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Charlie Clemmow (born 31 July 1986) is an English actress. In 2009, Clemmow began portraying the role of
Imogen Hollins Imogen Hollins is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Charlie Clemmow. Before her first appearance, Imogen is mentioned by her on-screen mother Karen (Jan Pearson); Clemmow watched the episode and wrote a ...
in the
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soap opera '' Doctors''; she initially left the soap in 2012, later making a guest appearance in 2014. Clemmow had appeared in ''Doctors'' on a recurring basis since 2019. For her role as Imogen, she has received nominations at the
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, the
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and the ''Inside Soap'' Awards. Away from ''Doctors'', Clemmow has appeared in two films and voiced a character in a period drama podcast.


Life and career

Clemmow was brought up just outside of
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and was educated at
Bromsgrove School Bromsgrove School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, England. Founded in 1553, it is one of the oldest public schools in Britain, and one of the 14 founding members of the Headmaste ...
, the
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, and
Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...
. Clemmow spent two years writing over 100 letters to production companies and casting calls; she did not want to be represented by an agent as she wanted to see if she could book a role through her own means. She was watching an episode of the
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soap opera '' Doctors'' and noticed
Karen Hollins Karen Hollins (also Teale) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Jan Pearson. Introduced as a receptionist at the fictional Mill Health Centre, Karen was created by series producer Peter Eryl Lloyd as a ...
( Jan Pearson) mentioning an off-screen teenage daughter. She wrote to the BBC to ask if her daughter would appear and if they were casting for her, and after two letters and three emails, Clemmow was called for an audition for the role of Imogen. Whilst attending the audition, Clemmow had bleached white blonde hair, which she felt made her stand out against other auditionees. Despite being 23 at the time of securing the role, Clemmow continued to apply for teenage roles due to looking young for her age, and explained: "in my career it's an advantage, as I have more experience than teenage actresses going for those roles." Clemmow remained in the role for almost four years. In 2013, she portrayed the role of Anne Simpson in the television adaptation of ''
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'', a period drama and ghost story for
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. In 2014, Clemmow returned to ''Doctors'' for a guest appearance, to attend the wedding of her onscreen parents,
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( Chris Walker) and
Karen Hollins Karen Hollins (also Teale) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Jan Pearson. Introduced as a receptionist at the fictional Mill Health Centre, Karen was created by series producer Peter Eryl Lloyd as a ...
( Jan Pearson). Clemmow made a return to ''Doctors'' in 2019, with another guest appearance in 2020 and another temporary return in 2021. Also in 2021, Clemmow portrayed the role of Clementine Churchill in the period drama podcast ''What Did You Do in the War, Mama?''.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clemmow, Charlie 1986 births 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Warwickshire English film actresses English soap opera actresses English voice actresses Living people People educated at Bromsgrove School People from Leamington Spa