---
name: "Clare Grogan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clare-grogan"
fi1m_id: "clare-grogan"
imdb_id: "nm0342931"
tmdb_id: 97889
wikidata_id: "Q1095301"
roles: []
born: "17 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:02:07.301152+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."
---

# Clare Grogan

## Identity

Clare Grogan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clare-grogan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clare-grogan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0342931
- **TMDB ID:** 97889
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1095301
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Grogan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1095301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97889

Actor. Born 17 March 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 March 1962, Glasgow, Scotland
- **Active:** 1986–1995
- **Also known as:** C.P. Grogan
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 89 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Grogan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1095301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97889

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Father Ted*](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md) (89)

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## Biography

Clare Grogan, also credited as C.P. Grogan, is a Scottish actress and singer. Born Claire Patricia Grogan on 17 March 1962 in Glasgow, she began her career as the lead singer of the new wave band Altered Images in the early 1980s.

Her breakthrough acting role came in Bill Forsyth's *Gregory's Girl* (1981) as Susan. She later appeared as Kristine Kochanski in the first two series of *Red Dwarf* (1988), Charlotte in *Comfort and Joy* (1984), and Niamh Connolly in the *Father Ted* episode 'Rock a Hula Ted' (1996). Other television credits include *Skins* (2011–2012) and *EastEnders* (1997–1998).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Father Ted* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Niamh Connolly — [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), Fi1m 88, as Kochanski — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *7 Miles Out* (2026), as Pamela Ryan
- *My Old School* (2022), as Mrs. Ogg (voice)
- *Lost at Christmas* (2020), as Anna
- *Delirium* (2017), as Myriam
- *The Wee Man* (2013), as Jenny Ferris
- *Forgiven* (2007), as Conference Chair
- *Wedding Belles* (2007), as Customer Hair Salon
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Shelley McGuinness — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *The Penalty King* (2006), as Sandra Reeves
- *Legit* (2006), series, Actor
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Sandra Gordon
- *Sea of Souls* (2004), series, as Cathy
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Maw
- *Jilting Joe* (1998), as Maggie
- *Father Ted* (1995), series, as Niamh Connolly — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Relax* (1993), Actor
- *The Wreck on the Highway* (1990), as Anne
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, as Kochanski — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, as Anne
- *The Monocled Mutineer* (1986), series, Actor
- *Comfort and Joy* (1984), as Charlotte
- *Taggart* (1983), series, Actor
- *Gregory's Girl* (1980), as Susan

## Gallery

- ![Clare Grogan at 80s Rock Southampton (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/60262/gallery-b80c0f40f066.jpg) Clare Grogan at 80s Rock Southampton (2014) — MouldyHants, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Clare_Grogan_-_Altered_Images_2014.jpg/1280px-Clare_Grogan_-_Altered_Images_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Clare Grogan at 80s Rock Southampton (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/60262/gallery-6b3d8051d66a.jpg) Clare Grogan at 80s Rock Southampton (2014) — MouldyHants, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Clare_Grogan_-_Altered_Images_July_2014.jpg/1280px-Clare_Grogan_-_Altered_Images_July_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Clare Grogan at 80s Rock Southampton (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/60262/gallery-ee89810c5678.jpg) Clare Grogan at 80s Rock Southampton (2014) — MouldyHants, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Clare_Grogan_-_Altered_Images.jpg/1280px-Clare_Grogan_-_Altered_Images.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Clare Grogan](https://film.one/media/person/60262/gallery-c1027ddf68f7.jpg) Clare Grogan — Paul Munkenbeck, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Clare_Grogan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Clare Grogan](https://film.one/media/person/60262/gallery-80ae98e4d45a.jpg) Clare Grogan — Image via TMDB

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