Tracey Childs
Tracey Childs (born 30 May 1963) is an English actress, known for playing Lynne Howard in the 1980s drama series "Howards' Way". Her other television roles include Marianne Dashwood in "Sense and Sensibility" (1981), Linda Cosgrove in "Born and Bred" (2002–05), Patty Cornwell in "Hollyoaks" (2003–04) and Elaine Jenkinson in "Broadchurch" (2013). Career. Born in London, Childs first on-screen role was in the "Upstairs, Downstairs" episode, "Wanted - a Good Home". She also appeared in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" as Rose Stanley, "Sense and Sensibility", "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and the 1982 "Bergerac" episode "A Perfect Recapture . She appeared as Pompeiian citizen Caecilius's wife Metella in The Fires of Pompeii", in the fourth series of the BBC's relaunched "Doctor Who". Childs was married to her "Howards' Way" co-star Tony Anholt, from 1990 to 1998 and toured with him, Marc Sinden and Gemma Craven in Noël Coward's "Private Lives" throughout 1991 and into 1992. She starred opposite Matthew Kelly in Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at the Trafalgar Studios in London in March 2009. In 2010 and 2012, she appeared in BBC One's afternoon drama series "Doctors". In 2013  she appeared in Series 1 of the ITV drama "Broadchurch" as Chief Superintendent Elaine Jenkinson, head of the Broadchurch police. Childs currently works as Executive Producer at the Mercury Theatre Colchester. Doctor Who audio plays. In October 2001, Childs appeared in the Big Finish Doctor Who audiobook "Colditz". This audiobook introduced Childs as the character of Klein. In the story, the Seventh Doctor and Ace are caught intruding in Colditz Castle in October 1944, where they meet Klein, a Nazi scientist. Childs then returned to the part of Klein a further three times: in January–March 2010, for a trilogy  of stories featuring the Seventh Doctor; in October 2012 for ""; and in July–September 2013 for another trilogy of tales. She reprised the role again in the story "Warlock's Cross", which was released in November 2018. Audio work. Audiobook performances for Big Finish Productions: