Catherine trained at Central School of Speech and
Drama after reading English at Oxford. She first
worked for London Classic Theatre in 2007, playing
Kate Saskell in Nightfall
and returned to play
Rosie Pye
in both tours of
Humble Boy.
Other theatre work includes Quality Street
(The Finborough), The Comedy Project (Soho
Theatre), My Balloon Beats Your Astronaut (Papatango),
Alison's House
and The Ring of Truth (Orange Tree Theatre,
Richmond),
Les Enfants du Paradis (Arcola), An Ideal
Husband (Clwyd Theatr Cymru), Pericles
(Ludlow Festival), Deirdre of the Sorrows
(Riverside Studios), Charley’s Aunt (Norwich
Playhouse), Uncle Vanya (National Studio) and
the Guardian Award-winning Words From the World’s
End (Edinburgh Festival).
TV and film includes
Where the Heart Is, Casualty, Judge
John Deed, A Wing and a Prayer, Red
Dwarf, Waiting For Exit Music and
Oscar and Lucinda.
She has also recorded plays, comedy series, and
Arts programmes, including Poetry Please, With Great
Pleasure and The Verb for Radio 3, 4 and the World
Service.