Clare Higgins: movies and TV shows
Clare Higgins has 73 credits in the archive: 35 films and 38 TV series, from 1956 to 2026. Highest rated: Downton Abbey (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2026 · busiest year: 1985 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Gone | TV | 6.4 | 70 | |
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | Film | — | 69 |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Mad Hettie | TV | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2022 | Dangerous Liaisons | Madame Jericho | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2020 | Trying | Bev | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 2019 | The Witcher | TV | 7.9 | 63 | |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Mrs. Gilmore | Film | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2018 | The Bisexual | Grace | TV | 6.4 | 62 |
| 2018 | The Convent | Reverend Mother | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 2017 | The Worst Witch | Miss Ada Cackle | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2017 | Liar | Felicity Cassidy | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2015 | Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Self | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Dinah Fortescue | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2013 | Rogue | Vivian | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2013 | I Give It a Year | Elaine | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor | Ohila | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 2012 | A Fantastic Fear of Everything | Clair De Grunwald | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 2011 | Vera | Elaine Sidden | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Mrs. Bartlett | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 2010 | Toast | Mavis | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Gertrude | Film | 7.8 | 54 |
| 2009 | Being Human | Josie | TV | 7.1 | 53 |
| 2009 | National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well | Countess of Rosillion | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2008 | The Curse of Steptoe | Joan Littlewood | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Ma Coster | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Mother | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 2007 | Spring 1941 | Clara Planck | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 2007 | The Stronger | Mrs. X | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Ohila | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 2005 | Casanova | Cook | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2005 | Bigger Than the Sky | Edwina Walters | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 2005 | Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont | Mrs. Meyer | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2004 | Shameless | Hazel | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Francis Kane | TV | 7.3 | 48 |
| 2004 | Murder in Suburbia | Helen Whittle | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 2004 | The Libertine | Molly Luscombe | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 2004 | Stage Beauty | Mistress Revels | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 2003 | Murder Investigation Team | Lesley Pattison | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2003 | Vincent in Brixton | Ursula Loyer | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Mrs. Bry | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 2000 | The Secret | Maggie Hewitt | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1999 | B. Monkey | Ms. Cherry | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence | Edith Wharton | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Gina Colby | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Medea (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | D.S. Farmer | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1996 | Small Faces | Lorna Maclean | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Susannah Dixon QC | TV | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1995 | The Absence of War | Lindsay Fontaine | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1994 | Fatherland | Klara | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1994 | Men of the Month | Fiona | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1993 | Circles of Deceit | Eilish | Film | 7.8 | 37 |
| 1993 | Bad Behavior | Jessica Kennedy | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Maureen Bristow | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1989 | After the War | Rachel Lucas | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1988 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Julia Cotton | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1988 | The Fruit Machine | Eve | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1987 | Hellraiser | Julia | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1987 | Up Line | Fizzy Targett | Film | — | 31 |
| 1986 | Hideaway | TV | — | 30 | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Lindsey Fontaine | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Fiona | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Lorna Maclean | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1985 | Cover Her Face | Catherine Bowers | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1985 | Nineteen Nineteen | Young Sophie | Film | 4.5 | 29 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 28 | |
| 1984 | Mitch | Jo | TV | 5.0 | 28 |
| 1983 | The Citadel | Christine Barlow | TV | 7.8 | 27 |
| 1981 | Plays for Pleasure | Ann | TV | — | 25 |
| 1981 | Unity | Annie MacFarlane | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1980 | Pride and Prejudice | Catherine 'Kitty' Bennet | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Annie MacFarlane | TV | 7.0 | 18 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 0 |