Claire Skinner

Biography

Claire Skinner is a British stage, film and television actress, best known for her role as the hapless mother Sue Brockman in the BBC sitcom "Outnumbered". Her film work includes the Mike Leigh productions "Life Is Sweet" and "Naked", "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Sleepy Hollow".

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Kitty Oswood

The One Show

Self

Inspector Morse

Girl Pupil

Moving On

Mary Ann

Lark Rise to Candleford

Inside No. 9

Angela

Ted Lasso

Dr. Rogers

Agatha Christie's Marple

Amy Murgatroyd

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy	Magda
2025	The Trial	Dione Sinclair
2024	The Critic	Mary Brooke
2024	Outnumbered Christmas Special	Sue Brockman
2021	Boxing Day	Auntie Caroline
2017	Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
2016	Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016	Sue Brockman
2012	Shoot Me!	Claire
2012	The Sick Party	Sue Brockman
2011	Eliminate: Archie Cookson	Camilla
2011	Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe	Madge Arwell
2011	The Broken Santa	Sue Brockman
2009	The Robbers	Sue Brockman
2007	You Can Choose Your Friends	Jane Arden
2007	The Trial of Tony Blair	Nicky
2007	When Did You Last See Your Father?	Gillian
2005	Class of '76	Dr. Kate Tremaine
2004	Strings	Jhinna (voice)
2003	Eroica	Josephine Deym
2003	The Booze Cruise	Leonie Sewell
2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	Magda
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Beth Killian
1999	You're Dead...	Jo
1999	The Escort	Patricia
1995	Clockwork Mice	Fairy
1995	I.D.	Marie
1994	Two Golden Balls	Linda
1994	The Return of the Native	Thomasin
1993	Naked	Sandra
1990	Life Is Sweet	Natalie
1989	The Rachel Papers	Gloria
	Isabel	Mary

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Coma	Beth
2022	The Chelsea Detective	Charlotte Twist
2021	Murder, They Hope	Kerry
2020	Ted Lasso	Dr. Rogers
2020	McDonald & Dodds	Chief Superintendent Mary Ormond
2020	The Pale Horse	Yvonne Tuckerson
2018	Next of Kin	DCI Vivien Barnes
2018	Vanity Fair	Louise Sedley
2016	Power Monkeys	Sara
2015	Critical	Lorraine Rappaport
2014	Inside No. 9	Angela
2009	Trinity	Dr. Angela Donne
2009	Moving On	Mary Ann
2008	Lark Rise to Candleford
2008	Sense and Sensibility	Fanny Dashwood
2007	Outnumbered	Sue
2007	Kingdom	Brenda Collins
2006	The Family Man
2006	The One Show	Self
2005	Class of '76	Dr. Kate Tremaine
2004	Life Begins	Clare
2004	The Genius of Mozart	Nannerl Mozart
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Amy Murgatroyd
2003	Trevor's World of Sport	Meryl
2003	The Booze Cruise	Leone Sewell
2001	Murphy's Law
2001	Perfect Strangers	Rebecca
2001	Bedtime	Sarah Newcombe
2000	Second Sight	Catherine Tully
1997	The Peter Principle	Susan Harvey
1997	A Dance to the Music of Time	Jean
1997	Brass Eye	Mrs Wastrey
1997	The Wingless Bird	Agnes Conway
1997	Midsomer Murders	Kitty Oswood
1997	Brass Eye	Helly Melvick
1997	Brass Eye	Board Member/Martha O'Dennell
1995	Coogan's Run
1993	Chef	Lucinda
1988	South Of The Border	Laura
1987	Inspector Morse	Girl Pupil
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Thomasin