother Cheryl Series 3; 4 episodes
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Gina Griffiths Mini-series; episode 3
The Jetty Joan Owen Mini-series; 4 episodes
A Very Royal Scandal Sam McAlister Mini-series; 3 episodes
2026 Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards Victoria Newton Television film
The Chelsea Detective Betina Episode #4.1
TBA Tip Toe Maggie Mini-series. Filming

Video games

Year Title Role (voice) Notes
2020 South of the Circle Irene Hamilton

References

  1. ^ "Telly talk: Clare's change of heart". Manchester Evening News. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ "BBC Two – The Shadow Line, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Downton Abbey does disco". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Clare Calbraith". LocateTV.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ^ Shillcock, Francesca (4 April 2023). "7 stars who quit ITV's Vera and where they are now". hellomagazine.com. Hello Magazine. Retrieved 1 June 2024.