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Beth Goddard
Actor

Beth Goddard

31 Mar 1969Born
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London, England Birthplace

Biography

Elizabeth Jane "Beth" Goddard (born 1969) is a British actress. She grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex and attended Clacton County High School and the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Kent, from 1986 to 1989. She met her husband, Philip Glenister, best known for his role as Gene Hunt in TV drama Life on Mars, at a birthday party of Jamie Glover in 1997. They married in 2006. The couple have two daughters, Millie and Charlotte, born in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Goddard played Belinda Ashton in the ITV detective drama Lewis, broadcast in March 2008. Goddard also starred as Suze Littlewood in the comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme.

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She appeared alongside her husband in the third series of BBC One drama Ashes to Ashes. In this episode the couple shared an on screen kiss. One of her first television roles was as unscrupulous yellow journalist Clare Moody in a 1994 episode of the ITV drama Cracker. Her character was involved in reporting on the crimes committed by serial killer Albie Kinsella (Robert Carlyle), who targeted her for supposedly writing the controversial TRUTH page about the Hillsborough disaster and showing no remorse for it, even continuing to use fabricated information to print stories for more profit. Albie ultimately killed her character with a letter bomb

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Filmography

  1. 2025Code of SilenceSeries: Helen Redman (6 episodes)
  2. 2023The GoldSeries: Shirley (3 episodes)
  3. 2022The Serpent QueenSeries: Antoinette de Bourbon (8 episodes)
  4. 2022Becoming ElizabethSeries: Joan Denny (1 episode)
  5. 2020DesSeries: Frances (1 episode)
  6. 2019ManhuntSeries: Cathy Rook (4 episodes)
  7. 2016A Street Cat Named BobFilm: Hillary
  8. 2015Queen of the DesertFilm: Aunt Lascelles
  9. 2014OutlanderSeries: Lady Louisa Dunsany (1 episode)
  10. 2014Edge of TomorrowFilm: Secretary - Judith
  11. 2013EndeavourSeries: Barbara Batten (1 episode)
  12. 2012Call the MidwifeSeries: Pamela Dobson (1 episode)
  13. 2011X-Men: First ClassFilm: Mrs. Xavier
  14. 2008Crooked HouseSeries: Mrs Glanville (1 episode)
  15. 2008Tu£sdayFilm: Helen
  16. 2008Ashes to AshesSeries: Elaine Downing (1 episode)
  17. 2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresSeries: Sister Helena (2 episodes)
  18. 2007The Dead Peasants SocietyFilm: Claire Symmons
  19. 2007LewisSeries: Belinda Ashton (1 episode)
  20. 2006Vital SignsSeries: Maddy McCartney (4 episodes)
  21. 2004Frances TuesdaySeries: Bishop (2 episodes)
  22. 2004Murder in SuburbiaSeries: Sally Taylor (1 episode)
  23. 2004New TricksSeries: Paula Symes (1 episode)
  24. 2003The Eustace Bros.Series: Melissa Garvey (6 episodes)
  25. 2001According to BerylFilm: Queenie
  26. 2001Take MeSeries (6 episodes)
  27. 1999Daylight RobberySeries: Harriet Howell (8 episodes)
  28. 1999Big Bad WorldSeries (16 episodes)
  29. 1999The Last Seduction IIFilm: Murphy
  30. 1999The Scarlet PimpernelSeries: Lady Suzanne Foulkes (6 episodes)
  31. 1999Gimme Gimme GimmeSeries: Suze Littlewood (14 episodes)
  32. 1999Tilly TrotterSeries: Ellen Ross (2 episodes)
  33. 1997Sunnyside FarmSeries (6 episodes)
  34. 1997Midsomer MurdersSeries: Wendy Smythe-Webster, Selina Stanton (1 episode)
  35. 1996Beautiful ThingFilm: Brewery Official
  36. 1996EllingtonSeries: Kelly Logan (7 episodes)
  37. 1995Degrees of ErrorSeries: Anna Peirce (4 episodes)
  38. 1995The Perfect MatchFilm: Mandy
  39. 1995BugsSeries (1 episode)
  40. 1994Low Level PanicFilm: Celia
  41. 1994A Business AffairFilm: Student
  42. 1994(All Quiet on the) Preston FrontSeries: Sara Polson (2 episodes)
  43. 1993CrackerSeries: Clare Moody (3 episodes)
  44. 1993Peak PracticeSeries: Leanda Sharpe (6 episodes)
  45. 1992A Touch of FrostSeries: Helen Fox (2 episodes)
  46. 1991Top GirlsFilm: Waitress / Kit / Shona
  47. 1991PerformanceSeries: Waitress (1 episode)
  48. 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries: Violet Wilson, Sister Agnieszka (1 episode)
  49. 1986CasualtySeries: Hannah Fleet (1 episode)
  50. 1984The BillSeries (1 episode)

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