# Claire Rafferty (actress)

Claire Rafferty is a Northern Irish actress. She studied drama at Queen's University Belfast (2000 – 2003) followed by London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. 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 all series of Derry Girls.

## Critical review

Her work on the stage has received critical appreciation:
   There's concentrated acting from ... Claire Rafferty ...
   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.
   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, ...
   Yet it is the three witches, played by Carol Moore, Eleanor Methven and Claire Rafferty that are the most captivating members of the cast.
   Perhaps the most striking instance of this is Lady Macduff (Claire Rafferty)

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 2014 | The Woman in Black: Angel of Death | Clara | Tom Harper |
| 2016 | Banshee Betty | | Sam Brown |
| 2017 | Beast | News Reporter | Michael Pearce |
| 2018 | Here's Looking at You Kid | Miss Abbott | Michael Lennox |
| 2020 | Heaven Come In | Cara | Rebekah Davis |
| 2023 | The Last Rifleman | Vicky Tedjury | Terry Loane |
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 | 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 |
| 2015 | Fortitude | Anna | Sam Miller | |
| 2015 | Doctors | Ruth Anderton | Owen Brenman | Episode: "A Very Reverend Institution" |
| 2015 | Cuffs | Fiona Glendon | Kieron Hawkes | Episode 4 |
| 2015–2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Mrs Flynn | Benjamin Ross Alex Gabassi | Episodes: "Seeing Things""All the Lost Children""Not John Marlott""Seeing the Dead" |
| 2016 | Vera | Ellie Connock | Paul Gay | Episode: "The Sea Glass" |
| 2016 | Houdini and Doyle | Charlotte | Daniel O'Hara | Episode: "In Manus Dei" |
| 2016 | Banged Up Abroad | Tabitha Richie | Sam Brown | Episode: "Bogota Belly Bust" |
| 2017 | Silent Witness | Sarah Logan | David Richards | Episode: "Remembrance" |
| 2018–2022 | Derry Girls | Miss Mooney | Michael Lennox | 8 episodes |
| 2019 | Casualty | Maggie McKiernan | Daikin Marsh | Episode 34 |
| 2019 | The Feed | Claire Leabridge | Jill Robertson | Episode 6 |
| 2021 | Three Families | DC Fallon | Alex Kalymnios | 2 episodes |
Theatre :
| Date | Title | Author | Role | Director | Company / Theatre |
| 2003 | Redundant | Leo Butler | Lucy | Tanya Nash | Tinderbox |
| – | Living With Cancer | | Kelly | Alison McCrudden | Cancer Lifeline |
| 2007 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Juliet | John Link | LAMDA Linbury |
| 2007 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov | Yelena | Colin Cook | LAMDA Linbury |
| 2007 | Pericles | William Shakespeare & George Wilkins | Gower | Rodney Cottier | LAMDA Linbury |
| 2007 | Caucasian Chalk Circle | Bertolt Brecht | Mother In Law | John Baxter | LAMDA Linbury |
| 2008 | The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | Ranyevskaya | Jo Blatchley | LAMDA Linbury |
| 2008 | Mixed Up North | Robin Soans | Jen | Max Stafford-Clark | LAMDA Linbury |
| 2009 | Mixed Up North | Robin Soans | Maureen & Catherine | Max Stafford-Clark | Out 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 |
| 2010 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Brian Friel | Christina Mundy | Tamara Harvey | Birmingham Repertory |
| 2010–2011 | The Big Fellah | Richard Bean | Elizabeth | Max Stafford-Clark | Out 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 |
| 2012 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Third Witch & Lady Macduff | Lynne Parker | Lyric Theatre, Belfast |
| 2014 | Three Loose Teeth | Thomas McMullan | Various | Andrew Pritchard | BacksBroke Shakespeare in Shoreditch Festival |