Lucie Shorthouse

Lucy Richenda Shorthouse is an English actress. She won a WhatsOnStage Award for her performance in Everybody's Talking About Jamie. On television, she is known for her roles in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts (2021–2024) and the BBC series Henpocalypse! and Rebus (2024).

Early life and education Lucy Richenda Shorthouse was born in the Nuneaton and Bedworth area of Warwickshire and grew up in Tamworth, Staffordshire. Her family had moved to England from Kenya.

Shorthouse attended the Polesworth School. Growing up, she took classes at the Wendy Morton Academy of Dance in Atherstone.

She went on to graduate from Selwyn College, Cambridge in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Drama. At university, she was a member of Footlights. She then trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts until 2015.

Career After appearing on stage in productions such as The House of in Between at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and Roller Diner at the Soho Theatre, Shorthouse originated the role of Pritti Pasha in the coming-of-age musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Sheffield Crucible in 2017, a role she would reprise for its West End run at the Apollo Theatre. For her performance, Shorthouse won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. The following year, she began playing band manager Momtaz in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts.

Shorthouse returned to the Sheffield Crucible in 2021 and 2022 for Talent and Rock / Paper / Scissors respectively. She also appeared in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore at the Charing Cross Theatre.

In 2023, Shorthouse led the BBC Two comedy Henpocalypse! as Zara opposite Callie Cooke. She also made a guest appearance in the ITVX true crime series The Long Shadow.

She has a leading role as DC Siobhan Clarke in the 2024 BBC Scotland series Rebus opposite Richard Rankin.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2015, 2018 Doctors Helen Cloverfield / Brittany Chambers 2 episodes 2017 Line of Duty Melanie Episode: "In the Trap" 2019 Cleaning Up Jade 1 episode 2020–2021 Bulletproof Paige Pennington Main role (series 2–3) 2021–2024 We Are Lady Parts Momtaz Main role 2021 Echoes (short film)Jen Main role 2022 Ten Percent Alissa Sawalha 1 episode 2023 Henpocalypse! Zara Main role 2023 The Long Shadow Cindy Thornbury 1 episode 2024 Rebus DC Siobhan ClarkeMain Role 2025 Midsomer Murders Chloe Gillan Episode: "Lawn of the Dead"

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2016 The House of in Between Dev Theatre Royal Stratford East 2017 Roller Diner Chantal Soho Theatre, London 2017 Everybody's Talking About Jamie Pritti Pasha Crucible Theatre, Sheffield / Apollo Theatre, London 2021 Talent Julie Crucible Theatre, Sheffield 2022 Rock / Paper / Scissors Zara Crucible Theatre, Sheffield 2022 The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Frances Black Charing Cross Theatre, London

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2018 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie H100 Awards Rising Star The Stage Debut Awards Best West End Debut Everybody's Talking About Jamie