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 the ITV period drama series Home Fires and Downton Abbey, together with the BBC2 drama The Shadow Line.[2] [3]
Calbraith has appeared in many other television series including 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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2012 | Casualty | Tanya Hardie / Carrie Morgan / Paige Norton | 3 episodes | |
| 2000 | Black Cab | Sara | Episode: "Silent Night" | |
| 2000–2002 | Heartbeat | Dr. Tricia Summerbee | 42 episodes | |
| 2003 | The Eustace Bros. | Kassidy | Episode #1.6 | |
| 2005 | 55 Degrees North | 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 | EastEnders | DI Skillen | Episode #1.3136 | |
| 2009 | Inspector George Gently | Helen Donovan | 14 episodes | |
| 2011 | Downton Abbey | Jane Moorsum | 4 episodes | |
| The Shadow Line | Laura Gabriel | 7 episodes | ||
| 2012 | Midsomer Murders | Catrina Harper | Episode: "Written in the Stars" | |
| 2012–2014 | Vera | DC Rebecca 'Shep' Shepherd | 7 episodes | |
| 2013 | Mindscape | Jaime | Film | |
| 2014 | Silent Witness | Lizzie Kennedy | 2 episodes | |
| 2015–2016 | Home Fires | Steph Farrow | 12 episodes | |
| 2016 | DCI Banks | Alice Finn | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Broken | Mariella | 2 episodes | |
| Little Boy Blue | Helen Morris | 3 episodes | ||
| 2018 | The Innocents | Deborah Hale | Episode: "Deborah" | |
| The Alienist | Mrs. Zweig | Episode: "The Boy on the Bridge" | ||
| Requiem | PS Graves | 5 episodes | ||
| 2019 | Baptiste | Clare | 4 episodes | |
| 2020 | Strike Back | Dr Thurman | Episode: "Vendetta: Part 6" | |
| 2021 | Unforgotten | Anna Sidhu | 6 episodes | |
| 2022 | Anne | Sheila Coleman | 3 episodes | |
| 2022–2023 | Grace | Sandy Grace | 5 episodes | |
| 2023 | The Family Pile | Yvette | 6 episodes | |
| Smother | Cheryl | 4 episodes | ||
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | Gina Griffiths | Episode #1.3 | |
| The Jetty | Joan Owen | 4 episodes | ||
| A Very Royal Scandal | Sam McAlister | In production |