Clare Holman
| Clare Holman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 January 1964 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Howard Davies (m. 2005–16) (his death) |
Clare Margaret Holman (born 12 January 1964) is an English actress. She portrayed forensic pathologist Dr. Laura Hobson in the television series Inspector Morse and Lewis from 1995 to 2015.
Holman started her acting career in the 1988 television film The Rainbow, based on the novel by D.H. Lawrence, directed by Stuart Burge.
In 1991, she played Iris Bentley, sister to Derek Bentley, played by Christopher Eccleston, in the film Let Him Have It, and in 1992, she voiced Juliet in the Shakespeare: The Animated Tales adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
She played Harper in the Royal National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America in November 1993. In 1995, Holman was cast as Dr Laura Hobson in the crime drama series Inspector Morse, where she continued to play her until 2000 when the series ended.
Holman was nominated for a 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1996 for her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. She appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders as two different characters. The episodes are entitled Country Matters (2002) and Ring Out Your Dead (2005).
In 2006, Holman reprised her role of Dr. Hobson in the series Lewis, which series ended in 2015. She appeared in all 42 episodes.
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