Claire Slater (born 4 February 1984) is an English actress.
Education She attended Hertfordshire schools St. Francis' College in Letchworth Garden City and The Knights Templar School in Baldock. In 2005 Slater completed a three-year Musical Theatre Diploma course at Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom.
Career Slater started her acting career in 1990 with an appearance in the thriller The Laughter of God (called Married to Murder in the USA) which starred Peter Firth and Amanda Donohoe. In 1992 she also appeared in the TV film An Ungentlemanly Act, which starred Ian Richardson and Rosemary Leach.Slater on the Internet Movie Database
Other TV appearances include roles in The Children of the New Forest, the series Is Harry on the Boat? (2002) and the series Helen West (2002), but she is probably best known for playing Martha Cratchit in the 1999 version of A Christmas Carol, in which she appeared with Patrick Stewart, Joel Grey and Richard E. Grant.
More recently, Slater appeared in ITV's series Heartbeat (2006), and as Laura Goggin in an episode of Doctors (2013).
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1991Screen TwoGilly ClemantEpisode: "The Laughter of God"1992An Ungentlemanly ActBaker Girl #2Television film1998Children of the New ForestClara Ratcliffe1999A Christmas CarolMartha Cratchit2002Helen WestWaitressEpisode: "Shadow Play"2002Is Harry on the Boat?JennaEpisode #1.52006HeartbeatDenise BaileyEpisode: "Bad Company"2013DoctorsLaura GogginEpisode: "Motherly Love"
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