Carolyn Pickles (born 8 February 1952) is an English actress who has appeared on the West End and on British TV, perhaps most notably in Emmerdale as Shelly Williams.
[edit] Life and career
Pickles was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire. She is the daughter of retired Circuit Judge James Pickles, a niece of actress Christina Pickles, and great-niece of Wilfred Pickles, a BBC personality. Pickles grew up and attended school in Halifax, West Yorkshire. She read drama at the University of Manchester, taking roles in a number of student productions including Narrow Road to the Deep North by Edward Bond, and the lead in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children.
She played the lead role as Miss Bluebell in the BBC series of the same name in 1986. She also appeared in The Bill as DCI Kim Reid, and as Simone Trevelyan in May to December as daughter of Alec Callender played by Anton Rogers, and also in The Tales of Para Handy as Lady Catherine Ramsay. Pickles also appeared in the cult BBC children's educational drama series Through The Dragon's Eye. She has appeared in a number of films, including Roman Polanski's Tess, Agatha and The Mirror Crack'd.[1] She will appear in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the Muggle Studies teacher,Charity Burbage.
She is married to artist Tarquin Butler and has two daughters, Hettie and Lucy.
[edit] References
- ^ "Carolyn Pickles". Royal National Theatre. http://www.nationaltheatre.co.uk/35102/company-members/carolyn-pickles.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.