Christine Bottomley
Known For
Acting
Born
1979-04-27 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Biography
Christine Bottomley (born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, 27 April 1979) is a British actress. She is best known for her regular roles as Melanie in the BBC comedy series Early Doors and Susie Ward in Heartbeat. Born in Rochdale, she went on to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, before taking her first role in an episode of Eastenders. Other film and television work has included Holby City, Shameless and as Yvonne O'Neill in The Street. Bottomley recently appeared in the eighth episode of the second series of Torchwood, "A Day in the Death". She appears in comedy series Massive on BBC Three and the BBC One drama Hope Springs and also a BBC drama: Land Girls. She has starred in a 2009 film, entitled Hush.
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Blaze Leadbetter
Vera
as Lisa Strachan
Silent Witness
as Florence Clarke
Heartbeat
as Susie Ward
Shameless
as Zoe Wyatt
Torchwood
as Maggie
The Bill
Waterloo Road
as Sam Drake
Domina
as Scribonia
The End of the F***ing World
as Gwen
Inspector George Gently
as Terri Molloy
Dalziel & Pascoe
Moving On
as Caroline
Funny Cow
as Funny Calf's Mum
DCI Banks
as Katy Heath
Sherwood
as Rachel Crossley
Back to Life
as Mandy
The Street
as Yvonne O'Neill
Flack
as Sally Henderson
Ridley
as Katharine Penrose