Clare Lawrence Moody (born 1975) is an English television and stage actor and producer. She is the daughter of English television director Laurence Moody. She is also credited as Clare Lawrence.
Biography
Born in
Saddleworth
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,
Greater Manchester
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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, all the while acting in TV (she had first acted as a child in ''
Crown Court
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'' and ''
Coronation Street
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''). She gained a first class degree in English at
New Hall, Cambridge
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995
* "New" (Daya song), 2017
* "New" (No Doubt song), 1 ...
, before being cast alongside future Dames
Joan Plowright
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and
Dorothy Tutin
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in the film ''This Could Be the Last Time'' (1998). She has since appeared in ''
EastEnders
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'', ''
Ultimate Force
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'', ''
The Bill
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Longitude
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Pride
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'' (2014).
She appeared onstage at the
Royal National Theatre
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Muriel Spark
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Life
Muriel Camberg was born in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh, the daughter of Bernar ...
adapted by Judith Adams.Her radio work includes leads in '' Let's Murder Vivaldi'' (a 2008 adaptation of David Mercer's television play), ''27 Wagons Full of Cotton'', ''Amerika'' and ''Ghost in the Mechanic''.
She and Anna Waterhouse also run the West End theatre production company Out Of The Blue Productions. Its productions have included ''
This Is Our Youth
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Plot
The play takes ...
'' by
Kenneth Lonergan
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starring amongst four casts
Matt Damon
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,
Jake Gyllenhaal
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and
Anna Paquin
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Patrick Stewart
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David Mamet
David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker.
He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony Award, Tony nominations for his plays ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1984) and ''Speed-the-Plow'' (1988). He first ...
Neil LaBute
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with
David Schwimmer
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. Lawrence has also produced '' Fool for Love'' with
Juliette Lewis
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. In 2004 she was named by the Observer Newspaper as one of the 80 young people predicted to shape the culture of her generation.
Family
Her sister, Laura Moody, is an avant-garde musician, composer and cellist.
Royal National Theatre
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