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Claire Skinner

Acting

Born October 7, 1964 · Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Biography

Claire Skinner is a British stage, film and television actress, best known for her role as the hapless mother Sue Brockman in the BBC sitcom "Outnumbered". Her film work includes the Mike Leigh productions "Life Is Sweet" and "Naked", "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Sleepy Hollow".

Filmography40 titles

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008

Ted Lasso

2020as Dr. Rogers

Inside No. 9

2014as Angela

Life Begins

2004as Clare

Inspector Morse

1987as Girl Pupil

Outnumbered

2007as Sue

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004as Amy Murgatroyd

McDonald & Dodds

2020as Chief Superintendent Mary Ormond

Murphy's Law

2003as Alice

Chef!

1993as Lucinda

Silk

2011as Sarah Stephens

Sense & Sensibility

2008as Fanny Dashwood

Midsomer Murders

1997as Kitty Oswood

Naked

1993as Sandra

Vanity Fair

as Louise Sedley

Sleepy Hollow

1999as Beth Killian

Murder, They Hope

as Kerry

Moving On

2009as Mary Ann

Kingdom

2007as Brenda Collins

Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

2011as Madge Arwell

Life Is Sweet

1990as Natalie

Critical

as Mrs. Lorraine Rappaport

Boxing Day

2021as Auntie Caroline

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001as Magda

When Did You Last See Your Father?

2007as Gillian

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

2025as Magda

Next of Kin

as DCI Vivien Barnes

The Chelsea Detective

2022as Charlotte Twist

The Return of the Native

1994as Thomasin

The Wingless Bird

as Agnes Conway

The Lady

2026

Kate & Koji

as Amanda

The Critic

2023as Mary Brooke

The Pale Horse

2020as Yvonne Tuckerson

Second Sight

as Catherine Tully

The Escort

1999as Patricia

The Rachel Papers

1989as Gloria

Clockwork Mice

1995as Fairy

The One Show

as Self

Eliminate: Archie Cookson

2012as Camilla