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Claire Rafferty
Born
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Claire Rafferty is a Northern Irish actress.[1][2] She studied drama at Queen's University Belfast (2000 – 2003) followed by London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[3] On television, she played Anna Haldane in the first series of Shetland, Detective Constable Christine Larkin in The Fall series 2 and 3, Tabitha Richie (lead role) in Banged Up Abroad: Bogota Belly Bust, and deputy headmistress Miss Mooney in all series of Derry Girls.

Critical review

Her work on the stage has received critical appreciation:

There's concentrated acting from ... Claire Rafferty ...

— Lynne Walker, The Independent [4]
reviewing Mixed Up North

The love-stricken Christine, who is played by a glowing Claire Rafferty, sparkles when on stage with Daniel Hawsford, who plays Michaels father, and the two produce some of the production's most genuinely charming moments.

— Carl Williams, musicOMH[5]
reviewing Dancing at Lughnasa

The Big Fellah should also be enthralling given its quota of dark humour, undercover agents, internecine rivalries and courts martial. Yet, strangely, the end result is a damp squib, in spite of fine ensemble playing from Rory Keenan, Claire Rafferty, ...

— Kate Bassett, The Independent[6]
reviewing The Big Fellah

Yet it is the three witches, played by Carol Moore, Eleanor Methven and Claire Rafferty that are the most captivating members of the cast.

— Romano Mullin, The Gown[7]
reviewing Macbeth

Perhaps the most striking instance of this is Lady Macduff (Claire Rafferty)

— Laura Campbell, Cahiers Élisabéthains[8]
reviewing Macbeth

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director
2014 The Woman in Black: Angel of Death [9] Clara Tom Harper
2016 Banshee Betty Sam Brown
2017 Beast News Reporter Michael Pearce
2018 Here's Looking at You Kid Miss Abbott Michael Lennox
2020 Heaven Come In Cara Rebekah Davis
2023 The Last Rifleman Vicky Tedjury Terry Loane
Television
Date Title Role Director Notes
2012 The Bletchley Circle Emily Dixon Andy de Emmony Episode: "Cracking a Killer's Code, Part 1"
2013 Shetland [10] Anna Haldane Peter Hoar Episode: "Red Bones" (2 parts)
2013 Misfits Hayley Lewis Arnold Episode 5.6
2014–2016 The Fall DC Christine Larkin Allan Cubitt 9 episodes [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
2015 Fortitude Anna Sam Miller
2015 Doctors [20] Ruth Anderton Owen Brenman Episode: "A Very Reverend Institution"
2015 Cuffs [21] Fiona Glendon Kieron Hawkes Episode 4
2015–2017 The Frankenstein Chronicles Mrs Flynn Benjamin Ross
Alex Gabassi 		Episodes:
2016 Vera Ellie Connock Paul Gay Episode: "The Sea Glass"
2016 Houdini and Doyle [22] Charlotte Daniel O'Hara Episode: "In Manus Dei"
2016 Banged Up Abroad Tabitha Richie Sam Brown Episode: "Bogota Belly Bust"
2017 Silent Witness [23] Sarah Logan David Richards Episode: "Remembrance"
2018–2022 Derry Girls Miss Mooney Michael Lennox 8 episodes
2019 Casualty[24] Maggie McKiernan Daikin Marsh Episode 34
2019 The Feed Claire Leabridge Jill Robertson Episode 6
2021 Three Families DC Fallon Alex Kalymnios 2 episodes
Theatre
Date Title Author Role Director Company / Theatre
2003 Redundant Leo Butler Lucy Tanya Nash Tinderbox
– Living With Cancer Kelly Alison McCrudden Cancer Lifeline
2007 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Juliet John Link LAMDA
Linbury
2007 Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov Yelena Colin Cook LAMDA
Linbury
2007 Pericles William Shakespeare & George Wilkins Gower Rodney Cottier LAMDA
Linbury
2007 Caucasian Chalk Circle Bertolt Brecht Mother In Law John Baxter LAMDA
Linbury
2008 The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov Ranyevskaya Jo Blatchley LAMDA
Linbury
2008 Mixed Up North Robin Soans Jen Max Stafford-Clark LAMDA
Linbury
2009 Mixed Up North [25][4][26][27] Robin Soans Maureen & Catherine Max Stafford-Clark Out of Joint & Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tour
20099 Octagon Theatre, Bolton
2009 Royal Theatre, Northampton
2009 Curve, Leicester
2009 Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
2009 Stonyhurst College, Clitheroe
2009 Bolton Lads and Girls Club
2009 Bolton Sixth Form College
2009 Turton School, Bolton
2009 The ACE Centre, Nelson
2009 The Dukes, Lancaster
2009 Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
2009 Wilton's Music Hall, London
2010 Dancing at Lughnasa [28][5] Brian Friel Christina Mundy Tamara Harvey Birmingham Repertory
2010–2011 The Big Fellah [29][6][30] Richard Bean Elizabeth Max Stafford-Clark Out of Joint
Tour
2010 Corn Exchange, Newbury
2010 Royal & Derngate, Northampton
2010 Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
2010 Lyric Hammersmith, London
2010 Oxford Playhouse
2010 Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
2010 York Theatre Royal
2010 Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2011 Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
2011 Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork
2011 Liverpool Playhouse
2011 Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne
2012 Macbeth [31][7][8][32][33][34] William Shakespeare Third Witch &
Lady Macduff		 Lynne Parker Lyric Theatre, Belfast
2014 Three Loose Teeth [35] Thomas McMullan Various Andrew Pritchard BacksBroke
Shakespeare in Shoreditch Festival

