| Intro | Singer and actress | |
| Is | Singer Actor | |
| From | United Kingdom | |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music | |
| Gender | female | |
| Birth | 29 August 1989, Clapham, United Kingdom | |
| Age: | 30 years | |
| Star sign | Virgo | |
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Charlotte Anne Ritchie (born 29 August 1989) is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She is a member of the classical crossover band All Angels. She is known for her roles as Oregon in Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat, Hannah in Siblings and Barbara Gilbert in BBC drama Call the Midwife.
She currently stars in the sitcoms Ghosts, Dead Pixels and Feel Good.
Early life and education
Ritchie was educated at James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich, South London and she joined Youth Music Theatre UK and its production of Red Hunter in 2005. She finished a degree in English and Drama at the University of Bristol whilst filming Fresh Meat.
Career
In 2004, Ritchie played a lead in a short film entitled The Open Doors with Michael Sheen. She appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She also featured in The Pierglass at the Young Pleasance Theatre in August 2006 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Ritchie was a presenter on Boomerang and performed with All Angels in an episode of Emmerdale. She also played Emily Owen, a neighbour in the BBC’s Life of Riley.
From 2011 to 2016, Ritchie portrayed Oregon in the Channel 4 comedy series Fresh Meat.
She stars alongside Tom Stourton in the BBC Three sitcom Siblings, which was first broadcast in summer 2014 and she appeared as a guest panellist in the same year on 8 Out of 10 Cats.
In 2015, Ritchie joined the cast of popular period drama Call The Midwife. She played Nurse Barbara Gilbert (Hereward) until March 2018, when she decided to leave the show.
In 2016, she appeared in the UK production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives, playing the role of Sibyl Chase.
On New Years Day 2019, she had the guest starring role of Lin in the Doctor Who episode “Resolution”.
In 2019, she played Alison in Ghosts, a BBC sitcom. and Alison in Dead Pixels.
She is currently playing the role of George in an autobiographical TV show,Feel Good, of Mae Martin costarring with Mae Martin.The series released on Netflix in 2020.
Television
| Year | Programme | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Life of Riley | Emily Owen | |
| 2011–2016 | Fresh Meat | Melissa “Oregon” Shawcross | Main role; 30 episodes |
| 2012 | Doctors | Becky Foley | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Siblings | Hannah | Main cast |
| 2014–2016 | Dreamfall Chapters | Zoë Castillo | Main role; episodic video game |
| 2014 | This Thing Called Love | Alice Barber | |
| 2015–2018 | Call the Midwife | Nurse Barbara Gilbert | Main role: series 4–7 |
| 2016 | Raised by Wolves | Ruby | 3 episodes |
| Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man for Sport Relief | Narrator | ||
| 2019 | Doctor Who | Lin | 1 episode, “Resolution” |
| Death in Paradise | Iris Shephard | 1 episode | |
| Dead Pixels | Alison | 6 episodes | |
| Ghosts | Alison | Main role; 6 episodes | |
| Stath Lets Flats | Harriet | 1 episode | |
| 2020 | McDonald & Dodds | Sgt Irene Ross | Series 1, Episode 2 |
| 2020 | Feel Good | George | Main role; 6 episodes |
