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 the ITV period drama series '' Home Fires'' and '' Downton Abbey'', together with the BBC2 drama ''

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Biography

Calbraith has appeared in many other television series including '' DCI Banks'', ''

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'', '' Casualty'', ''

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'', '' The Bill'', ''

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'' and Dr Tricia Summerbee in ''

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''. She joined ''

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'' in 2005 for a short time to play Robyn, girlfriend of Martin Platt. In 2007, she guest-starred in the ''

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'' 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, ''

''. From 2011 to 2013 she played Shep in the ITV series ''

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Television and film work

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* * * People from Winsford English television actresses Living people 1974 births 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses English soap opera actresses English film actresses English stage actresses {{UK-tv-actor-1970s-stub