Claire Benedict

Claire Benedict

Born: July 28, 1951
in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
Claire Benedict (born 28 July 1951) is a British actress known for her work in classical productions on the British stage, but best known for portraying the principal character Mma Ramotswe in the continuing radio adaptations of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. She won a Time Out Award for Best Performance for her portrayal of Sophia Adams in Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, directed by Maya Angelou.

Movies for Claire Benedict...

Royal Shakespeare Company: All's Well That Ends Well
Title: Royal Shakespeare Company: All's Well That Ends Well
Character: The Countess
Released: July 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Low-born Helena is convinced that she and the high-born Bertram are meant to be. Bertram does not, so he runs off to fight in the Italian wars with his "#bff" Parolles, where he meets Diana. The lopsided love triangle all comes crashing down when the two women meet and devise a diabolical plan.
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Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard III
Title: Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard III
Character: Duchess of York
Released: September 28, 2022
Type: Movie
Young Richard of Gloucester uses the chaos of the Wars of the Roses to begin his unscrupulous climb to power in this classic Shakespearean history of a king in the throes of jealousy and murder. Despite being manifestly unfit to govern, he overcomes each obstacle in his way to seize the crown, as King Richard III. But as those around him turn against him, and as his plans begin to unravel, where else can he turn as the Lancastrian opposition returns to drag the country into battle once more and put an end to Richard’s tyrannical rule. Richard III is a savagely comic analysis of the exercise of power, reminding us of the dangers of tyranny and our duty not to let it go unchecked.
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Jupiter Ascending
Title: Jupiter Ascending
Character: Bureaucrat
Released: February 4, 2015
Type: Movie
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
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Thorne: Scaredycat
Title: Thorne: Scaredycat
Character: Maeve Reynolds
Released: October 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, DI Thorne realizes two serial killers may be at work in a macabre partnership
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Title: Unforgiven
Character: Therapist
Released: January 12, 2009
Type: TV
Upon release from jail, a woman who was found guilty of murdering two police officers when she was a teenager who is determined to see her sister who was adopted.
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Title: Above Suspicion
Character: Mrs. Jenkins
Released: January 4, 2009
Type: TV
Above Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds, and features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC Anna Travis. The first series, Above Suspicion, was shown on the fourth and fifth of January 2009; the second series, Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia, was shown on the fourth, fifth and sixth of January 2010. The third series, Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent, was shown on the third, fourth and fifth of January 2011. The fourth series, Above Suspicion – Silent Scream was shown on the ninth, sixteenth and twenty-third of January 2012; in a break from the previous broadcasts, which were broadcast on consecutive days, this latest tale was serialised weekly. ITV cancelled Above Suspicion on May 28, 2012.
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Poppy Shakespeare
Title: Poppy Shakespeare
Character: Rosetta
Released: March 31, 2008
Type: Movie
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
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Title: Waking the Dead
Character: Lisbetta Barclay
Released: June 18, 2001
Type: TV
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Title: Waking the Dead
Character: Lisbetta
Released: June 18, 2001
Type: TV
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Felicia's Journey
Title: Felicia's Journey
Character: Mrs Calligary
Released: October 8, 1999
Type: Movie
Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.
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Seasick
Title: Seasick
Character: Cook Saba
Released: April 5, 1996
Type: Movie
Eco-terrorists attack a ship carrying toxic waste.