Christine Bottomley

Acting

Born April 27, 1979, Rochdale, County of Greater Manchester, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• 2025Misper — Pam Shade
• 2024Robin and the Hoods — Bridget
• The Wives — Annabelle Morgan
• 2023Typist Artist Pirate King — Joan
• Ridley — Katharine Penrose
• Sherwood — Rachel Crossley
• Domina — Scribonia
• The Nest — Zoe
• Back to Life — Mandy
• Flack — Sally Henderson
• 2018Funny Cow — Funny Calf's Mum
• 2018Peterloo — Female Reformer
• Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators — Rina Shrewsbury
• 2018Torvill & Dean — Mavis Dean
• 2017Cowboy Dave — Debbie
• The End of the F***ing World — Gwen
• Cucumber — Lynne
• In the Club — Vicky
• 2014Keeping Rosy — Sarah
• Undeniable — Emma Rawlins
• 2013Charlie Says — Liz
• Frankie
• Great Night Out — Julie
• 2013Out of Darkness
• 2012All in Good Time — Molly Batt
• Secrets and Words — Valerie King
• 2012Strawberry Fields — Emily
• DCI Banks — Katy Heath
• 2011Lost Christmas — Helen
• Vera — Lisa Strachan
• 2010The Arbor — Lisa Thompson
• 2010The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister — Ann Walker
• Hope Springs — Shoo Coggan
• Land Girls — Annie Barratt
• Moving On — Caroline
• 2008Hush — Beth
• Inspector George Gently — Terri Molloy
• Massive
• Survivors — Clare
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles — Kate
• The Palace
• Instinct — Milly
• 2007The Waiting Room — Fiona
• Simon Schama's Power of Art — Fillide
• The Innocence Project — Sarah Shawcross
• The Street — Yvonne O'Neill
• Torchwood — Maggie
• 2006Venus — Hospital Nurse
• Waterloo Road — Sam Drake
• Murder Prevention — Sally Brook
• Sea of Souls — Mary Dunbar
• 2004Sex, Footballers and Videotape
• Shameless — Zoe Wyatt
• Blue Murder — Mandy Breeley
• Early Doors — Melanie Dixon
• Grease Monkeys — Tracie
• Midsomer Murders — Blaze Leadbetter
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Christine Fitzgerald
• Silent Witness — Florence Clarke
• Heartbeat — Susie Ward
• The Bill