Clare McGlinn
Acting
Biography
Clare is the third child of a big Irish family raised in Manchester, North West Uk. With a background of singing, dancing and general entertaining, it seemed a natural decision to pursue her love of the performing arts and train to be an actress. As Clare herself jokingly states "Everyone acts & entertains in my family. Just lucky to get paid for it". After graduating from Bretton Hall College of Performing Arts, she started out training adult special needs groups in drama and directing youth groups at Bradford Playhouse Theatre until she eventually made the transition to professional actress. Her major break was as the irascible Pc. Natalie Metcalfe in the award winning drama "The Cops" produced by the legendary Tony Garnett of "Cathy Come Home"; "Kes", "This Life". Since then her career has gone from strength to strength, she has constantly tried to maintain a balance through her roles reflecting her commitment to both screen and stage and is enjoying terrifying herself with many a wordy stage script to test her opening night nerves.
Known For
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006, and concluding its original run on 9 March 2015. It was recommissioned in 2021, and resumed starting 9 January 2023. At the failing comprehensive school, and later academy of the same name, the professional and personal lives of the students and staff are examined. Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
Waterloo Road
A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.
Life on Mars
A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God's love.
Apostasy
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
The Royal
Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.
The Bad Mother's Handbook
'Eddie' Ahmed is waiting to be interviewed for a new job. The interview is for a job he never even applied for but Human Resources seem to know what they're doing.