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. 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 stor…
Movies & TV Shows
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014) — Secretary - Judith
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X-Men: First Class (2011) — Mrs. Xavier
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Outlander (2014) — Lady Louisa Dunsany
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A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) — Hillary
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Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — Violet Wilson
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Midsomer Murders (1997) — Wendy Smythe-Webster
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Beautiful Thing (1996) — Brewery Official
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Queen of the Desert (2015) — Aunt Lascelles
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Endeavour (2013) — Barbara Batten
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Call the Midwife (2012) — Pamela Dobson
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Des (2020) — Frances
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The Serpent Queen (2022) — Antoinette de Bourbon
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Lewis (2007) — Belinda Ashton
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Cracker (1993) — Clare Moody
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Ashes to Ashes (2008) — Elaine Downing
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The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) — Sister Helena
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Manhunt (2019) — Cathy Rook
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Casualty (1986) — Hannah Fleet
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A Touch of Frost (1992) — Helen Fox
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The Gold (2023) — Shirley
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New Tricks (2004) — Paula Symes
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Becoming Elizabeth (2022) — Joan Denny
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The Bill (1984)
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Code of Silence (2025) — Helen Redman
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Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999) — Suze Littlewood
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Crooked House (2008) — Mrs Glanville
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A Business Affair (1994) — Student
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Murder in Suburbia (2004) — Sally Taylor
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Bugs (1995)
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The Last Seduction II (1999) — Murphy
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Tu£sday (2008)
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Peak Practice (1993) — Leanda Sharpe
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) — Lady Suzanne Foulkes
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(All Quiet on the) Preston Front (1994) — Sara Polson
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Vital Signs (2006) — Maddy McCartney
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Daylight Robbery (1999) — Harriet Howell
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Tilly Trotter (1999) — Ellen Ross
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Take Me (2001)
- Sunnyside Farm (1997)
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Performance (1991) — Waitress