Christine Bottomley was born in Rochdale, Lancashire and grew up in a flat over the family's chemist shop. Here she began people watching and impersonating the regular customers and realised that she wanted a life of 'professional pretending'. She went to several local youth drama groups before embarking on a course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, from where she graduated in 2001. Shortly afterwards she was making her television debut in the UK soap Eastenders and has subsequently cropped up in several popular television dramas.
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Cast Credits
Domina (2021)
Starring as Scribonia
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Control (Aug 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: Curse (Aug 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: Freedom (Aug 6, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: Exile (Jul 23, 2023)
- Episode 2x03: Betrayal (Jul 16, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: Wedding (Jul 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x08: Happiness (May 14, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Treason (May 14, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: Nightshade (May 14, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Plague (May 14, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Secrets (May 14, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Family (May 14, 2021)
Back to Life (2019)
Guest starring as Mandy
(11 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Aug 31, 2021)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Aug 31, 2021)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Aug 31, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Aug 31, 2021)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Aug 31, 2021)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Aug 31, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Apr 15, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Apr 15, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 15, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Apr 15, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Apr 15, 2019)
Hard Sun (2018)
Starring as Maggie Sweeting
- Episode 1x02: One Thousand, Eight Hundred Days (Jan 6, 2018)
DCI Banks (2010)
Guest starring as Katy Heath
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x02: Wednesday's Child (2) (Feb 10, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: Wednesday's Child (1) (Feb 3, 2014)
Land Girls (2009)
Starring as Annie Barratt
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Destinies (Sep 11, 2009)
- Episode 1x04: Trekkers (Sep 10, 2009)
- Episode 1x03: Codes of Honour (Sep 9, 2009)
- Episode 1x02: Secrets (Sep 8, 2009)
- Episode 1x01: Childhood's End (Sep 7, 2009)
Inspector George Gently (2008)
Guest starring as Terri Molloy
- Episode 4x02: Goodbye China (Sep 11, 2011)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001)
Guest starring as Bride
- Episode 1x04: Missing Joseph (Apr 29, 2002)
Midsomer Murders (1998)
Guest starring as Blaze Leadbetter
- Episode 14x04: The Oblong Murders (May 25, 2011)
Silent Witness (1996)
Guest starring as DI Kate Warren
(2 episodes)
- Episode 16x06: True Love Waits, Part Two (Jan 25, 2013)
- Episode 16x05: True Love Waits, Part One (Jan 24, 2013)
Guest starring as Florence Clarke
- Episode 25x03: History, Part Three (May 30, 2022)
Heartbeat (1992)
Starring as Susie Ward
(5 episodes)
- Episode 12x21: Lily of the Valley (Apr 20, 2003)
- Episode 12x20: Moving Target (Apr 13, 2003)
- Episode 12x19: Caped Crusaders (Apr 6, 2003)
- Episode 12x18: Missing in Action (Mar 30, 2003)
- Episode 12x17: The Third Man (Mar 23, 2003)