Claire Rushbrook

Claire Rushbrook (born 2nd January 1970 in  Hertfordshire) is an  English  film and  television actress best known for her lead and support roles in various episodic television series. ==Background ==

Rushbrook went to Fearnhill School in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, and then attended drama school. She worked mainly in theatre for around five years before moving into film and television. She guest starred in the episodes "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit" in Doctor Who and had supporting roles in films Secrets & Lies and Spice World. Her Doctor Who guest star status earned her a position in a Doctor Who celebrity edition of The Weakest Link but ended up being the fourth one voted off. She also appeared in the 2008 BBC comedy drama Mutual Friends and the 2009 ITV1 dramas Whitechapel and Collision, both alongside Phil Davis.

In 2008 she featured in a series of advertisements for the UK supermarket Sainsbury's. ==Filmography == ===Television ===

===Film ===
 * Casualty (1 episode, 1994) as Policewoman
 * Turning World (3 episodes, 1997) as Julia Garnett
 * Touching Evil (2 episodes, 1997) as Julie Carney
 * Spaced (1 episode, 1999) as Yolanda
 * The Sins (6 episodes, 2000) as Faith Blackwell
 * Linda Green (10 episodes, 2001-2002) as Michelle Fenton
 * The Stretford Wives (2002) as Elaine Massey Simmons
 * Family Business (1 episode, 2004) as Rachel Brooker
 * Richard & Judy (1 episode, 2004) as Herself
 * Carrie & Barry (2 episodes, 2004) as Carrie
 * Breakfast (1 episode, 2005) as Herself
 * Doctor Who (2 episodes, 2006) as Ida Scott
 * Afterlife (1 episode, 2006) as Jennifer
 * The Weakest Link (1 episode, 2007) as Herself
 * Inspector George Gently (1 episode, 2007) as Valerie Lister
 * Double Time (2007) as Sarah
 * Ashes to Ashes (1 episode, 2008) as Trixie Walsh
 * Mutual Friends (6 episodes, 2008) as Leigh Cato
 * New Tricks (1 episode, 2009) as Pamela Scott
 * Enid (2009) as Dorothy Richards
 * Collision (4 episodes, 2009) as Karen Donnelly
 * Lizzie and Sarah (2010) (TV) as Fiona
 * Whitechapel (6 episodes, 2009-2010) as Dr. Caroline Llewellyn
 * The Fades (4 episodes, 2011) as Meg
 * Great Expectations (2011) as Mrs. Joe
 * Mrs Biggs (2012) as Ruby Wright
 * My Mad Fat Diary (2013) as Mrs Earl


 * Secrets & Lies (1996) as Roxanne Purley
 * Under the Skin (1997) as Rose Kelly
 * Crocodile Snap (1997) as Mum
 * Spice World (1997) as Deborah
 * Plunkett & Macleane (1999) as Lady Estelle
 * Shiner (2000) as Ruth
 * Doctor Sleep (2002) as Grace
 * A Changed Man (2003)
 * I Am Bob (2007) as Barlady