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name: "Clare Higgins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clare-higgins"
fi1m_id: "clare-higgins"
imdb_id: "nm0383354"
tmdb_id: 45588
wikidata_id: "Q274616"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 November 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-23T13:10:01.162262+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."
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# Clare Higgins

## Identity

Clare Higgins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clare-higgins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clare-higgins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0383354
- **TMDB ID:** 45588
- **Wikidata ID:** Q274616
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Higgins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383354/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45588

Actor. Born 10 November 1955 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 November 1955, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
- **Active:** 1987–2019
- **Also known as:** کلر هیگینز
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Higgins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383354/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45588

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Witcher*](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md) (61)

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## Biography

Clare Higgins is an English actress. She was born Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins on 10 November 1955 in Bradford, Yorkshire, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

She is a three-time winner of the Olivier Award for Best Actress, for *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1995), *Vincent in Brixton* (2003) and *Hecuba* (2005). She made her Broadway debut in *Vincent in Brixton* and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play.

Higgins is known to film audiences for her role as Julia Cotton in *Hellraiser* (1987) and its sequel *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988). Her other screen credits include *The Golden Compass* (2007), *Downton Abbey* (2010), *Ready Player One* (2018) and the television series *Doctor Who* and *The Sandman*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Witcher* (2019), Fi1m 61, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

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

- *Gone* (2026), series, Actor
- *Dangerous Liaisons* (2022), series, as Madame Jericho
- *The Sandman* (2022), series, as Mad Hettie
- *Trying* (2020), series, as Bev
- *The Witcher* (2019), series, Writer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *The Convent* (2018), as Reverend Mother
- *The Bisexual* (2018), series, as Grace
- *Ready Player One* (2018), as Mrs. Gilmore
- *Liar* (2017), series, as Felicity Cassidy
- *The Worst Witch* (2017), series, as Miss Ada Cackle
- *Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor* (2013), as Ohila
- *Rogue* (2013), series, as Vivian
- *I Give It a Year* (2013), as Elaine
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Dinah Fortescue
- *A Fantastic Fear of Everything* (2012), as Clair De Grunwald
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Elaine Sidden — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Toast* (2010), as Mavis
- *National Theatre Live: Hamlet* (2010), as Gertrude
- *Downton Abbey* (2010), series, as Mrs. Bartlett — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/downton-abbey.md)
- *National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well* (2009), as Countess of Rosillion
- *Being Human* (2009), series, as Josie
- *The Curse of Steptoe* (2008), as Joan Littlewood
- *The Golden Compass* (2007), as Ma Coster
- *Cassandra's Dream* (2007), as Mother
- *The Stronger* (2007), as Mrs. X
- *Spring 1941* (2007), as Clara Planck
- *Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont* (2005), as Mrs. Meyer
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Ohila — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Casanova* (2005), series, as Cook
- *Bigger Than the Sky* (2005), as Edwina Walters
- *The Libertine* (2004), as Molly Luscombe
- *Stage Beauty* (2004), as Mistress Revels
- *Murder in Suburbia* (2004), series, as Helen Whittle
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Hazel — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Francis Kane
- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as Lesley Pattison
- *Vincent in Brixton* (2003), as Ursula Loyer
- *The House of Mirth* (2000), as Mrs. Bry
- *The Secret* (2000), series, as Maggie Hewitt
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence* (1999), as Edith Wharton
- *B. Monkey* (1999), as Ms. Cherry
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Gina Colby, Medea (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Small Faces* (1996), as Lorna Maclean
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as D.S. Farmer
- *The Absence of War* (1995), as Lindsay Fontaine
- *Thin Ice* (1995), as Fiona
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Susannah Dixon QC
- *Fatherland* (1994), as Klara
- *Men of the Month* (1994), as Fiona
- *Circles of Deceit* (1993), as Eilish
- *Bad Behavior* (1993), as Jessica Kennedy
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Maureen Bristow
- *After the War* (1989), series, as Rachel Lucas
- *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), as Julia Cotton
- *The Fruit Machine* (1988), as Eve
- *Hellraiser* (1987), as Julia
- *Up Line* (1987), as Fizzy Targett
- *Hideaway* (1986), series, Actor
- *Nineteen Nineteen* (1985), as Young Sophie
- *Cover Her Face* (1985), series, as Catherine Bowers
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Lindsey Fontaine, Fiona, Lorna Maclean
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Mitch* (1984), series, as Jo
- *The Citadel* (1983), series, as Christine Barlow
- *Plays for Pleasure* (1981), series, as Ann
- *Unity* (1981), as Annie MacFarlane
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1980), series, as Catherine 'Kitty' Bennet
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Annie MacFarlane

## Gallery

- ![Clare Higgins](https://film.one/media/person/95330/gallery-a6e01ceb7590.jpg) Clare Higgins — CelebHeights.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Clare_Higgins.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Clare Higgins](https://film.one/media/person/95330/gallery-aaa107b30412.jpg) Clare Higgins — Image via TMDB
- ![Clare Higgins](https://film.one/media/person/95330/gallery-c92096a8f300.jpg) Clare Higgins — Image via TMDB
- ![Clare Higgins](https://film.one/media/person/95330/gallery-048da46f3ac6.jpg) Clare Higgins — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress 2005: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress (won)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress 2003: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress (won)
- Theatre World Award 2003: Theatre World Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2003: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress 1995: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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