Carolyn Pickles

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Carolyn Pickles
Born	(1952-02-08) 8 February 1952 Halifax, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1975–present
Notable work	Emmerdale
Relatives	Christina Pickles (aunt)

Carolyn Pickles (born 8 February 1952) is an English actress. She was born in Halifax, and has appeared in West End theatre and on British television. She is known for playing DCI Kim Reid in The Bill and Shelley Williams in Emmerdale.

Life and career

Pickles was born in Halifax. She lives in London. She is the daughter of the Circuit Judge James Pickles, a niece of actress Christina Pickles, and great-niece of Wilfred Pickles, the TV and radio personality. Pickles read drama at the University of Manchester taking roles in a number of student productions, then spent three years with the National Youth Theatre. She later joined the BBC's Radio Drama Company.

Pickles played the lead role, in 1986, as Miss Bluebell (Margaret Kelly, founder of a dance group called the Bluebell Girls) in the BBC series Bluebell. She also appeared in The Bill for two years as DCI Kim Reid, as Simone Trevelyan in May to December and 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 was a leading character (12 episodes in 1982) in the TV series We'll Meet Again. Pickles has appeared in a number of films, including Roman Polanski's Tess (1979), Agatha (1979) and The Mirror Crack'd (1980). In 1990, she appeared in an episode of Casualty (Series 5 episode 8). In 1995 she played as Linda Livingstone in I Don't Speak English with Paolo Villaggio. Pickles appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 as the Muggle Studies teacher, Charity Burbage. In 2007 she played the part of Jane Templeton in the final episode of the first series of Lewis an ITV drama.

In 2011, Pickles played Mrs Gulliver in Series 2 and 3 of Land Girls. In 2013, Pickles played journalist Maggie Radcliffe in the ITV drama Broadchurch. She appeared in all three series, from 2013 to 2017.

Since 2022, she has played Reverend Mother Adrian in Sister Boniface Mysteries in a recurring role. In October 2023, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Joyce Kilter.

Selected Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Agatha	Charlotte Fisher
	Tess	Marian
1980	Brothers and Sisters	Theresa Bennett/ Jennifer Collins
	The Mirror Crack'd	Miss Giles
1982	East Lynne	Joyce Hallijohn	TV Movie
1984	Champions	Sally
	Waiting for Alan	Marcia
1989	The Yellow Wallpaper	Jennie	TV Movie
1995	I Don't Speak English	Linda
1997	Breakout	Diane Cresswell	TV Movie
2001	Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale	Mrs. Dickens	TV Movie
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Headmistress
2002	Prince William	Camilla Parker-Bowles	TV Movie
2007	Joe's Palace	Mrs. Hopkins	TV Movie
	Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle	Margaret Tanner
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Shopper
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Charity Burbage
2014	Bonobo	Celia
	Maybe Tomorrow	Marial (present)	Short
2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me	Darsha
2022	Christmas on Mistletoe Farm	Grandma
2023	Pareidolia	Jean Clarke	Short
2025	The Choral	Miss Muschamp

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Coronation Street	Michelle Turnbull	Episode #1527
1981	Bless Me Father	Helen	Episode: "Woman"
	Bread or Blood	Mary	5 episodes
	The Gentle Touch	Reporter	Episode: "Scapegoat"
1982	Claire	Tessa	1 episode (TV mini-series)
	Play for Today	Jill	Episode: "Willie's Last Stand"
	We'll Meet Again	Sally Bilton	10 episodes
1983	All for Love	Grace	Episode: "Letting the Birds Go Free"
	Mr. Right	Esther	4 episodes
1984	Lace	Muscles Templeton	2 episodes (TV mini-series)
1985	Bulman	Lisa	Episode: "A Moveable Feast"
	Juliet Bravo	Alice Ryan	Episode: "Hostage to Fortune"
1986	Bluebell	Margaret Kelly	8 episodes
1987	First Sight	Greta	Episode: "Leaving Home"
1989	Storyboard	Clare	Episode: "A Question of Commitment"
	Through the Dragon's Eye	Doris	8 episodes
1989 - 1994	May to December	Simone Trevelyan	24 episodes
1990	Chancer	Dolly Attwood	2 episodes
1990 - 2022	Casualty	Diane Robinson/ Gerry Todd/ Willow Hedges	3 episodes
1990 - 1992	The Bill	DCI Kim Reid	52 episodes
1992	Boon	Sarah Blake	Episode: "The Sharp End"
1994 - 1995	The Tales of Para Handy	Lady Ramsay	5 episodes
1995	Castles	Jane Rhodes	3 episodes
1996	Drop the Dead Donkey	Anna Coates	Episode: "Charnley in Love"
	Screen Two	Returning Officer	Episode: "Crossing the Floor"
1997	All Quiet on the Preston Front	Jeanetta	6 episodes
	Original Sin	Mrs. Blackett	3 episodes
	Where the Heart Is	Barbara Figgis	Episode: "Dream"
1998	Coronation Street	Moira Wood	Episode #4405
	Megamaths	Queen of Diamonds	Episode: "Money to 50p"
1999	Holby City	Barbara Cousins	Episode: "Take Me With You"
	Peak Practice	Kate Loughton	Episode: "Wood for the Trees"
2000	Midsomer Murders	Sister Lovelace	Episode: "Blue Herrings"
2000 - 2001	Big Meg, Little Meg	Margaret	9 episodes
2000 - 2023	Doctors	Annie Foster/ Ruth Mills/ Mrs. Carruthers/ Nessa Jewell/ Cynthia Percifield/ Joyce Kilter	8 episodes
2001	Poirot	Emily Brewster	Episode: "Evil Under the Sun"
2001 - 2002	Brookside	Jill Plummer	4 episodes
2002	Where the Heart Is	Dr. Tina Humphries	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
2003	Canterbury Tales	Judy	Episode: "The Wife of Bath"
2003 - 2005	Emmerdale	Shelly Williams	75 episodes
2006	Brief Encounters	Sue	Episode: "Lost and Found"
	Prime Suspect	Pauline	2 episodes
2007	Lewis	Jane Templeton	Episode: "Expiation"
2008	Foyle's War	Anna Calder	Episode: "All Clear"
	Kingdom	Patricia Wright	Episode #2.2
2010	Midsomer Murders	Wendy Minchin	Episode: "The Made-to-Measure Murders"
	M.I. High	Mrs. Stoneaway	Episode: "Skulldiggery"
2011	Candy Cabs	Delia Pritchard	Episode #1.3
	Land Girls	Mrs. Gulliver	9 episodes
2013 - 2017	Broadchurch	Maggie Radcliffe	23 episodes
2014	Law & Order: UK	Maureen Riley	Episode: "Safe from Harm"
2016	Holby City	Jane Rutherford	Episode: "All That Glitters"
	New Blood	Maureen Williams	3 episodes
2017	Graceless	Gautierrez (voice)	4 episodes
2018	Vera	Rita Fenton	Episode: "Blood and Bone"
2019	MotherFatherSon	Ruth	4 episodes (TV mini-series)
2021	The Canterville Ghost	Mrs. Umney	2 episodes
2022 - 2025	Sister Boniface Mysteries	Reverend Mother Adrian	12 episodes
2024	Beyond Paradise	Rebecca Thompson	Episode: "Gettroffen"
	Curfew	Mysterious Woman	Episode: "Pipe Down"
	Grace	Aileen Daly	Episode: "Dead Man's Time"
2026	Runaway	Mrs. O'Hara	2 episodes (TV mini-series)

External links

• Carolyn Pickles at IMDb