Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1 January 1974) is an English actress, born in Winsford, Cheshire, and raised in Liverpool and Cheshire, whose appearances include roles in Vera, the ITV period drama series Home Fires and Downton Abbey, together with the BBC2 drama The Shadow Line.
Biography Calbraith has appeared in many other television series including Vera, 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. From 2012 to 2014, she played Shep in the ITV series Vera.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Crossing the Line Becky Short film 2012 Neighbors Jean 2013 Mindscape Jaime Feld 2021 The Man at the Bottom of the Garden Jessica Short film 2023 Wake Up Layla Short film The Face of Horror Mathilda Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Casualty Tanya Hardie Episode: "Human Traffic" 2000 Black Cab Sara Episode: "Silent Night" 2000–2002 Heartbeat Dr. Tricia Summerbee Series 10–12; 42 episodes 2003 The Eustace Bros. Kassidy Episode #1.62005 The Bill Nicci Villers Episode: "Honour" 55 Degrees North Beth Robson Series 2; 5 episodes Holby City Clare Given Episode: "View from the Sideline" Coronation Street Robyn 18 episodes 2006 EastEnders DI Skillen Episode #1.3136 2007 Casualty Carrie Morgan Episode: "The Fires Within" 2008 Doctors Kay McLeod Series 10; 14 episodes2009 Inspector George Gently Helen Donovan Episode: "Gently in the Night" The Bill Maxine Clements Episode: "Powerless"2011 The Shadow Line Laura Gabriel Mini-series; 7 episodes Downton Abbey Jane Moorsum Series 2; 4 episodes2012 Casualty Paige Norton Episode: "Fools for Love" Midsomer Murders Catrina Harper Episode: "Written in the Stars" 2012–2014 Vera DC Rebecca 'Shep' Shepherd Recurring role; 7 episodes 2014 Silent Witness Lizzie Kennedy Episode: "Fraternity: Parts 1 & 2" 2015–2016 Home Fires Steph Farrow Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes 2016 DCI Banks Alice Finn Episodes: "To Burn in Every Drop of Blood: Parts 1 & 2"2017 Little Boy Blue Helen Morris Mini-series; 3 episodes Broken Mariella Episodes: "Christina" & "Helen"2018 The Alienist Mrs. Zweig Episode: "The Boy on the Bridge" Requiem PC Graves Mini-series; 5 episodes The Innocents Nurse Deborah Hale Episode: "Deborah" 2019 Baptiste Clare 4 episodes 2020 Strike Back Dr. Thurman Episode: "Vendetta: Part 6" 2021 Unforgotten Anna Sidhu Series 4; 6 episodes 2022 Anne Sheila Coleman Mini-series; 3 episodes 2022, 2024 Tell Me Everything Ann Series 1 & 2; 9 episodes 2022–2025 Grace Sandy Grace Series 2–5; 9 episodes2023 The Family Pile Yvette 6 episodes Smother Cheryl Series 3; 4 episodes2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Gina Griffiths Mini-series; episode 3 The Jetty Joan Owen Mini-series; 4 episodes A Very Royal Scandal Sam McAlister Mini-series; 3 episodes2026 Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards Victoria Newton Television film The Chelsea Detective Betina Episode #4.1 Tip Toe Maggie Mini-series
Video games Year Title Role (voice) Notes 2020 South of the Circle Irene Hamilton
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