Catherine Bailey

Acting career

Catherine Bailey started acting at the age of 12 when she landed the lead role of Helen Green in Uncle Jack, a BBC television series starring Paul Jones and Fenella Fielding. She went on to appear as Ilse in Tim Supple’s acclaimed production of Spring Awakening at the RSC at the age of 15, and her next role was as Gina Wild, the rebellious teenage Goth in the BBC comedy The Wild House, which was nominated for Best Children’s Comedy at the British Comedy Awards.

Notable television appearances since then have included: Holby City, Eastenders, Peak Practice, Rosemary and Thyme, The Bill, My Family, Urban Gothic, 55 Degrees North, Egypt, The English Harem and Residents. She has also worked in Radio, most recently on BBC Radio 3 as Isabella in The Changeling, Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.

On stage she has appeared at the Young Vic (‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore), Tricycle Theatre (Walk Hard - Talk Loud), Hackney Empire (in Steven Berkoff’s Sit and Shiver), Theatre Royal Haymarket (The Country Wife) and the Oval House for Paines Plough (House of Agnes). She recently appeared in a televised performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Middle Temple Hall, directed by Tim Carroll and featuring The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

She is an associate member of The Factory Theatre Company, having appeared in many of their productions including Hamlet, The Seagull, Round 1, Round 2 and As You Like It.

She worked on The Sarah Jane Adventures for the BBC, and in House of Anubis for Nickelodeon, as recurring character Esther Robinson. She also appeared as Annabella, Margaret and Pamela in The 39 Steps at the Criterion in London.

In 2014 she appeared at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London as Portia in their production of "The Merchant of Venice", as well as Portia in Dominic Dromgoole's production of "Julius Caesar". That same year the Globe commissioned a new play about WW1 by Howard Brenton called "Doctor Scroggy's War", in which she appeared as The Honourable Penelope Wedgewood.