British actress (born 1975)
Claire Goose
is an English actress who first gained attention playing
Tina Seabrook
on the long-running
BBC One
medical drama
Casualty
(1997?2000). Her other roles include
DS "Mel" Silver
in
Waking the Dead
(2000?2007), Insp. Rachel Weston in
The Bill
(2008?2009), and Jane Kennedy in
The Coroner
(2015?2016), for which she was awarded "Best Acting Performance" by the
RTS
. She narrated the
Sky One
reality series
Road Wars
from 2009 to 2010. Her stage credits include
The Girl Who Fell
(
West End
, 2019).
Early life
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Born in
Edinburgh
,
[1]
Goose was raised in
Dersingham
, England, where her father worked as a
general practitioner
.
[1]
She has an elder sister, Caroline, a nursery nurse, and an elder brother, Duncan, who started the One Drinks company.
[2]
[3]
Goose is a former pupil of
Wisbech Grammar School
,
[4]
and a graduate of the
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
.
[5]
Career
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Early theatre roles included
Addicted to Love
, and
Hitting Home
at the Man in the Moon Theatre. She also appeared in early adverts for
Impulse
women's body spray. Goose played a main role as nurse Tina Seabrook in
Casualty
, for no less than 80 episodes between 1997 and 2000. In 1998, she was nominated
Most Popular Newcomer
at the
4th National Television Awards
, for her character in the series.
[6]
From 2000 to 2004, she played the role of DC/DS Amelia 'Mel' Silver for four series of
Waking the Dead
.
[7]
[8]
From August 2008, she played Sergeant, later Inspector
Rachel Weston
in ITV's
The Bill
.
[9]
The same year she played a leading role as undercover cop Rebecca Ryan/Margaret in the British gangster film
Bad Day
.
[9]
In 2011, she appeared in BBC1 drama
Exile
with
John Simm
[9]
and, in 2015, appeared in the fourth series of
Death in Paradise
.
[9]
From 2015, she starred as the titular character Jane Kennedy, in the
BBC Birmingham
daytime drama
The Coroner
, set in the fictional coastal town of Lighthaven in
South Devon
.
[9]
The series ran to 20 episodes. She won
Best acting performance
at the 2016
Royal Television Society
(Midlands awards).
[10]
In 2019, she played the lead role of Thea in "The Girl Who Fell" by Sarah Rutherford at Trafalgar Studios.
[11]
From 2022, she has starred as Steph in two series of the
CBBC
teen science-fiction series
Silverpoint
.
[9]
Personal life
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In the 1990s, Goose dated her
Casualty
co-star
Jonathan Kerrigan
. In 2007, she married TV producer Craig Woodrow.
[1]
Together they have two daughters, Amelia and Eveline.
[12]
Filmography
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Film
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Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Notes
|
2002
|
Danny Loves Angela
|
Angela
|
Short
|
Alone
|
Alice
|
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2003
|
Friday Night In
|
Jenny
|
Short
|
2008
|
Bad Day
|
Rebecca Ryan / Margaret
|
|
Second Guest
|
Suzy
|
Short
|
Barnet Shuffle
|
Tina
|
Short
|
2012
|
Candle to Water
|
Mia
|
|
2013
|
Miriam
|
Female neighbour
|
Short
|
2015
|
The Rezort
|
Valerie Wilton
|
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2019
|
Mash
|
Cathy
|
Short
|
Television
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Radio
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Awards
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References
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External links
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