---
name: "Cathryn Bradshaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cathryn-bradshaw"
fi1m_id: "cathryn-bradshaw"
imdb_id: "nm0103473"
tmdb_id: 75063
wikidata_id: "Q5053356"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T19:38:06.709753+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cathryn Bradshaw

## Identity

Cathryn Bradshaw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cathryn-bradshaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cathryn-bradshaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm0103473
- **TMDB ID:** 75063
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5053356
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathryn_Bradshaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5053356, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103473/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75063

Actor. Born 13 January 1964 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 January 1964, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1988–2009
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 2000s 76 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathryn_Bradshaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5053356, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103473/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75063

## Biography

Cathryn Bradshaw is an English actress. She was born on 13 January 1964 in Blackpool, Lancashire, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 1987.

Her television roles include the Princess in an episode of *The Storyteller* (1988), Melanie in the BBC drama *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* (1990), and appearances in series such as *Agatha Christie's Poirot*, *Midsomer Murders* and *Casualty*. Film credits include Paula in *The Mother* (2003) and Jillian in *Venus* (2006). She has also worked in theatre, including productions at the National Theatre and as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1997 to 1999.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Marjorie Dawson — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Venus* (2006), Fi1m 72, as Jillian — [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *The Storyteller* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Princess — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974* (2009), as Marjorie Dawson
- *Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle* (2009), series, as Various Characters
- *Red Riding* (2009), series, as Marjorie Dawson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Lead Balloon* (2006), series, Actor
- *Venus* (2006), as Jillian — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *Like Minds* (2006), as Helen Colbie
- *Willesden Confidential* (2005), as Vicky Kingwell
- *The Mother* (2003), as Paula
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Dance Class Leader — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *People Like Us* (1999), series, Actor
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Anne Marr — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Black Daisies For The Bride* (1993), as Young Kathleen
- *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* (1990), series, as Melanie
- *Bert Rigby, You're a Fool* (1989), as Laurel Pennington
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Mary Drower
- *The Storyteller: The Luck Child* (1988), as Princess
- *The Storyteller* (1988), series, as Princess — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Monica Larwood

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