Claire Slater

Claire Slater
Claire Slater
Born 4 February 1984 (1984-02-04) (age 27)
Occupation actor
Years active 1990-present

Claire Slater (born 4 February 1984) is a British actress. She attended Hertfordshire schools St. Francis' College in Letchworth Garden City and the Knights Templar School in Baldock. In 2005 Slater completed a three year Musical Theatre Diploma course at Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom.[1]

Slater started her acting career in 1990 while still a schoolgirl with an appearance in the thriller The Laughter of God (called Married to Murder in the USA) which starred Peter Firth and Amanda Donohoe. In 1992 she also appeared in the TV film An Ungentlemanly Act, which starred Ian Richardson and Rosemary Leach.[2]

Other TV appearances include roles in The Children of the New Forest in 1998 and the series Is Harry on the Boat? in 2002, but she is probably best known for playing Martha Cratchit in the 1999 version of A Christmas Carol, in which she appeared with Patrick Stewart, Joel Grey and Richard E. Grant.

More recently, in 2006 Slater appeared in ITV's popular series Heartbeat.[2]

References

  1. ^ "NEWS ARCHIVE (OLD NEWS) - updated 02/02/05". St Francis' College. Archived from the original on 2007-11-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20071105065558/http://www.st-francis.herts.sch.uk/sfoga/sfoga_arch.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  2. ^ a b [1] Slater on the Internet Movies Database

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