Claudie Blakley


Claudie Blakley is an English actress. Her father was Alan Blakley, a member of the 1960s pop band the Tremeloes, her mother Lin Blakley, is an actress known for her work on EastEnders playing Pam Coker from 2014 to 2016, and her sister Kirsten Blakley is the lead singer of the indie band Little Spitfire. Blakley trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1998, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in The Seagull at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. She is best known for her role as Emma Timmins in the BBC drama series Lark Rise to Candleford.
Other notable roles include Mabel Nesbitt in Robert Altman's Oscar-winning Gosford Park and Charlotte Lucas in Joe Wright's 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice. In the autumn of 2007, she was seen in the BBC serial Cranford as Martha.
In 2010, Blakley played the role of Cynthia Lennon in the BBC television production of Lennon Naked, a drama based on the period in the life of John Lennon from the years 1964 to 1971. In 2013 she appeared in the premiere of the play Chimerica..

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1996No BananasSandraTV mini-series
1997Touching EvilMo MorrisonTV series
1999An Unsuitable Job for a WomanKirstyTV series
1999The BillAlice FitzgeraldTV series
2000Never NeverJo's FriendTV movie
2000A Christmas CarolEllie
2000Playing the FieldKelly PowellTV series
2001The War BrideRosie
2001The Cat's MeowDidi
2001Gosford ParkMabel Nesbitt
2001Mr CharityAbiTV series
2002Playing the FieldKelly PowellTV series
2002Ed Stone is DeadKateTV series
2003Ready When You Are, Mr McGillDeirdre
2004He Knew He Was RightCamilla FrenchTV mini-series
2004Dirty Filthy LoveKathyTV movie
2005The Inspector Lynley MysteriesLaeitia GaneTV series
2005Pride and PrejudiceCharlotte Lucas
2006SeveranceJill
2006Vital SignsJules ChapmanTV series
2006London to BrightonTracey
2006Fear of FannyNickyTV movie
2007Fallen AngelSally AppletonTV serial
2007CranfordMarthaTV series
2008Lark Rise to CandlefordEmma TimminsTV series
2009Return to CranfordMarthaTV series
2009Bright StarMaria Dilke
2009Coming UpLindaTV series
2010Lennon NakedCynthia LennonTV movie
2010Marple: The Blue GeraniumPhilippa PritchardTV movie
2010The NativityAnnaTV series
2011The Night WatchNancyTV movie
2011New TricksLisa CarlisleTV series
2012Words of the TitanicElizabeth ShutesTV account of the sinking of the Titanic, in the words of the survivors
2013What RemainsPatriciaTV series
2014The DriverRosTV series
2015Call the MidwifeSusan RobbinsTV series
2019ManhuntLouiseTV series
2020Flesh and BloodHelenTV Series

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