Clare Higgins
Acting
Biography
Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an award-winning English actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clare Higgins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: November 10, 1955
Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Known For
Downton Abbey
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
The Stronger
Based on a dramatic monologue by August Strindberg, the short film follows a married woman as she confronts her husband's lover after bumping into her in a café on Christmas eve.
The Sandman
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He is joined by Clare Higgins (Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King) and Ruth Negga (Ophelia).
Father Brown
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Shameless
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.
Doctor Who
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Ready Player One
When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Trying
All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?
Filmography
as Madame Jericho
as Mad Hettie
as Bev
as Reverend Mother
as Grace
as Mrs. Gilmore
as Felicity Cassidy
as Miss Ada Cackle
as Vivian
as Elaine
as Dinah Fortescue
as Clair De Grunwald
as Elaine Sidden
as Mavis
as Gertrude
as Mrs. Bartlett
as Countess of Rosillion
as Josie
as Joan Littlewood
as Ma Coster
as Mother
as Mrs. X
as Clara Planck
as Mrs. Meyer
as Ohila
as Cook
as Edwina Walters
as Molly Luscombe
as Mistress Revels
as Hazel
as Francis Kane
as Lesley Pattison
as Ursula Loyer
as Mrs. Bry
as Maggie Hewitt
as Edith Wharton
as Ms. Cherry
as Gina Colby
as Medea (voice)
as Lorna Maclean
as D.S. Farmer
as Lindsay Fontaine
as Susannah Dixon QC
as Klara
as Fiona
as Jessica Kennedy
as Maureen Bristow
as Rachel Lucas
as Julia Cotton
as Eve
as Julia
as Fizzy Targett
as Young Sophie
as Lindsey Fontaine
as Jo
as Christine Barlow
as Annie MacFarlane
as Catherine 'Kitty' Bennet
as Annie MacFarlane