Portrait of Clare Higgins

Acting

Clare Higgins

Career

Active from 1983 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Clare Higgins Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.4, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.7, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Forbidden Romance 2
  • Dark Secrets 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 72
Gone
Gone (2026)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Carol Bradley

Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Madame Jericho

The Sandman
The Sandman (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Mad Hettie

Trying
Trying (2020)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Bev

2010s

20 titles ยท average score 65
The Convent
The Convent (2018)
GoodWatch score 30

as Reverend Mother

Ready Player One
Ready Player One (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mrs. Gilmore

The Worst Witch
The Worst Witch (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Miss Ada Cackle

Liar
Liar (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Felicity Cassidy

Into the Badlands
Into the Badlands (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Ankara

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013)
GoodWatch score 82

as Ohila

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Dinah Fortescue

Rogue
Rogue (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Vivian

A Fantastic Fear of Everything
A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)
GoodWatch score 41

as Clair De Grunwald

Homefront
Homefront (2012)

TV show ยท as Paula Raveley

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Elaine Sidden

Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Mrs. Bartlett

2000s

22 titles ยท average score 61
Being Human
Being Human (2009)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Josie

The Curse of Steptoe
The Curse of Steptoe (2008)
GoodWatch score 66

as Joan Littlewood

Spring 1941
Spring 1941 (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

as Clara Planck

The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass (2007)
GoodWatch score 52

as Ma Coster

The Stronger
The Stronger (2007)

as Mrs. X

Cassandra's Dream
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mother

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Ohila

Bigger Than the Sky
Bigger Than the Sky (2005)
GoodWatch score 40

as Edwina Walters

Shameless
Shameless (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Hazel

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Francis Kane

The Libertine
The Libertine (2004)
GoodWatch score 50

as Molly Luscombe

The Secret
The Secret (2000)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Maggie Hewitt

1990s

16 titles ยท average score 69
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Edith Wharton

Holby City
Holby City (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Susannah Harris

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Medea (voice) / Gina Colby

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as D.S. Farmer / Professor Katherine Dukes

Small Faces
Small Faces (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

as Lorna Maclean

Thin Ice
Thin Ice (1995)

as Fiona

Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Susannah Dixon QC

The Absence of War
The Absence of War (1995)

as Lindsay Fontaine

Men of the Month
Men of the Month (1994)

as Fiona

Circles of Deceit
Circles of Deceit (1993)

as Eilish

Bad Behavior
Bad Behavior (1993)
GoodWatch score 74

as Jessica Kennedy

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Maureen Bristow

1980s

19 titles ยท average score 66
After the War
After the War (1989)

TV show ยท as Rachel Lucas

Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
GoodWatch score 55

as Julia Cotton

The Fruit Machine
The Fruit Machine (1988)
GoodWatch score 61

as Eve

Hellraiser
Hellraiser (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

as Julia

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Brenda Tunnell

Boon
Boon (1986)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Christine Pryall

EastEnders
EastEnders (1985)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Hazel Warren

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Lindsey Fontaine / Lorna Maclean

Nineteen Nineteen
Nineteen Nineteen (1985)

as Young Sophie

Mitch
Mitch (1984)

TV show ยท as Jo

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Judy Ryan

The Citadel
The Citadel (1983)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Christine Barlow

1970s

1 title
Playhouse
Playhouse (1974)

TV show ยท as Annie MacFarlane