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3 Personal life  





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Claire Keelan
Born (1975-05-08) 8 May 1975 (age 49)
Liverpool, England
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
SpouseSimon Farnaby
Children1

Claire Keelan (born 8 May 1975) is an English actress, mostly in comedy. Her credits include A Cock and Bull Story (2005), Nathan Barley (2005), Perfect Day (2005), Survivors (2008), No Heroics (2009), Hush (2009), The Trip (2010), Mister John (2013), Agatha Christie's Poirot (2013), Black Mirror (2013), Carnage (2017), and Cold Feet (2020).

Background

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Keelan is a former member of the Royal Court Young People's Theatre, and trained at Westminster College between 1998 and 1999.[1]

Career

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Keelan has appeared in the films A Cock and Bull Story (2005),[2] Pierrepoint (2005) and Hush (2009).[3] Her television credits include Perfect Day,[3] Survivors, [1]Sorted, Moving On,[2] The Trip,[2] and the pilot episodeofHow Not to Live Your Life.[2] She played the lead roles of Claire Ashcroft in Nathan Barley,[2] and Electroclash in No Heroics.[2] In 2013 she appeared in an episode of Channel 4's Black Mirror written by Charlie Brooker.[2]

Keelan's theatre work includes Top Girls, Ultra Violet, Les liaisons dangereuses, A Midsummer Night's Dream,[1] Rise and Shine,[1] and The Electric Hills.[4]

Personal life

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Keelan is married to actor Simon Farnaby, and they have a daughter, Eve (born c.2014).[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
2005 A Cock and Bull Story Make Up Assistant Feature film
Pierrepoint Jessie Kelly Feature film
2006 Hard to Swallow Saskia Short film
2009 Hush Wendy Feature film
2010 The Trip Emma Feature film
2013 Mister John Kathleen Devine Feature film
2014 The Trip to Italy Emma Feature film
2017 The Trip to Spain Emma Feature film
2017 Paddington 2 Police Officer Feature film
2020 The Trip to Greece Emma Feature film

Television

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Year Show Role Notes
2004 All About Me Sarah Situation comedy
- "Downloading" (2004)
2005 Nathan Barley Claire Ashcroft Situation comedy, 7 episodes
Perfect Day Kate Television film
2006 The Bill Sian Frost Police procedural,
- Episode 419 (2006)
Sorted Polly BBC Drama series
- Episode 1.6 (2006)
Perfect Day: The Millennium Kate Television film
Perfect Day: The Funeral Kate Television film
2007 How Not to Live Your Life Episode: "Pilot" Situation comedy
2008 Survivors Linda Post-apocalyptic drama
Episode: "Episode 1.5"
2009 No Heroics Electroclash / Sarah Comedy series
Moving On Sonia Anthology series
- Bully (2009)
2010–2020 The Trip Emma Situation comedy
2011 Outcasts Carla Shapiro Drama series
Episode: "Episode 7"
2012 Line of Duty DS Leah Janson Crime drama, 5 episodes
2012 The Last Weekend Ian's girlfriend 3 episodes
2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot Nurse Craven Episode: "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case"
Black Mirror Naomi Episode: "Be Right Back"
2017 Carnage Lindsay Graber Mockumentary film
2020 Cold Feet Sandra Comedy drama, 4 episodes
2023 The Family Pile Ursula Comedy drama, 6 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Claire Keelan cv". Hamilton Hodell (former agent). Archived from the original on 21 March 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2007.
  • ^ a b c d e f g "Claire Keelan". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  • ^ a b "Claire Keelan Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  • ^ "The Electric Hills - Cast". Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. 18 August 2009.
  • ^ Chris Bennion (17 September 2020). "Simon Farnaby interview: 'Doing another Paddington film was just too much to bear'". telegraph.co.uk.
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