# Charlotte Ritchie

Charlotte Ritchie (born 29 August 1989) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Alison Cooper in Ghosts, Oregon in Fresh Meat, Hannah in Siblings, Alison in Dead Pixels, Barbara Gilbert in the BBC drama Call the Midwife, George in Feel Good and Kate Galvin in You. She was a member of the classical crossover group All Angels.

## Early life

Ritchie was born in Clapham, London, on 29 August 1989. She was educated at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, and joined Youth Music Theatre UK and its production of Red Hunter in 2005. She gained a degree in English and drama at the University of Bristol while filming Fresh Meat in her final year.

## Career

In 2004, Ritchie played a lead role in a short film entitled The Open Doors with Michael Sheen. She appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She also appeared in The Pierglass at the Young Pleasance Theatre in August 2006 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Ritchie performed with All Angels in an episode of Emmerdale. She also played Emily Owen, a neighbour in the BBC's Life of Riley.
From 2011 to 2016, Ritchie portrayed Oregon in the Channel 4 comedy series Fresh Meat.
She stars alongside Tom Stourton in the BBC Three sitcom Siblings, which was first broadcast in summer 2014, and she appeared as a guest panellist in the same year on 8 Out of 10 Cats.
From 2015 to 2018, she played Nurse Barbara Gilbert (later Hereward) in the popular period drama Call the Midwife.
In 2016, she appeared in the UK production of Noël Coward's Private Lives, playing the role of Sibyl Chase.
On New Years Day 2019, Ritchie had the guest starring role of Lin in the Doctor Who episode "Resolution".
From 2019 to 2023, she played Alison, alongside Kiell Smith-Bynoe as Mike, in Ghosts, a BBC sitcom about a young couple who inherit a haunted estate. In 2019, she appeared in Dead Pixels, also playing a character named Alison.
She additionally played George in the Channel 4 series Feel Good, co-starring with Mae Martin. The series was released on Netflix in 2020.
Ritchie was a contestant on series 11 of Taskmaster, which was broadcast on Channel 4 in March to May 2021. She has since been a guest on several episodes of the official Taskmaster podcast.
In 2022, Ritchie joined the cast as a series regular on season 4 of You.
In 2023, Ritchie appeared in the music video for "The Blades" by the alternative rock band Squid.
Ritchie also briefly appeared in the 2023 film Wonka as Barbara.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | The Open Doors | Vera | |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Student | Uncredited extra |
| 2013 | Benny & Jolene | | |
| 2014 | The Portrait | Eva Burrell | Short film |
| 2016 | Time Traveller's Support Group | Lina | Short film |
| 2018 | Careful How You Go | | Short film |
| 2018 | Man of the Hour | Gemma | Short film |
| 2018 | MatchBox | Imogen | Short film |
| 2019 | Capital | Charlotte Quince-Wheatley | Short film |
| 2021 | REPEAT | Emily Moore | |
| 2023 | Wonka | Barbara | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Life of Riley | Emily Owen | |
| 2011–2016 | Fresh Meat | Melissa "Oregon" Shawcross | Main role; 30 episodes |
| 2012 | Doctors | Becky Foley | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | This Thing Called Love | Alice Barber | |
| 2014–2016 | Siblings | Hannah | Main cast |
| 2015–2018 | Call the Midwife | Nurse Barbara Gilbert | Main role: series 4–7 |
| 2016 | Drunk History UK | Self (drunk storyteller) | 1 episode S2 E5 |
| 2016 | Raised by Wolves | Ruby | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man for Sport Relief | Narrator | |
| 2019 | Doctor Who | Lin | 1 episode: "Resolution" |
| 2019 | Death in Paradise | Iris Shephard | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Stath Lets Flats | Harriet | 1 episode |
| 2019–2023 | Ghosts | Alison Cooper | Main role; 34 episodes |
| 2019–2021 | Dead Pixels | Alison | Main role; 12 episodes |
| 2020 | McDonald & Dodds | Sgt Irene Ross | 1 episode |
| 2020 | The Other One | Kitty | 1 episode |
| 2020–2021 | Feel Good | George | Main role; 12 episodes |
| 2021 | Taskmaster | Contestant | Series 11 |
| 2022–2024 | Grantchester | Bonnie Evans/Bonnie Davenport | Series 7–9 |
| 2023–present | You | Kate Galvin | Main role; seasons 4–5 |
| 2023 | Partygate | Helen MacNamara | TV docudrama |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014–2016 | Dreamfall Chapters | Zoë Castillo (voice) | Main role |
| 2021 | Bravely Default II | Gloria (voice) | |