Claire_Rafferty_(actress)

Claire Rafferty (actress)

Claire Rafferty (actress)

Northern Irish actress

Claire Rafferty is a Northern Irish actress.[1][2] She studied drama at Queen's University Belfast (2000 – 2003) followed by London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[3] 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.

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Critical review

Her work on the stage has received critical appreciation:

There's concentrated acting from ... Claire Rafferty ...

— Lynne Walker, The Independent [4]
reviewing Mixed Up North

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.

— Carl Williams, musicOMH[5]
reviewing Dancing at Lughnasa

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, ...

— Kate Bassett, The Independent[6]
reviewing The Big Fellah

Yet it is the three witches, played by Carol Moore, Eleanor Methven and Claire Rafferty that are the most captivating members of the cast.

— Romano Mullin, The Gown[7]
reviewing Macbeth

Perhaps the most striking instance of this is Lady Macduff (Claire Rafferty)

— Laura Campbell, Cahiers Élisabéthains[8]
reviewing Macbeth

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    Anthony Neeson (15 March 2013). "Prime time role for West [Belfast] actress". Andersonstown News.
  2. [2]
    Claire Rafferty at Ulster Actors
  3. [3]
    Graduates of Queen's University Belfast
  4. [4]
    Mixed Up North, Octagon Theatre, Bolton – Lynne Walker, The Independent, 7 October 2009
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    Dancing at Lughnasa @ Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham – Carl Williams, musicOMH
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    The Big Fellah, Lyric Hammersmith, London – Kate Bassett, The Independent, 3 October 2010
  7. [7]
    Theatre Review: Macbeth at the Lyric Theatre – Romano Mullin, The Gown, 29 October 2012
  8. [8]
    Macbeth, directed by Lynne Parker, The Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Laura Campbell, Cahiers Élisabéthains 83 (Spring 2013), pages 37-40
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    The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – Junaid Ali Malik, Creative Venture
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    BBC – Shetland – Series 1
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 1
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 2
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 3
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 5
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 2, Episode 6
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 2
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 3
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 4
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    BBC – The Fall – Series 3, Episode 5
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    BBC – Doctors – Series 17, Episode 94 – A Very Reverend Institution
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    BBC – Cuffs – Episode 4
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    Garn's Guides for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Animated TV shows
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    BBC – Silent Witness – Series 20 – Remembrance
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    BBC – Casualty – Series 33, Episode 34
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    Mixed Up North – Out of Joint Theatre Company
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    Mixed Up North – David Chadderton, British Theatre Guide
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    Mixed Up North – Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide
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    Theatre: Director Tamara Harvey is Dancing at Lughnasa at Birmingham Rep – Birmingham Live, 12 Feb 2010
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    The Big Fellah – Out of Joint Theatre Company
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    Richard Bean: The Big Fellah, Lyric Hammersmith, London – Michael Billington, The Guardian, 27 Sep 2010
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    First Lyric production of Shakespeare on new stage – Lyric Theatre, 1 September 2012
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    Macbeth by William Shakespeare – Lisa Fitzpatrick, Irish Theatre Magazine, 25 October 2012
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    The Scottish Play gets an Ulster twist at Lyric – Grania McFadden, Belfast Telegraph, 25 October 2012
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    Macbeth Lyric Theatre, Belfast – Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 2 Nov 2012
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    Shakespeare in Shoreditch: Three Loose Teeth – YouTube
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