References

  1. ^ Anthony Neeson (15 March 2013). "Prime time role for West [Belfast] actress". Andersonstown News.
  2. ^ Claire Rafferty at Ulster Actors
  3. ^ Graduates of Queen's University Belfast
  4. ^ a b Mixed Up North, Octagon Theatre, Bolton – Lynne Walker, The Independent, 7 October 2009
  5. ^ a b Dancing at Lughnasa @ Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham – Carl Williams, musicOMH
  6. ^ a b The Big Fellah, Lyric Hammersmith, London – Kate Bassett, The Independent, 3 October 2010
  7. ^ a b Theatre Review: Macbeth at the Lyric Theatre – Romano Mullin, The Gown, 29 October 2012
  8. ^ a b Macbeth, directed by Lynne Parker, The Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Laura Campbell, Cahiers Élisabéthains 83 (Spring 2013), pages 37-40
  9. ^ The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – Junaid Ali Malik, Creative Venture
  10. ^ BBC – Shetland – Series 1
  11. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 1
  12. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 2
  13. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 3
  14. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 5
  15. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 6
  16. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 2
  17. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 3
  18. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 4
  19. ^ BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 5
  20. ^ BBC – Doctors – Series 17, Episode 94 – A Very Reverend Institution
  21. ^ BBC – Cuffs – Episode 4
  22. ^ Garn's Guides for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Animated TV shows
  23. ^ BBC – Silent Witness – Series 20 – Remembrance
  24. ^ BBC – Casualty – Series 33, Episode 34
  25. ^ Mixed Up North – Out of Joint Theatre Company
  26. ^ Mixed Up North – David Chadderton, British Theatre Guide
  27. ^ Mixed Up North – Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide
  28. ^ Theatre: Director Tamara Harvey is Dancing at Lughnasa at Birmingham Rep – Birmingham Live, 12 Feb 2010
  29. ^ The Big Fellah – Out of Joint Theatre Company
  30. ^ Richard Bean: The Big Fellah, Lyric Hammersmith, London – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 27 Sep 2010
  31. ^ First Lyric production of Shakespeare on new stage – Lyric Theatre, 1 September 2012
  32. ^ Macbeth by William Shakespeare – Lisa Fitzpatrick, Irish Theatre Magazine, 25 October 2012
  33. ^ The Scottish Play gets an Ulster twist at Lyric – Grania McFadden, Belfast Telegraph, 25 October 2012
  34. ^ Macbeth Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 2 Nov 2012
  35. ^ Shakespeare in Shoreditch: Three Loose Teeth – YouTube

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