
Claire Skinner
Acting • Born 1964-10-07
Biography
Claire Skinner is a British stage, film and television actress, best known for her role as the hapless mother Sue Brockman in the BBC sitcom "Outnumbered". Her film work includes the Mike Leigh productions "Life Is Sweet" and "Naked", "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Sleepy Hollow".
Filmography
76 credits
Sleepy Hollow
Movie • 1999
Beth Killian

You're Dead...
Movie • 1999
Jo

Strings
Movie • 2004
Jhinna

Naked
Movie • 1993
Sandra

Life Is Sweet
Movie • 1990
Natalie

Clockwork Mice
Movie • 1995
Fairy

The Escort
Movie • 1999
Patricia

Class of '76
Movie • 2005
Dr. Kate Tremaine

Eliminate: Archie Cookson
Movie • 2011
Camilla

The Critic
Movie • 2024
Mary Brooke

You Can Choose Your Friends
Movie • 2007
Jane Arden

The Trial of Tony Blair
Movie • 2007
Nicky

Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
Movie • 2017

And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Movie • 2007
Gillian

I.D.
Movie • 1995
Marie

Two Golden Balls
Movie • 1994
Linda

Eroica
Movie • 2003
Josephine Deym

The Booze Cruise
Movie • 2003
Leonie Sewell

Shoot Me!
Movie • 2012
Claire

The Return of the Native
Movie • 1994
Thomasin

Bridget Jones's Diary
Movie • 2001
Magda

The Rachel Papers
Movie • 1989
Gloria

Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Movie • 2011
Madge Arwell

Boxing Day
Movie • 2021
Auntie Caroline

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie • 2025
Magda

The Trial
Movie • 2025
Dione Sinclair

The Robbers
Movie • 2009
Sue Brockman

The Broken Santa
Movie • 2011
Sue Brockman

The Sick Party
Movie • 2012
Sue Brockman

Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016
Movie • 2016
Sue Brockman

Outnumbered Christmas Special
Movie • 2024
Sue Brockman

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie • 2005
Lucinda (archive footage) (uncredited)

Isabel
Movie • 2019
Mary

Chef
TV • 1993
Lucinda

Life Begins
TV • 2004
Clare

Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Girl Pupil

Trinity
TV • 2009
Dr. Angela Donne

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Thomasin

Lark Rise to Candleford
TV • 2008

Second Sight
TV • 2000
Catherine Tully

Perfect Strangers
TV • 2001
Rebecca

Coogan's Run
TV • 1995

Trevor's World of Sport
TV • 2003
Meryl

The Peter Principle
TV • 1997
Susan Harvey

Outnumbered
TV • 2007
Sue

The Booze Cruise
TV • 2003
Leone Sewell

Sense and Sensibility
TV • 2008
Fanny Dashwood

Bedtime
TV • 2001
Sarah Newcombe

A Dance to the Music of Time
TV • 1997
Jean

The Family Man
TV • 2006

Ted Lasso
TV • 2020
Dr. Rogers

Inside No. 9
TV • 2014
Angela

Moving On
TV • 2009
Mary Ann

Kingdom
TV • 2007
Brenda Collins

Power Monkeys
TV • 2016
Sara

Brass Eye
TV • 1997
Mrs Wastrey

Murder, They Hope
TV • 2021
Kerry

South Of The Border
TV • 1988
Laura

Class of '76
TV • 2005
Dr. Kate Tremaine

The Chelsea Detective
TV • 2022
Charlotte Twist

The Genius of Mozart
TV • 2004
Nannerl Mozart

The Wingless Bird
TV • 1997
Agnes Conway

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Amy Murgatroyd

Next of Kin
TV • 2018
DCI Vivien Barnes

Vanity Fair
TV • 2018
Louise Sedley

McDonald & Dodds
TV • 2020
Chief Superintendent Mary Ormond

Coma
TV • 2024
Beth

The Pale Horse
TV • 2020
Yvonne Tuckerson

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Kitty Oswood

Brass Eye
TV • 1997
Helly Melvick

Brass Eye
TV • 1997
Board Member/Martha O'Dennell

The One Show
TV • 2006
Self

Silk
TV • 2011
Sarah Stephens

Critical
TV • 2015
Mrs. Lorraine Rappaport

The Lady
TV • 2026

Murphy's Law
TV • 2001
Alice