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Cathryn Bradshaw

ActorBorn January 13, 1964 (61 years)
Cathryn Bradshaw (born 13 January 1964, Blackpool) is an English actress known for her role in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

Cathryn Bradshaw was born in Blackpool in 1964 and brought up in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire where she attended Breck School. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, alongside Louise Plowright and Mark Strong, and graduated in 1987.

Bradshaw's first television role came in 1988 when she played the Princess in an episode of The Storyteller. The following year she appeared in an episode of Inspector Morse ("The Secret of Bay 5B") and in the 1989 comedy musical film, Bert Rigby, You're a Fool alongside Robert Lindsay and Robbie Coltrane.

Then in 1990, she played Melanie in the acclaimed BBC television drama Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit opposite Charlotte Coleman. She also appeared in four episodes of the ITV crime drama Chancer. She made a number of television appearances throughout the 1990s, In 1996, Bradshaw appeared at the National Theatre in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, and from 1997 to 1999 she was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company She has also appeared in Down to Earth and Midsomer Murders.

In 2003, she played Paula in romantic drama film, The Mother opposite Daniel Craig, and in 2004 she played Mary Webb in the BBC musical drama Blackpool. She appeared in two films in 2006. Firstly, the romantic comedy Venus, as Jillian. She appeared in the psychological thriller Like Minds as Helen Colbie. She played Margaret Littlefair in the satirical black comedy television series Suburban Shootout which aired on Five and Paramount Comedy in the United Kingdom. In 2007, she appeared in an episode of the BBC sitcom Lead Balloon.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Peep Show
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
  • Like Minds
  • Jim Henson's The Storyteller
  • The Last Detective
  • Boon

Known For

  • The Mother
  • Like Minds
  • Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
  • Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
  • Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
  • Suburban Shootout
  • The Tree with the Golden Apples

Filmography

2009
2009
2009
Red Riding (TV Series) · as Marjorie Dawson
2006
Lead Balloon (TV Series)
2006
Venus · as Jillian
2006
Like Minds · as Helen Colbie
2006
Suburban Shootout (TV Series) · as Margaret Littlefair
2005
The Golden Hour (TV Series) · as Beth Stanley
2004
Blackpool (TV Series) · as Mary Webb
2003
The Mother · as Paula
2003
Peep Show (TV Series) · as Dance Class Leader
2003
The Last Detective (TV Series) · as Vicky Kingwell
2000
Animated Tales of the World (TV Series) · as Marieke
2000
2000
Down to Earth (TV Series) · as Jude
1999
People Like Us (TV Series)
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Anne Marr
1994
A Skirt Through History (TV Series) · as Lady Maria Nugent
1990
Portrait of a Marriage (TV Series) · as Chambermaid
1990
Chancer (TV Series) · as Sonya Morris
1989
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (TV Series) · as Melanie
1989
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool · as Laurel Pennington
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Mary Drower
1987
Jim Henson's The Storyteller (TV Series) · as Princess
1987
Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Janice
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Monica Larwood
1986
Boon (TV Series) · as Meia
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as Anna Fox

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