Claire Goose (born 10 February 1975) is a British actress. She played Tina Seabrook, a

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's ''

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'', DS Mel Silver in '' Waking the Dead'', and Sergeant (later Inspector) Rachel Weston in ITV's ''

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''. She also narrated the last two series of '' Road Wars'' for digital satellite channel

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in 2009 and 2010. In 2015 she took the part of the leading character in

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's series '' The Coroner''.

Early life

Born in

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, Goose was raised in

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, 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

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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. 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

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women's body spray. She became well known during the late 1990s as nurse Tina Seabrook in ''

''. From August 2008, she played Sergeant, later Inspector Rachel Weston in ITV's ''

''. In 2011 she appeared in BBC1 drama '' Exile'' with John Simm, and in 2015 appeared in the fourth series of '' Death in Paradise''. From 2015 she starred as the titular character in the

daytime drama '' The Coroner'', set in the fictional coastal town of Lighthaven in

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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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goose, Claire 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