Claire Cox is a British actress. Her television appearances include acclaimed series ''

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'', '' Fresh Meat'', '' Spooks'', '' Wallander'' and '' Jamestown'' for

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Career

Cox graduated from

Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ...

with a B.A. in acting. One of her first jobs after graduating from drama school was playing Fredrika Armfeldt in Stephen Sondheim's

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at The National Theatre with

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. She then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first of her three seasons with the company. She played Portia in Edward Hall's production of

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in which she was awarded an Ian Charleson commendation. She returned to the company in the critically acclaimed Spanish Golden age season. Other theatre work includes A Servant To Two Masters (RSC), The Voysey inheritance (The National Theatre), Henry v ( Manchester Royal Exchange), The White Devil (The Chocolate Factory), The Winslow Boy (The Rose Theatre Kingston), Macbeth (The Globe), Accolade (St James') and The Tricycle Theatres Women, Power and Politics season which was nominated for a Whatsonstage award for Best Ensemble. Her Film credits include The Leading Man, Shooting Fish, Luther. And selected TV credits include The Last Salute series, Every woman knows a secret (Carnival) A Touch of Frost, Your Mother Should Know ( BBC), Spooks (Kudos), Wallander (Left Bank Pictures), Poirot, Fresh Meat and the up-and-coming new series Jamestown for Carnival and Sky.

Personal life

She is married to actor

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References

External links

Claire Cox on Twitter - @C1aire_Cox
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Interview with Claire Cox from 2016
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