English actress (born 1972)
Claire Louise Price (born 4 July 1972) is an English actress. Her stage credits are extensive, her film and television credits include "The Whistle-Blower" (2001), "Midsomer Murders episode "Tainted Fruit" (2001), "Agatha Christie's Poirot" episode "The Hollow" (2004), "Rosemary and Thyme" (2004), "Rebus" (2006-2007), "Dalziel and Pascoe" (2006), "The Coroner" (2015), "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2015), and "Home Fires" (2015-2016), and "The Capture" (2022).
Life and career.
Price was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Her parents, John Price and Andree Evans, also acted. Her grandfather was the Worcestershire cricketer John Price. Her nephew is actor Charlie Rowe.
She is known for her portrayal as DS Siobhan Clarke in the TV drama "Rebus" (2006-2007) broadcast on the ITV network. She played opposite Ken Stott (DI John Rebus) in the adaptations of the Inspector Rebus novels by Scottish author Ian Rankin. In 2015, Price also played the role of Miriam Brindsley in ITV's World War II TV series "Home Fires" (2015-2016). Her parents, John Price and Andree Evans, were also actors.
Previous television work include one-episode roles in many other long-running crime drama series including "London's Burning", "The Knock", "Dalziel and Pascoe", "Rosemary and Thyme", "Apparitions", "Doctors", "Agatha Christie's Poirot The Hollow", "Midsomer Murders Tainted Fruit","Murder in Mind", "The Whistle-Blower", "The Outcast", "Capital", and "The Coroner". 
Price has also worked in classical theatre. She played Olivia in the 2003 multi-cultural adaptation of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" at Liverpool Playhouse. Her other Shakespearean roles have included Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Sheffield Crucible, Miranda in "The Tempest" at the Old Vic, and Rosalind in "As You Like It" at Manchester Royal Exchange. At the Royal National Theatre, she played Berinthia in "The Relapse" (2001) and Roxanne in "Cyrano de Bergerac" (2004).
In 2008, she played Ellida in "Lady from the Sea" at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and in 2009 she took the roles of Amanda in "Private Lives" at the Hampstead Theatre, Queen Elizabeth I in "Mary Stuart" at Theatr Clwyd, directed by Terry Hands, and as a journalist in "The Power of Yes" at the National Theatre.
In 2009, she appeared in "The First Domino" at Brighton Festival Fringe.
She had a supporting role in "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2015). 
Price played the lead role of Petruchia in the RSC's staging of The Taming of the Shrew at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Honours and awards.
Price won the award for 'Best Supporting Performance' at the 2011 UK Theatre Awards for her role in The Pride at the Crucible in Sheffield. She won Best Actress for her role as Alice in 'Jump' at The British Independent Film Festival 2012
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