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Sian Clifford (born 7 April 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Claire, the older sister of the titular character in the

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comedy-drama series ''

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'' (2016–2019) and also portrayed Martha Crawley in the ITV/

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series ''Vanity Fair'' (2018). In 2020, she played Diana Ingram in the ITV series ''

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''. For the second season of ''Fleabag'', Clifford won the

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for Best Female Comedy Performance, and received a

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nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series as well as a Critics' Choice nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Her theatre credits include ''

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'' at the

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, ''Pains of Youth'' at the National Theatre, and ''The Road to Mecca'' at the Arcola Theatre.

Early life

Clifford was born in

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on 7 April 1982, the daughter of an executive assistant mother and a father who works for the local council. She grew up in the London borough of Ealing. She has a sister, Natalie, who is an

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. Growing up, she knew she wanted to be an actress and participated in youth theatre. She worked for three years as a writing consultant before being accepted into

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(RADA). While attending RADA, she met her future co-star

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early on and they became friends. She earned a BA in acting from RADA in 2006.

Career

2006–2015: Early career and theatre

In the first ten years of her professional acting career, Clifford became a prolific

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actress. In her first few years out of drama school, she was involved with

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in which she was involved the productions ''Without Laughing'', ''Contraction'', and ''Listening Out''. In March 2007, she acted in the play ''Not the End of the World'' at the

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theatre. Her first notable performance was playing Ismene in the Nottingham Playhouse production of ''Burial at Thebes'' at the Barbican which premiered in September 2007. In Summer 2008, she acted in a play called ''The Pendulum'', written by her co-star

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, at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End, which ran for the month of June, and in the following month she took part in the annual Latitude Festival in the play ''Public Displays of Affection''. Clifford was in three theatre productions the next summer; in June she had a small role in a chamber opera titled ''Parthenogenesis'' at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio, she co-starred in the Arcola Theatre play ''The Road to Mecca'', and she toured with the production ''Is Everyone Okay?'' which co-starred future ''Fleabag'' castmate Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Throughout September 2010, Clifford starred in the well-reviewed experimental theatre piece ''Pieces of Vincent'' at the Arcola Theatre. For the rest of autumn 2010, she had a supporting role in the play ''Pains of Youth'' at the prestigious Royal National Theatre. Finishing out the year, Clifford held the titular role in an original production of ''

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'', also at the Royal National Theatre. The production ran throughout the Christmas season and was critically successful. In 2014, she was one of the stars of the Nottingham Playhouse's production of ''

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''. Also that year, she took part in ''Good. Clean. Fun.,'' a collection of short plays by Phoebe Waller-Bridge which included an early version of Clifford's ''Fleabag'' character Claire, as well as the Victorian-era play ''

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'' at the

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. During her career, Clifford has also participated in many workshops and readings for Off West End productions. She has often collaborated with DryWrite and Nabako theatre companies, theatre directors

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(DryWrite), Lynsey Turner (Royal National theatre, Theatre503) and Andrew Steggall, and writer/actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

2016–present: ''Fleabag'' and television

In 2016, Clifford had her breakthrough screen acting role in ''

'', as Claire, Fleabag's uptight older sister and character foil. Clifford was part of the cast of the play '' Gloria'', part of Hampstead Theatre's 2017 Season and the play's

premiere. In 2018, she had a recurring role in the ITV miniseries '' Vanity Fair'' and was in a production of ''

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'' in

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. Later that year she was part of the cast in the West End production of ''

'' at the

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. ''Fleabag'' returned in 2019 to huge fanfare. Clifford's performance in the show was widely praised and she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and the Critics' Choice Award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance. She later won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. Following the second series of ''Fleabag'', Clifford starred in more film and television roles. She had a small role in the independent dark comedy film '' A Serial Killer's Guide to Life'' in 2019. In 2020, Clifford had guest roles on the television shows ''Hitmen'' on Sky One and '' Liar''. She starred opposite Matthew Macfadyen in the April 2020 miniseries ''

'', based on the 2001

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'' scandal. Clifford later co-starred in the

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comedy series ''

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''. In May 2021, Clifford starred as Iris in the ''

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'' episode "Lip Service."

Personal life

Clifford is a

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and practises daily meditation. In 2016, she launched a digital wellness and meditation platform called Still Space.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clifford, Sian 1985 births Living people Best Female Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners English film actresses English television actresses