Claudie Blakley
Biography
Claudie Blakley is an English actress born on January 4, 1974, in Easthampstead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1998, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in The Seagull at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. She is best known for her role as Emma Timmins in the BBC drama series Lark Rise to Candleford. Her other notable roles include Mabel Nesbitt in Robert Altman's Gosford Park and Charlotte Lucas in Joe Wright's 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice. In the autumn of 2007, she appeared in the BBC serial Cranford as Martha. In 2010, she played Cynthia Lennon in the BBC television production Lennon Naked.
Career overview
Claudie Blakley is an English actress born on January 4, 1974, in Easthampstead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Early in her stage career, she won the Ian Charleson Award in 1998 for her performance in The Seagull at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.
In film and television, she has taken on several notable roles. She portrayed Mabel Nesbitt in Robert Altman's film Gosford Park and played Charlotte Lucas in Joe Wright's 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice. Her television work includes appearing as Martha in the BBC serial Cranford in the autumn of 2007. She is also widely known for her role as Emma Timmins in the BBC drama series Lark Rise to Candleford. Additionally, in 2010, she played the role of Cynthia Lennon in the BBC television production Lennon Naked, which is a drama based on a specific period in the life of John Lennon.
Throughout her career, Blakley has accumulated numerous acting credits across film and television projects, with 42 known acting credits listed in her professional background.
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- Man vs Baby (2025) as Jess
- A Moral Man (2023) as Helen
- The House (2022) as Penelope (voice)
- Man vs Bee (2022) as Jess
- The Nan Movie (2022) as Carolyn
- Flesh and Blood (2020) as Helen
- Do No Harm (2020) as Beth
- The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) as Riding Instructor
- Manhunt (2019) as Louise Sutton
- Grantchester (2014) as Agatha Redmond
- The Driver (2014) as Rosalind McKee
- Father Brown (2013) as Mrs. Devine
- What Remains (2013) as Patricia
- Call the Midwife (2012) as Susan Robbins
- Words of the Titanic (2012) as Reader
- Words of the Titanic (2012) as Elizabeth Shutes
- National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors (2012) as Adriana
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Cara Smart
- The Night Watch (2011) as Nancy Carmichael
- National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011) as Varya
- Lennon Naked (2010) as Cynthia Lennon
- The Nativity (2010) as Anna
- Bright Star (2009) as Maria Dilke
- Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) as Emma Timmins
- Cranford (2007) as Martha
- Fallen Angel (2007) as Sally
- Severance (2006) as Jill
- Vital Signs (2006) as Jules Chapman
- London to Brighton (2006) as Tracey (as Claudie Blakely)
- Fear of Fanny (2006) as Nicky
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Charlotte Lucas
- Dirty Filthy Love (2005) as Kathy
- He Knew He Was Right (2004) as Camilla French
- Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2004) as Deirdre
- The Making of Gosford Park (2002) as Self (uncredited)
- Gosford Park (2001) as Mabel Nesbitt
- The Cat's Meow (2001) as Didi
- The War Bride (2001) as Rosie
- Never Never (2000) as Jo's friend in club
- A Christmas Carol (2000) as Ellie
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Claire Asher
- Touching Evil (1997) as Mo Morrison
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997) as Kirsty