Catherine McCormack

Catherine Jane McCormack (born 3 April 1972) Her mother died of lupus when McCormack was six years old and her steelworker father subsequently raised her and her brother Stephen. She was brought up as Roman Catholic and attended the Convent of Our Lady of Providence. She went on to study at the Oxford School of Drama.

Career Film McCormack's screen debut was as the lead in the film Loaded (1994), directed by Anna Campion. McCormack subsequently stated that she had a "miserable time with the director.... It was my first film job, I needed to be mollycoddled, I needed to be helped through it, and I wasn't. Mostly, it was a horrible experience."

Theatre McCormack has shown a preference in her career for the theatre, McCormack was one of the original 2006 London cast of Patrick Barlow's play of The 39 Steps. In 2008, she performed the role of Nora in A Doll's House, directed by Peter Hall at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and also the role of Isabel Archer in a stage adaptation of The Portrait of a Lady, both of which commenced their runs in July 2008, ending in August, before transferring to the Rose Theatre in Kingston later that year.

In 2009, she appeared in the British tour of Headlong's adaptation of Six Characters in Search of an Author. In 2012, she starred as Juana Inés de la Cruz in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Helen Edmundson's play The Heresy of Love.

Personal life As of 2009, McCormack was living with her boyfriend in Richmond.

Acting credits Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 Wycliffe Asenath Gardner Episode: "The Scapegoat" 1997 Deacon Brodie Annie Grant TV film 1999 Love in the 21st Century Fay Episode: "Reproduction" 2001 Armadillo Flavia Main cast, miniseries 2003 Broken Morning Kathy TV film 2004 Gunpowder, Treason & Plot Elizabeth I TV film 2005 Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore Kathleen Tynan TV film2006 Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes Elizabeth David TV film Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Poppaea Sabina Episode: "Nero" 2008 Midnight Man Alice Ross Main cast, miniseries 2011 Lights Out Theresa Leary Main cast 2013 Lucan Veronica Main cast, miniseries 2015 Life in Squares Virginia Woolf Main cast, miniseries 2016 Sherlock Lady Carmichael Episode "The Abominable Bride" 2017 Genius Marija Ružić–Marić Recurring role (season 1) 2018 Women on the Verge Claire 4 episodes 2019–2021 Temple Beth Milton Main cast 2022 Slow Horses Alex Tropper Recurring role (series 2) 2023 The Witcher Anika Episode: "Reunion" 2025 Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Jane Swire 2026 A Thousand Blows Sophie Lyons Series 2

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