Christine Bottomley
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 the eighth episode of the second series of Torchwood, "A Day in the Death". She appears in comedy series Massive on BBC Three and the BBC One drama Hope Springs and also a BBC drama: Land Girls. She has starred in a 2009 film, entitled Hush.
59 acting credits
Acting · 59
Midsomer Murders
1997
Vera
2011
Silent Witness
1996
Heartbeat
1992
Waterloo Road
2006
Shameless
2004
Torchwood
2006
The Bill
1984
Moving On
2009
Domina
2021
The End of the F***ing World
2017
DCI Banks
2011
Blue Murder
2003
Inspector George Gently
2008
Sherwood
2022
The Street
2006
Flack
2019
Early Doors
2003
Survivors
2008
Sea of Souls
2004
Land Girls
2009
Cucumber
2015
Ridley
2022
Back to Life
2019
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
The Nest
2020
In the Club
2014
Murder Prevention
2004
Grease Monkeys
2003
Simon Schama's Power of Art
2006
The Wives
2024
The Innocence Project
2006
Secrets and Words
2012
Hope Springs
2009
The Palace
2008
Great Night Out
2013
Venus
2006
Peterloo
2018
Frankie
2013
Instinct
2007
The Arbor
2010
Undeniable
2014
Hush
2008
Funny Cow
2018
Typist Artist Pirate King
2023
Robin and the Hoods
2024
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010
Massive
2008
All in Good Time
2012
Lost Christmas
2011
Keeping Rosy
2014
The Waiting Room
2007
Misper
2025
Torvill & Dean
2018
Charlie Says
2013
Strawberry Fields
2012
Cowboy Dave
2017
Sex, Footballers and Videotape
2004
Out of Darkness
2013