---
name: "Claire Sweeney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claire-sweeney"
fi1m_id: "claire-sweeney"
imdb_id: "nm0842104"
tmdb_id: 1220607
wikidata_id: "Q5125325"
roles: []
born: "17 April 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:59:09.975375+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."
---

# Claire Sweeney

## Identity

Claire Sweeney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/claire-sweeney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** claire-sweeney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0842104
- **TMDB ID:** 1220607
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5125325
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Sweeney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5125325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842104/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220607

Actor. Born 17 April 1971 in Liverpool, England.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 April 1971, Liverpool, England
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Sweeney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5125325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842104/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220607

## Biography

Claire Sweeney is an English actress, singer and television personality. Born on 17 April 1971 in Walton, Liverpool, she trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.

She is known for playing Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap *Brookside* from 1991 to 2003. Sweeney has also portrayed Cassie Plummer in *Coronation Street* since 2023. Other television credits include *Benidorm* (2018) and appearances as a panellist on *Loose Women* and as a presenter of *60 Minute Makeover*.

She has performed in West End and touring productions including *Chicago* (2001–2002) and released the album *Claire* in 2002. Sweeney appeared as herself on the Channel 4 series *Late Night Lycett* in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, comedy.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Late Night Lycett* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/late-night-lycett.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Good Ship Murder* (2023), series, as Beverley Carnell
- *Candy Cabs* (2011), series, as Amanda
- *Ten Mile Menu* (2010), series, Actor
- *Claire Sweeney - My Big Fat Diet* (2009), series, Actor
- *Benidorm* (2007), series, as Maxine — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/benidorm.md)
- *I'm Famous and Frightened!* (2004), series, Actor
- *RI:SE* (2002), series, Actor
- *Songs of Praise* (2001), series, Actor
- *Brookside: Friday the 13th* (1998), as Lindsey Corkhill
- *Brookside: The Lost Weekend* (1997), as Lindsey Corkhill
- *Brookside* (1982), series, as Lindsey Corkhill
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, as Cassie Plummer
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, as Cassie Plummer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Gallery

- ![Claire Sweeny portrait (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/6801119/gallery-e0a69d585012.png) Claire Sweeny portrait (2019) — Nicky Johnston, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Claire_Sweeny_portrait.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Claire Sweeney](https://film.one/media/person/6801119/gallery-bb23d4b8edc0.jpg) Claire Sweeney — San Sharma, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Claire_sweeney_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Claire Sweeney](https://film.one/media/person/6801119/gallery-d1b92f0634b0.jpg) Claire Sweeney — Image via TMDB

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