# Beth Goddard

Elizabeth Jane Goddard (born 31 March 1969) is a British actress known for her role as Suze Littlewood in the BBC comedy series Gimme Gimme Gimme.

## Early life

Goddard grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, and attended Clacton County High School and the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Greater London, from 1986 to 1989.

## Career

One of Goddard's first television roles was as unscrupulous journalist Clare Moody in the 1994 episode "To Be a Somebody" of the ITV drama Cracker. She played Belinda Ashton in the ITV detective drama Lewis in 2008, and also starred as Suze Littlewood in the comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme. Goddard appeared alongside her husband Philip Glenister in the third series of BBC One drama Ashes to Ashes in 2010.

## Personal life

Goddard met her husband, Philip Glenister, best known for his role as Gene Hunt in TV drama Life on Mars, at a birthday party for Jamie Glover in 1997. They married in 2006. The couple have two daughters, Millie and Charlotte, born in 2002 and 2005 respectively.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Student | |
| 1996 | Beautiful Thing | Brewery Official | |
| 1999 | The Last Seduction II | Murphy | |
| 2008 | Tu£sday | The Office / Helen | |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Mrs. Xavier | |
| 2013 | Black Dog | Sue | Short film |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | Secretary / Judith | |
| 2015 | Queen of the Desert | Aunt Lascelles | |
| 2016 | A Street Cat Named Bob | Hilary | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | The Bill | Jenny Clerk | Episode: "Six of One" |
| 1991 | Performance | Waitress / Kit / Shona | Episode: "Top Girls" |
| 1993 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Violet Wilson | Episode: "The Case of the Missing Will" |
| 1993 | Spender | Sally Prince | Episode: "Best Friends" |
| 1993 | The Bill | Susan Crossley | Episode: "Soft Touch" |
| 1993–1995 | Peak Practice | Leanda Sharpe | 7 episodes |
| 1994 | Stages | Celia | Episode: "Low Level Panic" |
| 1994 | Cracker | Clare Moody | 3 episodes: "To Be a Somebody: Parts 1–3" |
| 1995 | All Quiet on the Preston Front | Sara Polson | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Moving Story | Emma | Episode: "Superstition" |
| 1995 | The Perfect Match | Mandy | Television film |
| 1995 | Degrees of Error | Anna Peirce | 4 episodes |
| 1995 | Medics | Dr. Jill Collier | 2 episodes: "Living and Lying" and "Love Lies Bleeding" |
| 1996 | Roger Roger | Melanie | Television film (Pilot) |
| 1996 | Karaoke | Woman on Phone | Mini-series, Episode: "Tuesday" |
| 1996 | Ellington | Kelly Logan | 6 episodes |
| 1996 | Bugs | Cassandra Newmann | 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Julie | Episode: "George's Car" |
| 1997 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mirabel Davenport | Episode: "Thornapple" |
| 1997 | Sunnyside Farm | Wendy | 6 episodes |
| 1998 | Roger Roger | Mel | Episode: "Some Get the Magic, Some Get the Tragic" |
| 1999 | Tilly Trotter | Ellen Ross | Mini-series, 2 episodes |
| 1999 | People Like Us | | Episode: "The Head Teacher" |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Suzanne De Tourney / Lady Suzanne Ffoulkes | 3 episodes |
| 1999–2000 | A Touch of Frost | Helen Fox | 2 episodes: "Line of Fire: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1999–2001 | Big Bad World | Kath Shand | 16 episodes |
| 1999–2001 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | Suze Littlewood | 14 episodes |
| 2000 | Daylight Robbery | Harriet Howell | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | Take Me | Kay Chambers | Mini-series, 6 episodes |
| 2001 | Arena | Queenie | Documentary. Episode: "According to Beryl" |
| 2003 | Midsomer Murders | Wendy Smythe-Webster | Episode: "A Tale of Two Hamlets" |
| 2003 | The Eustace Bros. | Melissa Garvey | 6 episodes |
| 2004 | Murder in Suburbia | Sally Taylor | Episode: "A Good Deal of Attention" |
| 2004 | Frances Tuesday | Bishop | Television film |
| 2006 | Vital Signs | Maddy McCartney | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | The Last Detective | Claire Symmons | Episode: "The Dead Peasants Society" |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Sister Helena | 2 episodes: "Eye of the Gorgon: Parts One & Two" |
| 2008 | Lewis | Belinda Ashton | Episode: "The Great and the Good" |
| 2008 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sister Agnieszka | Episode: "Appointment with Death" |
| 2008 | Crooked House | Mrs. Glanville | Mini-series, 2 episodes: "The Wainscoting" and "Omnibus" |
| 2010 | Ashes to Ashes | Elaine Downing | Episode: #3.2 |
| 2010 | New Tricks | Paula Symes | Episode: "It Smells of Books" |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Selina Stanton | Episode: "Dark Secrets" |
| 2011 | Casualty | Hannah Fleet | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Mad Dogs | Nina | Episode: #4.1 |
| 2014 | The Smoke | Dolly | Mini-series, Episode: #1.4 |
| 2014 | Endeavour | Barbara Batten | Episode: "Trove" |
| 2015 | Silent Witness | Trish Fallon | 2 episodes: "One of Our Own: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 2015 | Cucumber | Claire Baxter | Mini-series, Episode: #1.5 |
| 2017 | Outlander | Lady Louisa Dunsany | Episode: "Of Lost Things" |
| 2018 | Call the Midwife | Pamela Dobson | Episode: #7.5 |
| 2020 | Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures | Sally (voice) | Episode: "Operation Hellfire" |
| 2020 | Des | Frances | Mini-series, Episode: #1.1 |
| 2021 | Manhunt | DS Cathy Rook | 4 episodes: "The Night Stalker: Parts 1–4" |
| 2022 | Becoming Elizabeth | Joan Denny | Episode: "Lighten Our Darkness" |
| 2022 | Doc Martin | Helen Parsons | Episode: "Love Will Set You Free" |
| 2022 | The Serpent Queen | Antoinette de Guise | 5 episodes |