Clare Buckfield
| Clare Buckfield | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 April 1976 North London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Partner(s) | Declan Donnelly (1993–2003) |
Clare Buckfield (born 10 April 1976) is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Jenny Porter in the BBC sitcom 2point4 Children for most of the nineties and Natasha Stevens in the CBBC series Grange Hill.
From an early age both she and her identical twin sister Julie harboured ambitions to be actresses, leading their mother to hire her daughters an agent. As a result, Clare and Julie appeared in local productions and were offered modelling work.
A graduate of the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, Buckfield originally auditioned for the part of Natalie Stevens in BBC 1 teenage soap "Grange Hill". She lost out to her twin sister Julie who was auditioning for the part of Chrissy Mainwaring, but Clare eventually won the role of Natasha Stevens in 1992. She appeared in "Grange Hill" for two years. Clare and Julie competed again to replace Clare Woodgate as character Jenny Porter in 2point4children, but this time Clare got the part over Julie. Clare appeared in the series up until the year 1999, when the premature death of actor Gary Olsen in 2000 ensured this special millennium episode would be the last.
In 2003, Buckfield played the role of Sandy in Grease, opposite Noel Sullivan as Danny and Amanda-Jane Manning as Rizzo at The Jersey Opera House In 2004, Buckfield landed the role of Katy Bell in Steel River Blues, a programme intended to fill the void left by London's Burning on ITV1. The series was not re-commissioned beyond its initial seven-episode run.
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