Clare Michelle Calbraith (born 1 January 1974) is an English actress, born in Winsford,[1] Cheshire, and raised in Liverpool and Cheshire, whose appearances include roles in Vera, the ITV period drama series Home Fires and Downton Abbey, together with the BBC2 drama The Shadow Line.
[2][3] Calbraith has appeared in many other television series including Vera,DCI Banks, Silent Witness, Casualty, Holby City, The Bill, 55 Degrees North and as Dr Tricia Summerbee in Heartbeat.
She joined Coronation Street in 2005 for a short time to play Robyn, girlfriend of Martin Platt.
In 2007, she guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio dramas Urban Myths and Son of the Dragon.
In 2011, she played Laura Gabriel in the BBC TV series, The Shadow Line.