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Clare Holman

Clare has had a thirty‐year career in theatre, film and TV. She is best known for her role as Dr Laura Hobson in Inspector Morse  and Lewis. More recently she was in The Little Drummer Girl for BBC One, Midsomer Murders for ITV, the Netflix series Cursed, and Sherwood, also for BBC One. She was nominated for an Olivier for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and her performances at the National Theatre include Angels in America and The Crucible, and at the RSC Two Gentleman of Verona and Measure for Measure. Other TV work has been very diverse, notably The Lakes, and Henry VIII with Ray Winston. Clare’s  film career includes Let Him Have It with Christopher Eccleston, Suite Française with Kristen Scott Thomas, and Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio. Her latest film, Censor, with Niamh Algar, is playing at the Sundance Festival. Clare teaches drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, directs (Doctors, Holby City), and writes.