British actress and singer (born 1989)
Charlotte Ritchie |
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| Born | (1989-08-29) 29 August 1989 (age 34)
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| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
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Charlotte Ritchie (born 29 August 1989) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Alison Cooper in Ghosts, Oregon in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat, Hannah in Siblings, Alison in Dead Pixels, Barbara Gilbert in the BBC drama Call the Midwife,[1] George in Feel Good and Kate Galvin in You. She was a member of the classical crossover group All Angels.[2]
Early life
Ritchie was born in Clapham, London, on 29 August 1989.[3] She was educated at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, and joined Youth Music Theatre UK and its production of Red Hunter in 2005.[4] She gained a degree in English and drama at the University of Bristol while filming Fresh Meat in her final year.[5]
Career
In 2004, Ritchie played a lead role in a short film entitled The Open Doors with Michael Sheen. She appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.[6] She also appeared in The Pierglass at the Young Pleasance Theatre in August 2006 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Ritchie performed with All Angels in an episode of Emmerdale.[7] She also played Emily Owen, a neighbour in the BBC's Life of Riley.
From 2011 to 2016, Ritchie portrayed Oregon in the Channel 4 comedy series Fresh Meat.
She stars alongside Tom Stourton in the BBC Three sitcom Siblings, which was first broadcast in summer 2014, and she appeared as a guest panellist in the same year on 8 Out of 10 Cats.
In 2015, Ritchie joined the cast of the popular period drama Call The Midwife, playing Nurse Barbara Gilbert (Hereward) until March 2018.[8]
In 2016, she appeared in the UK production of Noël Coward's Private Lives, playing the role of Sibyl Chase.[9]
On New Years Day 2019, Ritchie had the guest starring role of Lin in the Doctor Who episode "Resolution".
From 2019 to 2023, she played Alison alongside Kiell Smith-Bynoe as Mike in Ghosts, a BBC sitcom about a young couple who inherit a haunted estate.[10] In 2019, she appeared in Dead Pixels, also playing a character named Alison.
She additionally played George in the Channel 4 series Feel Good, co-starring with Mae Martin.[11] The series was released on Netflix in 2020.
Ritchie was a contestant on series 11 of Taskmaster, which was broadcast on Channel 4 in March to May 2021.[12] She has since been a guest on several episodes of the official Taskmaster podcast.
In 2022, Ritchie joined the cast as a series regular on season 4 of You.[13]
In 2023, Ritchie appeared in the music video for "The Blades" by the alternative rock band Squid.[14]
Ritchie also briefly appeared in the 2023 film Wonka as Barbara.
