Claire Rafferty (actress)

Claire Rafferty is a Northern Irish actress.[1] [2] She studied Drama at Queen's University Belfast (2000 – 2003) followed by London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[3] On television, she played Anna Haldane in the first series of Shetland, Detective Constable Christine Larkin in The Fall series 2 and 3, Tabitha Richie (lead role) in Banged Up Abroad: Bogota Belly Bust, and deputy headmistress Miss Mooney in both series of Derry Girls.

Claire Rafferty
Born
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Critical review

Her work on the stage has received critical appreciation:

There's concentrated acting from ... Claire Rafferty ...

— Lynne Walker, The Independent [4]
reviewing Mixed Up North

The love-stricken Christine, who is played by a glowing Claire Rafferty, sparkles when on stage with Daniel Hawsford, who plays Michaels father, and the two produce some of the production’s most genuinely charming moments.

— Carl Williams, musicOMH [5]
reviewing Dancing at Lughnasa

The Big Fellah should also be enthralling given its quota of dark humour, undercover agents, internecine rivalries and courts martial. Yet, strangely, the end result is a damp squib, in spite of fine ensemble playing from Rory Keenan, Claire Rafferty, ...

— Kate Bassett, The Independent [6]
reviewing The Big Fellah

Yet it is the three witches, played by Carol Moore, Eleanor Methven and Claire Rafferty that are the most captivating members of the cast.

— Romano Mullin, The Gown [7]
reviewing Macbeth

Perhaps the most striking instance of this is Lady Macduff (Claire Rafferty)

— Laura Campbell, Cahiers Élisabéthains [8]
reviewing Macbeth

Roles
Film
YearTitleRoleDirector
2014The Woman in Black: Angel of Death [9]ClaraTom Harper
2016Banshee BettySam Brown
2017BeastNews ReporterMichael Pearce
2018Here's Looking at You KidMiss AbbottMichael Lennox
2020Heaven Come InCaraRebekah Davis
Television
Date Title Role Director Notes
2012 The Bletchley Circle Emily Dixon Andy de Emmony Episode: "Cracking a Killer's Code, Part 1"
2013 Shetland [10] Anna Haldane Peter Hoar Episode: "Red Bones" (2 parts)
2013 Misfits Hayley Lewis Arnold Episode 5.6
2014–2016 The Fall DC Christine Larkin Allan Cubitt 9 episodes [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
2015 Fortitude Anna Sam Miller
2015 Doctors [20] Ruth Anderton Owen Brenman Episode: "A Very Reverend Institution"
2015 Cuffs [21] Fiona Glendon Kieron Hawkes Episode 4
2015–2017 The Frankenstein Chronicles Mrs Flynn Benjamin Ross
Alex Gabassi		 Episodes:
2016 Vera Ellie Connock Paul Gay Episode: "The Sea Glass"
2016 Houdini and Doyle [22] Charlotte Daniel O'Hara Episode: "In Manus Dei"
2016 Banged Up Abroad Tabitha Richie Sam Brown Episode: "Bogota Belly Bust"
2017 Silent Witness [23] Sarah Logan David Richards Episode: "Remembrance"
2018–2019 Derry Girls Miss Mooney Michael Lennox 5 episodes
2019 Casualty [24] Maggie McKiernan Daikin Marsh Episode 34
2019 The Feed Claire Leabridge Jill Robertson Episode 6
Theatre
DateTitleAuthorRoleDirectorCompany / Theatre
2003RedundantLeo ButlerLucyTanya NashTinderbox
– Living With CancerKellyAlison McCruddenCancer Lifeline
2007Romeo and JulietWilliam ShakespeareJulietJohn LinkLAMDA
Linbury
2007Uncle VanyaAnton ChekhovYelenaColin CookLAMDA
Linbury
2007PericlesWilliam Shakespeare & George WilkinsGowerRodney CottierLAMDA
Linbury
2007Caucasian Chalk CircleBertolt BrechtMother In LawJohn BaxterLAMDA
Linbury
2008The Cherry OrchardAnton ChekhovRanyevskayaJo BlatchleyLAMDA
Linbury
2008Mixed Up NorthRobin SoansJenMax Stafford-ClarkLAMDA
Linbury
2009Mixed Up North [25] [4]carl will [26] [27]Robin SoansMaureen & CatherineMax Stafford-ClarkOut of Joint & Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Tour
20099Octagon Theatre, Bolton
2009Royal Theatre, Northampton
2009Curve, Leicester
2009Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
2009Stonyhurst College, Clitheroe
2009Bolton Lads and Girls Club
2009Bolton Sixth Form College
2009Turton School, Bolton
2009The ACE Centre, Nelson
2009The Dukes, Lancaster
2009Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
2009Wilton's Music Hall, London
2010Dancing at Lughnasa [28] [5]Brian FrielChristina MundyTamara HarveyBirmingham Repertory
2010–2011The Big Fellah [29] [6] [30]Richard BeanElizabethMax Stafford-ClarkOut of Joint
Tour
2010Corn Exchange, Newbury
2010Royal & Derngate, Northampton
2010Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
2010Lyric Hammersmith, London
2010Oxford Playhouse
2010Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
2010York Theatre Royal
2010Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2011Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
2011Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork
2011Liverpool Playhouse
2011Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne
2012Macbeth [31] [7] [8] [32] [33] [34]William ShakespeareThird Witch &
Lady Macduff		Lynne ParkerLyric Theatre, Belfast
2014Three Loose Teeth [35]Thomas McMullanVariousAndrew PritchardBacksBroke
Shakespeare in Shoreditch Festival

