Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 18, 1965
Place of Birth:
London, England
Training
Clare Perkins trained at the Rose Bruford College.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: Bacchae, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also on UK tour) and Welcome to Thebes
In London’s West End: Player Kings at Noël Coward
Other theatre includes: Wife of Willesden at Kiln; Fabulation, The House That Will Not Stand and How Long Is Never? Darfur – A Response at the Tricycle; Sweat at the Donmar; Mrs Dalloway at the Arcola; Emilia at Shakespeare’s Globe and in the West End; Genesis Inc. at Hampstead; The Immigrant at Hoxton Hall; Daisy Pulls It Off at Park Theatre; Three Mothers at Waterloo East; Primetime at the Royal Court and on UK tour; Roundelay at Southwark Playhouse; The Convert at the Gate; Removal Men at Hackney Yard; Play On and Little Revolution at the Almeida; How to Be Immortal for Penny Dreadful Theatre; and The Rover at Hampton Court Palace
TV
The Guest, Silo, The Outlaws, The Wheel of Time, Bodies, Suspicion, The Crown, Young Wallander, Flack, Damned, Run, EastEnders, Verbatim Riots, Clapham Junction and Talk to Me
Film
The One Hundred Nights of Hero, Embers, Kaleidoscope and Blacklands
Radio
The Unwelcome, Tommies, Miss You Still and The Winter House
(Published September 2025)
Source: National Theatre
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 Nights of Hero | Wilmot |
| 2025 | National Theatre Live: Bacchae | Vida |
| 2024 | Hard Times | Joan |
| 2023 | Love Without Walls | Faye the Hostel Manager |
| 2023 | Medusa Deluxe | Cleve |
| 2023 | Charlie's Freedom | Sarah |
| 2023 | Embers | Helen |
| 2022 | National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden | Alvita, The Wife of Willesden |
| 2021 | Censor | Anne |
| 2021 | Emilia | Emilia 3 |
| 2017 | Kaleidoscope | Launderette Assistant |
| 2011 | 7lives | Kids Mum (as Claire Perkins) |
| 2007 | Deadmeat | De Costa |
| 2006 | Shoot the Messenger | Mary Gibbs |
| 2006 | All In The Game | Mrs. Lamone |
| 2004 | Bullet Boy | Beverley |
| 1999 | Pig Heart Boy | Cathy Kelsey |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Hortense's Sister in Law |
| 1994 | Ladybird Ladybird | Jill |
| 1991 | Hallelujah Anyhow | Opal |
| 1990 | Chilling Out | Clare |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Silo | Carla McLain |
| 2023 | Bodies | Inspector Anderson |
| 2022 | Suspicion | Lydia Thompson |
| 2022 | I Hate You | Angela |
| 2021 | The Outlaws | Myrna |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time | Kerene Nagashi |
| 2019 | Flack | Shirelle |
| 2016 | The Crown | Social Worker |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Fabienne Jordan |
| 1999 | Pig Heart Boy | Cathy Kelsey |
| 1996 | My Wonderful Life | Bridget |