Claire Goose (born 10 February 1975) is a British actress. She played
Tina Seabrook
Tina Seabrook is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', played by Claire Goose. She made her first appearance during the twelfth series episode "Give My Love to Esme", which was broadcast on 11 September 1997. Tina was ...
, a
nurse
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in
BBC One
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's ''
Casualty
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*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'',
DS Mel Silver
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in ''
Waking the Dead'', and Sergeant (later Inspector)
Rachel Weston in ITV's ''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983.
The programme focused on ...
''. She also narrated the last two series of ''
Road Wars'' for digital satellite channel
Sky 1
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in 2009 and 2010.
In 2015 she took the part of the leading character in
BBC Birmingham
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's series ''
The Coroner''.
Early life
Born in
Edinburgh
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,
Goose was raised in
Dersingham
Dersingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north of the town of King's Lynn and north-west of the city of Norwich, opening onto The Wash.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk ...
, England, where her father worked as a
general practitioner.
She has an elder sister, Caroline, a nursery nurse, and an elder brother, Duncan, who started the One Drinks company. Goose is a former pupil of
Wisbech Grammar School
Wisbech Grammar School is an 11–18 mixed, Church of England, independent day school and sixth form in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Founded by the Guild of the Holy Trinity in 1379, it is one of the oldest schools in the co ...
and a graduate of the
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts is a performing arts conservatoire based in Woking, England. It was founded in 1911 by Italia Conti, an actress. The first production at Italia Conti Academy was the play '' Where the Rainbow Ends''. F ...
.
Personal life
In the 1990s Goose dated her
''Casualty'' co-star
Jonathan Kerrigan
Jonathan Kerrigan (born 14 October 1972) is an English actor well known for various leading roles on TV including '' In The Club'', ''Casualty'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Merseybeat, The Five'' and ''Reach For The Moon''. Films include '' Diana'', ''FL ...
. In 2007 she married TV producer Craig Woodrow.
Together they have two daughters, Amelia and Eveline.
Career
Early theatre roles included ''Addicted to Love'', and ''Hitting Home'' at the Man in the Moon Theatre. She also appeared in early adverts for
Impulse
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* Impulse noise (disambiguation)
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women's body spray.
She became well known during the late 1990s as nurse Tina Seabrook in ''
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
''. From August 2008, she played Sergeant, later Inspector
Rachel Weston in ITV's ''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983.
The programme focused on ...
''.
In 2011 she appeared in BBC1 drama ''
Exile
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'' with
John Simm
John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970) is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in ''Life on Mars'', the Master in ''Doctor Who,'' and DS Roy Grace in ''Grace.'' His other television credits include '' S ...
, and in 2015 appeared in the fourth series of ''
Death in Paradise''.
From 2015 she starred as the titular character in the
BBC Birmingham
BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC, located in Birmingham. It was the first region outside London to start broadcasting both the corporation's radio (in 1922) and television (in 1949) transmissions, the latter from th ...
daytime drama ''
The Coroner'', set in the fictional coastal town of Lighthaven in
South Devon
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. The series ran to 20 episodes. The BBC announced on 2 March 2017 that there would be no further series.
In 2019, she played the lead role of Thea in "The Girl Who Fell" by
Sarah Rutherford at Trafalgar Studios.
Awards
Filmography
References
External links
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1975 births
Actors from Norfolk
Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
English television actresses
Living people
Anglo-Scots
Actresses from Edinburgh
People from Dersingham
People educated at Wisbech Grammar School