Catherine Bailey (born 2 January 1980) is a British actress.
Career Catherine Bailey made her acting debut in 1993, when she was cast in the leading role of Helen Green in the short-lived children's series, Uncle Jack and Cleopatra's Mummy. This was followed by another role in a children's series, The Wild House as Georgina, for which she made her first appearance at the beginning of the second series in 1998 until the show's conclusion in 1999.
Bailey went on to guest roles in a number of British television series, including Peak Practice, My Family, Rosemary & Thyme, Holby City, The Bill, EastEnders, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Doctors, Midsomer Murders, Mr Selfridge, The Crown and Vera.
As an established thratre performer, Bailey has appeared on several stage productions, some of which include Spring Awakening at the Royal Shakespeare Company, which was her 1995 stage debut, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, The Country Wife, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The 39 Steps and The Merchant of Venice.
Her first film role came in 2012, when she was cast in the crime drama, The Grind, followed by performances in A Quiet Passion, with Cynthia Nixon, and the French film Dernier amour (Casanova, Last Love).
Bailey has also served as a voice artist for radio, such as the role of Margaret Bishop in the BBC Radio 4 series, Home Front, as well as work in the video games Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2, GreedFall, The Bradwell Conspiracy,Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and Babylon's Fall.
She is the founder of BAZ Productions, alongside Sarah Bedi and Emma Luffingham. Their production consist of stage works Macbeth (2011), Prophecy (2013) and The Process (2020), which also starred Bailey.
Filmography +Film Year Film Role Notes 1993 Who Dealt? Helen TV film 2001 Hawkins Jenny TV film 2001 It's Not You, It's Me Kerry Short film 2005 The English Harem Annie TV film 2007 The Marchioness Disaster Police Officer #4 TV film 2007 Shades of Mourning Alice Short film 2009 A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena/Snug Filmed stage performance for television 2012 The Grind Paramedic 2 Feature film Nicole and O.J. Marcia Clark Feature film 2015 Globe on Screen: Julius Caesar Portia Filmed stage performance 2016 A Quiet Passion Vryling Buffam Feature Film 2019 Dernier amour Soeur de Lady Hortense Feature film 2025 The Juice Marcia Clark Feature film (pre-production)
+Television series Year Film Role Notes 1993 Uncle Jack and Cleopatra's Mummy Helen Green Series 1 (main role, 6 episodes) 1998–99 The Wild House Georgina Wild Series 2–3 (main role, 25 episodes) 2000 Holby City Jo Cartwright Series 3, Episode 5 2000 Peak Practice Helen Randle Series 10, Episode 9 2001 The Residents Tina Conan Jnr Series 1, Episode 1 2001 The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells Violet Miniseries (6 episodes) 2001 Urban Gothic Leigh Series 2, Episode 2 High Stakes Jenny Series 2, Episodes 2 & 6 2002 My Family Kate Series 3, Episode 10 2004 55 Degrees North Michelle Series 1, Episode 2 2004 Rosemary & Thyme Chantal Parsons Series 2, Episode 7 2005 Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World Zoe Miniseries (1 episode) 2006 The Bill Karen Ingram Series 22, Episode 49 2007, 2010 EastEnders P.C. Shona Blake 8 episodes 2008 Doctors Anne Alexander Series 10, Episode 141 2009 Holby City DS Karen Roberts Series 12, Episodes 1 & 2 2010 The Bill Evie Ferrier Series 26, Episode 15 2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures Miss Wyckham Series 4, Episode 10 2011 House of Anubis Esther Robinson Series 1 (Recurring role, 13 episodes) 2013 Doctors Sammy Jo Rinsler Series 15, Episode 49 2014 Midsomer Murders Stephanie Weston Series 16, Episode 3 2015 And Then There Were None Olivia Ogilvie Hamilton Miniseries (2 episodes) 2016 Mr Selfridge Nina Series 4, Episodes 1 & 7 2017 Strike Jess Series 1, Episodes 4 & 5 2017 The Crown Elizabeth Cavendish Series 2, Episodes 4 & 7 2018 Hetty Feather Louisa Hooper Series 4, Episode 4 2020 Malory Towers Miss Gale Series 1, Episode 5 2021 Grace Francine Series 1, Episode 1 2021 Whitstable Pearl Fi Marston Series 1, Episode 2 2022 Vera Katy Turner Series 11, Episode 4 2023 Smothered Elaine Series 1, Episode 4 2024 Heartstopper Kath Newnham Series 3, Episode 6 2024 The Day of the Jackal Siobhan Series 1, Episode 7 2025 Prisoner 951 Rebecca Ratcliffe Mini-series
+Voice performances Year Film Role Notes 2018–19 Blake's 7: The Classic Adventures Mida/Mudoid/Captain 40th Anniversary Special & Series 5, Episode 7 2018 Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures Maddox/Creature Podcast series; Season 7, Episode 5 2018 Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures Tan Podcast series; Episode 239 2019 The Three Musketeers Amazon Audible original 2019 Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 Venesca Catallia Video game 2019 GreedFall Daren/various characters Video game 2019 The Bradwell Conspiracy Melissa Video game 2020 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla Sister Frideswid Video game 2022 Babylon's Fall Maia/Nergal/various Video game (English version) 2024 Star Wars: Outlaws Video game 2024 Dragon Age: The Veilguard Curio/various voices Video game
Theatre credits Spring Awakening as Ilse (1995, Royal Shakespeare Company) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore as Philotis (1999, Young Vic Theatre. Revived in 2001 for BBC radio) Walk Hard, Talk Loud as Dorothy (2005, Tricycle Theatre) Sit and Shiver as Shirley (2006–07, New End Theatre & Hackney Empire) The Country Wife as Lucy (2007, Theatre Royal Haymarket) House of Agnes as Michaela (2008, Oval House Theatre) A Midsummer Night's Dream as Helena (2009, Middle Temple Hall/BBC Radio 3) The Changeling as Isabella (2009, BBC Radio 3) The 39 Steps as Annabella/Margaret/Pamela (2011–13, Criterion Theatre) Julius Caesar as Portia (2014, Shakespeare's Globe) Dr Scroggy's War as Honourable Penelope Wedgewood (2014, Shakespeare's Globe) The Merchant of Venice as Portia (2014, Shakespeare's Globe) King Lear as Goneril (2016, Royal and Derngate Theatre and UK tour) Othello as Bianca (2018, Shakespeare's Globe) The Process as Anita (2020, BAZ productions, The Bunker Theatre)
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External links
BAZ Productions official site