Who Is Claire Rushbrook From My Mad Fat Diary?

Claire Rushbrook – born August 25, 1971, is 53 years old.

Rushbrook is an English actor who is credited with being quite prolific in the entertainment industry. The roles she has played on the small screen alone are more than 38 already and this number is expected to increase in the nearest future. Claire has recorded many appearances on the big screen also, though not as numerous as her small-screen credits. We must not forget to factor in her stage appearances, through which she honed her acting skills. For her role in the series My Mad Fat Diary, the English actor became a nominee for a BAFTA Television Award and may still bag more awards and nominations with time.

Claire Rushbrook was born in England

Claire Rushbrook’s given name at birth is Claire Louise Rushbrook and the actress was born on August 25, 1971, and she is now 53 years old. The stage and television actress was born in Hertfordshire, England, the United Kingdom, where she spent a better part of her early years. To date, her family still resides in Hertfordshire, where both her mom and dad are employed as professional teachers. However, details about their names are not known. It is common knowledge that Claire is not the only child of her parents, the My Mad Fat Diary alum grew up alongside an older brother whose identity is also not known.

Another aspect of the British actress’s life that is shrouded in mystery is her early educational background and institutions attended as there is a dearth of information regarding her growing-up years. However, in 1992, she was at Rose Bruford College studying acting after which she launched her career in the entertainment world.

Her acting career started in the theater

For the ensuing five years after Claire Rushbrook emerged on the acting scene, she was a familiar face in the theater which also sufficed as part of her training process. Her years on stage saw the actress depicting the role of Olga in Three Sisters – a West End production by Chekov. She was part of the cast of Hindle Wakes, playing Fanny Hawthorne, and surfaced at the Whitehall Theatre where she was cast in Fifty Revolutions.

She appeared as Helen in Festen and recorded other theater appearances in The Crucible in the Sheffield Crucible theatre where she was featured as Mary Warren. Claire surfaced in Almeida Theatre on the set of Uncle Vanya, playing the role of Sonia, and also had one appearance in National theater as Mum in the Market Boy.

In addition to the aforementioned, the British entertainer also recorded some performances for Radio 4 when she became part of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, essaying the role of Tess. Claire was also in Nana as the title character. She eventually scored her first movie role in 1996 but had previously appeared in a cameo role in the TV series Casualties as a policewoman.

A peek at Claire Rushbrook’s movie portfolio

As earlier mentioned, Claire Rushbrook broke out on the movie scene in 1996 on the set of Secrets & Lies where she was cast in the supporting role of Roxanne. 1997 was a fruitful one for the actress as she appeared in three films – Under the Skin as Rose Kelly, Crocodile Snapas as Mum, and Spice World as Deborah. She played Lady Estelle in Plunkett & Macleane in 1999.

Claire recorded a good number of movie roles in the 2000s, starting with Shiner where she played Ruth in 2000, 2002 saw her appear as Grace in Close Your Eyes, she depicted Anne Marie in A Changed Man in 2003, and in 2007, she recorded two appearances, as Barlady in I Am Bob and as Mary in Mary and Mick which are both short films. Claire’s most recent movie roles include Janice Lincoln in the 2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home, Eleanor Butters in Ammonite (2020), and Mrs. Lane in Enola Holmes also in 2020.

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Claire Rushbrook has recorded more roles on television

Claire is one prolific English actress but most of her production credits are recorded in television series. Since she appeared as a policewoman on the set of Casualties in 1994, the entertainer has had a total of 38 appearances on TV and still counting.

Notable among Claire Rushbrook’s television appearances are guest-starring roles in two episodes of Doctor Who namely The Satan Pit and The Impossible Planet. These appearances later earned her a place in the series celeb edition of The Weakest Link. However, she became the fourth to be voted off. She scored a role in Mutual Friends – a comedy-drama aired in 2008 on BBC. In 2009, she shared the screen with movie greats like Phil Davis on the sets of Collision and Whitechapel, both ITV 1 dramas.

Her best-known television role to date remains that of Linda Earl in Mad Fat Diary which had its run from 2013 to 2015. On the TV show, Claire appeared as the mother of the main character Rea whose tragic and humorous lifestyle led her to spend months in a psychiatric hospital after she attempted suicide. For her efforts, Claire became a nominee in the category of Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 BAFTA Television Awards.

