Biography
Christine Bottomley (born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, 27 April 1979) is a British actress. She is best known for her regular roles as Melanie in the BBC comedy series Early Doors and Susie Ward in Heartbeat. Born in Rochdale, she went on to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, before taking her first role in an episode of Eastenders. Other film and television work has included Holby City, Shameless and as Yvonne O'Neill in The Street. Bottomley recently appeared in th...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Robin and the Hoods
2024
as Bridget
For tenacious 11-year-old Robin and her loyal band of friends 'The Hoods', the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magica...
Typist Artist Pirate King
2023
as Joan
In a last-ditch mission to get recognition for her talent, Audrey Amiss (Monica Dolan) persuades her psychiatric nurse, Sandra Panza (Kelly Macdonald)...
Torvill & Dean
2018
as Mavis Dean
Biopic of the British ice dancers and British, European, Olympic and World champions, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
Peterloo
2018
as Female Reformer
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Mancheste...
Funny Cow
2018
as Funny Calf's Mum
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's wor...
Cowboy Dave
2017
as Debbie
A young boy's life is changed by a chance encounter with an out-of-luck musician. When a gang of local criminals turns up, the day takes an unexpected...
Keeping Rosy
2014
as Sarah
A woman becomes enraged after being passed over for a promotion at her job.
Out of Darkness
2013
A unique story told by nine different actors which explores the haunting of a conscience by lost souls that won't let go.
Strawberry Fields
2012
as Emily
Strawberry Fields is the story of two sisters who both like the same man but in different ways and is a bold and inventive melodrama that offers a dis...
All in Good Time
2012
as Molly Batt
East Is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another funny, tender-hearted portrait of family strife. Based on his popular play Rafta, Rafta (itself...
Lost Christmas
2011
as Helen
An Urban Fairy Tale set in Manchester. A story of how a series of tragic events, that blight a young boy's life on Christmas Eve, take him on a journe...
The Arbor
2010
as Lisa Thompson
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 1...
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010
as Ann Walker
A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with ...
Hush
2008
as Beth
A young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver when they see something disturbing in the back of his ...
The Waiting Room
2007
as Fiona
Two complete strangers, ANNA and STEPHEN, are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits for his wife on a station platform. Their fateful...
Venus
2006
as Hospital Nurse
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and p...
Sex, Footballers and Videotape
2004
Sex, Footballers and Videotape depicts the footballing world full of licentious behaviour involving drug-taking and sex romps, all fuelled by the bump...
Misper
N/A
as Pam Shade
The employees of a dying seaside hotel have their lives upended when their colleague, Elle, vanishes.