References
  1. Prime time role for West [Belfast] actress – Anthony Neeson, Andersonstown News, 15 March 2013
  2. Claire Rafferty at Ulster Actors
  3. Graduates of Queen's University Belfast
  4. Mixed Up North, Octagon Theatre, Bolton – Lynne Walker, The Independent, 7 October 2009
  5. Dancing at Lughnasa @ Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham – Carl Williams, musicOMH
  6. The Big Fellah, Lyric Hammersmith, London – Kate Bassett, The Independent, 3 October 2010
  7. Theatre Review: Macbeth at the Lyric Theatre – Romano Mullin, The Gown, 29 October 2012
  8. Macbeth, directed by Lynne Parker, The Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Laura Campbell, Cahiers Élisabéthains 83 (Spring 2013), pages 37-40
  9. The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – Junaid Ali Malik, Creative Venture
  10. BBC – Shetland – Series 1
  11. BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 1
  12. BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 2
  13. BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 3
  14. BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 5
  15. BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 6
  16. BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 2
  17. BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 3
  18. BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 4
  19. BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 5
  20. BBC – Doctors – Series 17, Episode 94 – A Very Reverend Institution
  21. BBC – Cuffs – Episode 4
  22. Garn's Guides for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Animated TV shows
  23. BBC – Silent Witness – Series 20 – Remembrance
  24. BBC – Casualty – Series 33, Episode 34
  25. Mixed Up North – Out of Joint Theatre Company
  26. Mixed Up North – David Chadderton, British Theatre Guide
  27. Mixed Up North – Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide
  28. Theatre: Director Tamara Harvey is Dancing at Lughnasa at Birmingham Rep – Birmingham Live, 12 Feb 2010
  29. The Big Fellah – Out of Joint Theatre Company
  30. Richard Bean: The Big Fellah, Lyric Hammersmith, London – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 27 Sep 2010
  31. First Lyric production of Shakespeare on new stage – Lyric Theatre, 1 September 2012
  32. Macbeth by William Shakespeare – Lisa Fitzpatrick, Irish Theatre Magazine, 25 October 2012
  33. The Scottish Play gets an Ulster twist at Lyric – Grania McFadden, Belfast Telegraph, 25 October 2012
  34. Macbeth Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 2 Nov 2012
  35. Shakespeare in Shoreditch: Three Loose Teeth – YouTube


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