Clare-Hope Ashitey (born 12 February 1987) is a British actress. She attended the Centre Stage School of Performing Arts, SouthgateCentre Stage school Retrieved 16 June 2009 while being educated at The Latymer School, in the Edmonton area of London, for seven years.
She took a gap year between school and university to work on the film Children of Men (2006). In 2018, she starred in the Netflix Original crime drama series Seven Seconds.
Early life and education Ashitey was born in Enfield to Tina, a medical secretary, and Paul, a dentist, who are both from Ghana. She has an older sister, Grace, who studied at the University of Warwick, and an older brother. Ashitey attended Brimsdown primary school in Brimsdown, Enfield before being educated at The Latymer School in Edmonton, North London. She graduated in anthropology from SOAS, University of London in 2009.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Shooting Dogs Marie 2006 Children of Men Kee 2007 Exodus Zipporah 2011 Black Brown White Jackie 2012 Candle to Water Shona 2013 All Is by My Side Faye 2016The White King GabyI.T. Joan 2022 The Rainbow Prince Princess Marea Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Coming Up Helen 1 episode 2011, 2019 Top Boy Taylor 5 episodes; series 1 and 3 2012 Mrs Biggs Receptionist 1 episode 2014–2016 Suspects DC Charlie Steele 23 episodes 2015–2017 Doctor Foster Carly 6 episodes2017Master of NoneSara1 episodeShots FiredKerry BeckMain cast 2018 Seven Seconds K.J. Harper2019Criminal: UKD.S. Adele AddoEpisode: "Jay"The FeedEvelyn KernMain cast2020Death in ParadiseAlesha Williams1 EpisodeDoctor WhoRakayaEpisode: "Can You Hear Me?"2021RivieraEllen SwannMain cast 2023 Funny Woman Diane Lewis 5 episodes On the Edge Bella 1 episode 2024 Constellation Agent Bright 2 episodes 2025 The Wheel of Time Alviarin Freidhen Season 3, 4 episodes 2026 Hijack Olivia Thatcher Season 2, 8 episodes
Theatre Year Title Role Venue Notes 2009 Origin of the Species Victoria Arcola Theatre, London
Video games Year Game Voice role Notes 2021 The Last Worker Hoverbird Voice only
References
External links
Yahoo! Movies, yahoo.com. Accessed 5 December 2022.