Claire Rushbrook

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Occupation Actress Name Claire Rushbrook Education Rose Bruford College		Years active 1994 - Present Role Film actress

Full Name Claire Louise Rushbrook Born 2 January 1971 (age 53) ( 1971-01-02 ) Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress Movies and TV shows My Mad Fat Diary, Secrets & Lies, Under the Skin, The Fades, Spice World Similar Sharon Rooney, Clare Calbraith, Ian Hart

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Claire Louise Rushbrook (born 2 January 1970) is an English film, television and stage actress.

Rushbrook's theatre credits include West End productions of Three Sisters as Olga and Festen as Helene. Other stage roles include Mary Warren in The Crucible (Sheffield Crucible theatre), Sonia in Uncle Vanya (Almeida Theatre) and Mum in Market Boy (National theatre).

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Her films include Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies (1996) and Carine Adler's Under the Skin (1997) with Samantha Morton. On television, she has starred in The Sins (2000), Linda Green (2001-2002), the sitcom Carrie And Barry (2004-2005), Whitechapel (2009-2013) and My Mad Fat Diary (2013-2014), for which she received a 2014 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

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Background

Rushbrook was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and went to Fearnhill School in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, and then attended drama school. She worked mainly in theatre for around five years before moving into film and television. She guest starred in the episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit" in Doctor Who and had supporting roles in films Secrets & Lies and Spice World. Her Doctor Who guest star status earned her a position in a Doctor Who celebrity edition of The Weakest Link but ended up being the fourth one voted off. She also appeared in the 2008 BBC comedy drama Mutual Friends and the 2009 ITV1 dramas Whitechapel and Collision, both alongside Phil Davis.

Television

Casualty (1 episode, 1994) as Policewoman

Turning World (3 episodes, 1997) as Julia Garnett

Touching Evil (2 episodes, 1997) as Julie Carney

Spaced (1 episode, 1999) as Yolanda

The Sins (6 episodes, 2000) as Faith Blackwell

Linda Green (10 episodes, 2001-2002) as Michelle Fenton

The Stretford Wives (2002) as Elaine Massey Simmons

Family Business (1 episode, 2004) as Rachel Brooker

Richard & Judy (1 episode, 2004) as Herself

Carrie & Barry (12 episodes, 2004) as Carrie

Breakfast (1 episode, 2005) as Herself

Doctor Who (2 episodes, 2006) as Ida Scott

Afterlife (1 episode, 2006) as Jennifer

The Weakest Link (1 episode, 2007) as Herself

Inspector George Gently (1 episode, 2007) as Valerie Lister

Double Time (2007) as Sarah

Ashes to Ashes (1 episode, 2008) as Trixie Walsh

Mutual Friends (6 episodes, 2008) as Leigh Cato

New Tricks (1 episode, 2009) as Pamela Scott

Enid (2009) as Dorothy Richards

Collision (4 episodes, 2009) as Karen Donnelly

Lizzie and Sarah (2010) (TV) as Fiona

Whitechapel (2009–2013) as Dr. Caroline Llewellyn

The Fades (4 episodes, 2011) as Meg

Great Expectations (2011) as Mrs. Joe

Mrs Biggs (2012) as Ruby Wright

My Mad Fat Diary (2013) as Mrs Earl

Home Fires (2015) as Pat Simms

Film

Secrets & Lies (1996) as Roxanne Purley

Under the Skin (1997) as Rose Kelly

Crocodile Snap (1997) as Mum

Spice World (1997) as Deborah

Plunkett & Macleane (1999) as Lady Estelle

Shiner (2000) as Ruth

Doctor Sleep (2002) as Grace

A Changed Man (2003)

I Am Bob (2007) as Barlady

References

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