Cathryn Bradshaw

Biography

Cathryn Bradshaw (born 13 January 1964, Blackpool) is an English actress known for her role in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Cathryn Bradshaw was born in Blackpool in 1964 and brought up in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire where she attended Breck School. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, alongside Louise Plowright and Mark Strong, and graduated in 1987. Bradshaw's first television role came in 1988 when she played the Princess in an episode of The Storyteller. The following year she appeared in an episode of Inspector Morse ("The Secret of Bay 5B") and in the 1989 comedy musical film, Bert Rigby, You're a Fool alongside Robert Lindsay and Robbie Coltrane. Then in 1990, she played Melanie in the acclaimed BBC television drama Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit opposite Charlotte Coleman. She also appeared in four episodes of the ITV crime drama Chancer. She made a number of television appearances throughout the 1990s, In 1996, Bradshaw appeared at the National Theatre in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, and from 1997 to 1999 she was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company She has also appeared in Down to Earth and Midsomer Murd…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — Mary Drower
2. Peep Show (2003) — Dance Class Leader
3. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Anne Marr
4. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009) — Marjorie Dawson
5. The Storyteller (1988) — Princess
6. Venus (2006) — Jillian
7. Like Minds (2006) — Helen Colbie
8. Casualty (1986) — Monica Larwood
9. The Mother (2003) — Paula
10. Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (2009) — Various Characters
11. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990) — Melanie
12. Lead Balloon (2006)
13. People Like Us (1999)
14. Red Riding (2009) — Marjorie Dawson
15. Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) — Laurel Pennington
16. Black Daisies For The Bride (1993) — Young Kathleen
17. Willesden Confidential (2005) — Vicky Kingwell
18. The Storyteller: The Luck Child (1988) — Princess