Beth Goddard
Biography
Elizabeth Jane Beth Goddard is a British actress born on March 31, 1969, in London, England. She grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, and attended Clacton County High School, followed by the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Kent, from 1986 to 1989. In her television career, Goddard played Belinda Ashton in the ITV detective drama Lewis, which was broadcast in March 2008, and starred as Suze Littlewood in the comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme. She also appeared alongside her husband, Philip Glenister, in the third series of the BBC One drama As. She met her husband at a birthday party in 1997, and the couple married in 2006. They have two daughters, Millie and Charlotte, born in 2002 and 2005 respectively.
Career overview
Elizabeth Jane Beth Goddard is a British actress born on March 31, 1969, in London, England. She grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, and attended Clacton County High School. She later studied at the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Kent, from 1986 to 1989. With fifty known acting credits listed on the Movie Database, Goddard has established a career in television across various networks.
Her television work includes appearing as Belinda Ashton in the ITV detective drama Lewis, which was broadcast in March 2008. She also starred as Suze Littlewood in the comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme. Additionally, she appeared alongside her husband, Philip Glenister, in the third series of the BBC One drama As.
In her personal life, she met Philip Glenister at a birthday party for Jamie Glover in 1997, and the couple married in 2006. They have two daughters, Millie and Charlotte, who were born in 2002 and 2005 respectively.
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- Code of Silence (2025) as Helen Redman
- The Gold (2023) as Shirley
- The Serpent Queen (2022) as Antoinette de Bourbon
- Becoming Elizabeth (2022) as Joan Denny
- Des (2020) as Frances
- Manhunt (2019) as Cathy Rook
- A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) as Hillary
- Queen of the Desert (2015) as Aunt Lascelles
- Outlander (2014) as Lady Louisa Dunsany
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014) as Secretary - Judith
- Endeavour (2013) as Barbara Batten
- Call the Midwife (2012) as Pamela Dobson
- X-Men: First Class (2011) as Mrs. Xavier
- Crooked House (2008) as Mrs Glanville
- Ashes to Ashes (2008) as Elaine Downing
- Tu£sday (2008)
- Tu£sday (2008) as Helen
- Lewis (2007) as Belinda Ashton
- The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) as Sister Helena
- The Dead Peasants Society (2007) as Claire Symmons
- Vital Signs (2006) as Maddy McCartney
- New Tricks (2004) as Paula Symes
- Murder in Suburbia (2004) as Sally Taylor
- Frances Tuesday (2004) as Bishop
- The Eustace Bros. (2003) as Melissa Garvey
- Take Me (2001)
- According to Beryl (2001) as Queenie
- Daylight Robbery (1999) as Harriet Howell
- Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999) as Suze Littlewood
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
- Big Bad World (1999)
- The Last Seduction II (1999) as Murphy
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Wendy Smythe-Webster
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Selina Stanton
- Sunnyside Farm (1997)
- Ellington (1996) as Kelly Logan
- Beautiful Thing (1996) as Brewery Official
- Bugs (1995)
- The Perfect Match (1995) as Mandy
- Degrees of Error (1995) as Anna Peirce
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front (1994) as Sara Polson
- A Business Affair (1994) as Student
- Low Level Panic (1994) as Celia
- Peak Practice (1993) as Leanda Sharpe
- Cracker (1993) as Clare Moody
- A Touch of Frost (1992) as Helen Fox
- Performance (1991) as Waitress
- Top Girls (1991) as Waitress / Kit / Shona
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Violet Wilson
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Sister Agnieszka
- Casualty (1986) as Hannah Fleet
- The Bill (1984)