Acting
North London, England, UK
Claudia Jolly
Acting
Biography
Claudia Jolly is a London based actress. She landed her first job straight out of drama school (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Gold Medal Winner) in 'NW', the BBC adaptation of Zadie Smith's novel of the same name. After this, she was cast as Katharine Draper in 'Girl from the North Country' at The Old Vic. The hugely successful run then transferred to the West End. Claudia's other theatre credits include Imran Qureshi's new play 'The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs' (Soho Theatre), 'The Butterfly Lion' (Minerva Theatre, Chichester), Gwendolen in 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (Watermill Theatre); Narrator in Roald Dahl Centenary Concert (LSO/Barbican); Bianca in 'Men' (Arcola Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe Festival, NSDF Acting Commendation); Rosalind in 'As You Like It' (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Rebecca in 'The Country' and Mrs Milcote in 'Coram Boy' (Pleasance Theatre); Lily Garland in 'On the Twentieth Century', Isabella in 'Go, Make You Ready', Lulu in 'Lulu', Myriam Horowitz in 'Mephisto', Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth', Andromache in 'The Trojan Women', Baker’s Wife in 'Into the Woods', Anne in 'Separate Tables', Lois in 'For Services Rendered', Ranevskaya in 'The Cherry Orchard' and Mary Magdalene in 'Medieval Mystery Plays' (GSMD). Additional television, film and radio credits include 'The Feed', 'Endeavour', 'On Chesil Beach', 'The Story of a New Name', 'Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay' and 'The Story of the Lost Child'. She won the award for 'Best Performance in a Female Role' at the Iris Prize Film Festival (2022) Claudia can currently be seen in the latest season of DC show 'Pennyworth' (HBOmax) and 'Black Doves' (Netflix).
Feature Films (4)
Jef is stranded in Budapest and so spends a day reckoning with past and present lovers, as well as an estranged family, in this gorgeous low-fi indie drama.
Haar
In Regency-era London, five women waiting for a carriage descend into a frenzy of vicious gossip.
Tommies
In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
On Chesil Beach
Sally is new to town and desperate for friendship. When she's stood up by her one new friend at a communal supper club, she and her fellow diners are confronted by the messiness of actually making community. This unlikely meeting spirals into a fantastical collision they won’t soon forget.
Herbs
Television & Series (4)
Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife, Sandy, and running enquiries into long forgotten cold cases with little prospect of success. Following another reprimand for his unorthodox police methods, Grace is walking a career tightrope and risks being moved from the job he loves most.
Grace
The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents.
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
In the near future, people’s minds are connected to The Feed, giving them instant connectivity. When something or someone invades it, everyone is at risk.
The Feed
When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.