Carolyn Pickles
 | This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (January 2012) |
Carolyn Pickles | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 February 1952 Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1975–present |
Carolyn Pickles (born 8 February 1952) is an English actress who has appeared in West End theatre and on British television. She played Shelley Williams in the ITV series Emmerdale.
Life and career[]
Pickles was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire. She lives in north London. She is the daughter of the Circuit Judge James Pickles, a niece of actress Christina Pickles, and great-niece of Wilfred Pickles, the TV and radio personality.[1] Pickles grew up in and attended school in Halifax in Yorkshire's West Riding.[citation needed] She read drama at the University of Manchester, taking roles in a number of student productions including Narrow Road to the Deep North by Edward Bond, and the lead in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children.[citation needed] She joined the BBC's Radio Drama Company.[2]
Pickles played the lead role as Miss Bluebell in the BBC series of the same name, based on the career of Margaret Kelly Leibovici, in 1986.[citation needed] She also appeared in The Bill for two years as DCI Kim Reid, as Simone Trevelyan in May to December and in The Tales of Para Handy as Lady Catherine Ramsay. Pickles also appeared in the cult BBC children's educational drama series Through The Dragon's Eye. She was a leading character (12 episodes in 1982) in the TV series We'll Meet Again. Pickles has appeared in a number of films, including Roman Polanski's Tess (1979), Agatha (1979) and The Mirror Crack'd (1980).[3] In 1995 she played as Linda Livingstone in I Don't Speak English with Paolo Villaggio. Pickles appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 as the Muggle Studies teacher, Charity Burbage.
In 2011, Carolyn Pickles played Mrs Gulliver in Series 2 and 3 of Land Girls. In 2013, Pickles played journalist Maggie Radcliffe in the ITV drama Broadchurch. She appeared in all 3 series, from 2013–2017.
She has two daughters, one of whom is actress Lucy Pickles.
In 2018, Pickles recorded a two-part interview for The Bill Podcast celebrating her life and career.
References[]
- ^ Kay Mellor and Brian Blessed lined up for Halifax's Up North film and TV festival
- ^ "Radio and audio book companies", in Lloyd Trott, ed., Actors and Performers Yearbook 2016, pp. 353–354
- ^ "Carolyn Pickles". Royal National Theatre. Retrieved 26 May 2009.[dead link]
External links[]
- 1952 births
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
- English film actresses
- English soap opera actresses
- English television actresses
- Living people
- Actors from Wakefield
- Actresses from Yorkshire
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- English stage actresses