Claudie Blakley (born 4 January 1974) is an English actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1998, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in The Seagull at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. She is best known for her role as Emma Timmins in the BBC drama series Lark Rise to Candleford. Other notable roles include Mabel Nesbitt in Robert Altman's Oscar-winning Gosford Park and Charlotte Lucas in Joe Wright's 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice. In the autumn of 2007, she was seen in the BBC serial Cranford as Martha. In 2010, Blakley played the role of Cynthia Lennon in the BBC television production of Lennon Naked, a drama based on the period in the life of John Lennon from the years 1964 to 1971. In 2013, she appeared in the premiere of the play Chimerica.

Filmography

• Man vs Baby — Jess
• 2023A Moral Man — Helen
• Man vs Bee — Jess
• 2022The House — Penelope (voice)
• 2022The Nan Movie — Carolyn
• 2020Do No Harm — Beth
• Flesh and Blood — Helen
• Manhunt — Louise Sutton
• 2019The Kid Who Would Be King — Riding Instructor
• Grantchester — Agatha Redmond
• The Driver — Rosalind McKee
• Father Brown — Mrs. Devine
• What Remains — Patricia
• Call the Midwife — Susan Robbins
• 2012National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors — Adriana
• 2012Words of the Titanic — Elizabeth Shutes, Reader
• Death in Paradise — Cara Smart
• 2011National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard — Varya
• 2011The Night Watch — Nancy Carmichael
• 2010Lennon Naked — Cynthia Lennon
• The Nativity — Anna
• 2009Bright Star — Maria Dilke
• Lark Rise to Candleford — Emma Timmins
• Cranford — Martha
• Fallen Angel — Sally
• 2006Fear of Fanny — Nicky
• 2006London to Brighton — Tracey (as Claudie Blakely)
• 2006Severance — Jill
• Vital Signs — Jules Chapman
• 2005Dirty Filthy Love — Kathy
• 2005Pride & Prejudice — Charlotte Lucas
• He Knew He Was Right — Camilla French
• 2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGill — Deirdre
• 2002The Cat's Meow — Didi
• 2001Gosford Park — Mabel Nesbitt
• 2001The War Bride — Rosie
• 2000A Christmas Carol — Ellie
• Never Never — Jo's friend in club
• An Unsuitable Job for a Woman — Kirsty
• Midsomer Murders — Claire Asher
• Touching Evil — Mo Morrison

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2002The Making of Gosford Park — Self (uncredited)