| Birth Name: | Lucy Richenda Shorthouse |
| Birth Place: | Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England |
| Alma Mater: | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2015–present |
Lucy Richenda Shorthouse, known professionally as Lucie Shorthouse, is an English actress. She won a WhatsOnStage Award for her performance in Everybody's Talking About Jamie. On television, she is known for her roles in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts (2021–) and the BBC series Henpocalypse! (2023) and Rebus (2024).
Lucy Richenda Shorthouse was born in the Nuneaton and Bedworth area of Warwickshire and grew up in Tamworth, Staffordshire. Her family had moved to England from Kenya.[1]
Shorthouse attended the Polesworth School.[2] Growing up, she took classes at the Wendy Morton Academy of Dance in Atherstone.[3]
She went on to graduate from Selwyn College, Cambridge in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Drama. At university, she was a member of Footlights. She then trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts until 2015.[4] [5]
After appearing on stage in productions such as The House of In Between at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and Roller Diner at the Soho Theatre,[6] Shorthouse originated the role of Pritti Pasha in the coming-of-age musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Sheffield Crucible in 2017, a role she would reprise for its West End run at the Apollo Theatre.[7] For her performance, Shorthouse won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.[1]
Shorthouse had her first prominent television role in 2020 when she joined the main cast of the Sky One police procedural Bulletproof for its second series as Paige Pennington.[8] The following year, she began playing band manager Momtaz in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts.[9]
Shorthouse returned to the Sheffield Crucible in 2021 and 2022 for Talent[10] and Rock / Paper / Scissors respectively. She also appeared in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore at the Charing Cross Theatre.
In 2023, Shorthouse led the BBC Two comedy Henpocalypse! as Zara opposite Callie Cooke.[11] [12] She also made a guest appearance in the ITVX true crime series The Long Shadow.
She has a leading role as DC Siobhan Clarke in the 2024 BBC Scotland series Rebus opposite Richard Rankin.[13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015, 2018 | Doctors | Helen Cloverfield / Brittany Chambers | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Line of Duty | Melanie | Episode: "In the Trap" |
| 2019 | Cleaning Up | Jade | 1 episode |
| 2020–2021 | Bulletproof | Paige Pennington | Main role (series 2–3) |
| 2021–present | We Are Lady Parts | Momtaz | Main role |
| 2021 | Echoes (short film) | Jen | Main role |
| 2022 | Ten Percent | Alissa Sawalha | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Henpocalypse! | Zara | Main role |
| 2023 | The Long Shadow | Cindy Thornbury | 1 episode |
| 2024 | Rebus | DC Siobhan Clarke | Main Role |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The House of In Between | Dev | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
| 2017 | Roller Diner | Chantal | Soho Theatre, London |
| 2017 | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Pritti Pasha | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield / Apollo Theatre, London |
| 2021 | Talent | Julie | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 2022 | Rock / Paper / Scissors | Zara | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 2022 | The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore | Frances Black | Charing Cross Theatre, London |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | [14] | |
| H100 Awards | Rising Star | [15] | |||
| The Stage Debut Awards | Best West End Debut | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | [16] | ||