Rushbrook’s other notable television credits include The Sins (2000), Linda Green from 2001 to 2002, and Carrie & Barry from 2004 to 2005. Her most recent television appearances can be traced to Requiem, Kiri, No Offence, and the Split, all in 2018. In 2019, she recorded two television appearances in Don’t Forget the Driver and Temple.

Claire Rushbrook’s movies and TV shows

TV series

• 1994 – Casualty as a Policewoman
• 1997 – Turning World as Julia Garnett
• 1997 – Touching Evil as Julie Carney
• 1999 – Spaced as Yolanda
• 1999 – Shockers: The Visitor as Terri
• 2000 – The Sins as Faith Blackwell
• 2001–2002 – Linda Green as Michelle Fenton
• 2002 – The Stretford Wives as Elaine Massey Simmons
• 2004 Family Business Rachel Brooker “1.1”
• 2004–2005 – Carrie and Barry as Carrie
• 2006 – Doctor Who as Ida Scott
• 2006 – Afterlife as Jennifer
• 2007 – Inspector George Gently as Valerie Lister
• 2007 – Double Time as Sarah
• 2008 – Ashes to Ashes as Trixie Walsh
• 2008 – Mutual Friends as Leigh Cato
• 2009 – New Tricks as Pamela Scott
• 2009 – Enid as Dorothy Richards
• 2009 – Collision as Karen Donnelly
• 2009–2013 – Whitechapel as Caroline Llewellyn
• 2010 – Lizzie and Sarah as Fiona
• 2010 – Agatha Christie’s Marple as Caroline
• 2011 – The Fades as Meg
• 2011 – Great Expectations as Mrs. Joe TV miniseries
• 2012 – Murder as Ellen Lowell
• 2012 – Mrs. Biggs as Ruby Wright
• 2013 – The Mill as Mrs. Timperley
• 2013–2015 – My Mad Fat Diary as Linda Earl-Bouchtat
• 2015–2016 – Home Fires as Pat Simms
• 2017 – Genius as Pauline Einstein
• 2017 – Black Mirror as Police Detective
• 2017 – Death in Paradise as Rachel Baldwin
• 2018 – Requiem as Rose
• 2018 – Kiri as Julie Burnett
• 2018 – No Offence as DCI Marilyn Marchant
• 2018 – The Split as Emma Graham
• 2019 – Don’t Forget the Driver as Fran
• 2019 – Temple as Gloria Wilson

Movies

• 1996 – Secrets & Lies as Roxanne
• 1997 – Under the Skin as Rose Kelly
• 1997 – Crocodile Snap as Mum
• 1997 – Spice World as Deborah
• 1999 – Plunkett & Macleane as Lady Estelle
• 2000 – Shiner as Ruth
• 2002 – Close Your Eyes as Grace
• 2003 – A Changed Man as Anne Marie
• 2007 – I Am Bob as Barlady
• 2007 – Mary and Mick as Mary
• 2019 – Spider-Man: Far From Home as Janice Lincoln
• 2020 – Ammonite as Eleanor Butters
• 2020 – Enola Holmes as Mrs. Lane
• 2021 – Ali & Ava as Ava

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Claire Rushbrook had a brief stint on the radio

Claire Rushbrook had a brief stint in radio spanning from 2003 to 2009. She started with a BBC Radio 4 afternoon play titled The Sound of Solitary where she played the role of Libby on the 4th of September 2003. She continued with the station in 2007, playing Gemma in Time Breaths on the 7th of March. The station featured her in Love Contract on the 29th of October 2008 as Emma and from the 20th of December 2009 to the 27th of December 2009, she joined BBC Radio 4 classic serial Matilda, breathing life into the character of Mrs. Wormwood.

What is Claire Rushbrook’s net worth?

So far, no reliable source has reported Rushbrook’s net worth but it is believed to be within the threshold of $400, 000 and a million. The figure is not yet confirmed but she keeps climbing up the ladder of success. It is also presumed that all the actress’s wealth comes from her stints in both movies and television series, though she has had quite some outings on the radio.