English actress, singer and presenter. She is arguably best known for playing the role of Lindsey Corkhill in UK soap opera, Brookside in the 90s and early 00s. In recent years she has become known for her appearances on Loose Women, Comic Relief, A Song for Europe and presenting 60 Minute Makeover. She released a music album called Claire in 2013.

Filmography

• The Good Ship Murder — Beverley Carnell
• Celebrity Catchphrase
• Candy Cabs — Amanda
• Ten Mile Menu
• Claire Sweeney - My Big Fat Diet
• Benidorm — Maxine
• Dancing on Ice
• Come Dine with Me
• I'm Famous and Frightened!
• The Terry and Gaby Show
• RI:SE
• Songs of Praise
• 1998Brookside: Friday the 13th — Lindsey Corkhill
• 1997Brookside: The Lost Weekend — Lindsey Corkhill
• Brookside — Lindsey Corkhill
• Emmerdale — Cassie Plummer
• Coronation Street — Cassie Plummer

Appearances as themselves (29)

• 2026Corriedale: Backstage Pass — Self
• Off Script... Coronation Street & Emmerdale — Self - Guest
• VE Day 80 — Self
• Drama Queens — Self
• 2024Strictly Come Dancing: 20 Fabulous Years — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Eurovision: Everyone's a Winner — Self
• 2023Gypsy Billionaire — Self
• Late Night Lycett — Self
• 2023When Comic Relief Did Big Brother — Self (archive footage)
• Celebrity Lingo — Self - Contestant
• 2018Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were — Self
• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Contestant
• Through the Keyhole — Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• 2010Gerard Kelly: A Celebration — Self
• Let's Dance for Comic Relief — Self - Contestant
• 2008Why I Love Celebrity Big Brother — Self
• Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover — Self - Presenter
• 2002There's Only One Paul McCartney — Self - Narrator
• Celebrity Big Brother — Self
• Richard & Judy — Self
• It's Only TV But I Like It — Self
• Loose Women — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Guest
• GMTV — Self
• This Morning — Self
• An Audience with... — Self