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Christine Tremarco (born 1977) is a British actress. Her career began in 1992 when, at the age of 15, she starred as Lily in the ABC/BBC miniseries The Leaving of Liverpool, for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award. Other television roles include Davina Shackleton in Waterloo Road (2007–2009), Linda Andrews in Casualty (2010–2013), Marie Thompson in Little Boy Blue (2017), Sinead Kovac in Clink (2019), and DCI Betsy Chambers in Wolfe (2021). Tremarco's film credits include Under the Skin, Face (both 1997), and Anita and Me (2002).

Early life

Educated at St Cecilia's Catholic Infant and Junior Schools and then Holly Lodge Girls' College, Tremarco was spotted in a school play and invited to a new dance and drama school. Then, when attending a drama group, an Australian casting agent offered her a leading role in The Leaving of Liverpool, a 1950s-based drama about the forced migration of children to Australia.

Career

Tremarco went on to star in two series of Springhill from 1996 to 1997 as Trish Freeman. In 2001, she appeared in Presence, by David Harrower, at the Royal Court Theatre.

Tremarco is perhaps most famous, however, for her role in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road as school secretary and learning support assistant Davina Shackleton, a role she portrayed regularly from 2007 to 2009. In her final episode, her character was last seen departing on a train to an unknown destination after an argument with her boyfriend Tom Clarkson (Jason Done). ..... She played Ellie Morgan in a BBC One drama mini-series Moving On, entitled Drowning Not Waving, which was broadcast in May 2009.

Tremarco guest starred in the BBC medical drama series Casualty in 2010 as Linda Andrews. Following a positive response to the character, she was reintroduced as a main character in 2011. Tremarco left the series in 2013.

In 2017, Tremarco appeared in Little Boy Blue as Marie Thompson, the mother of one of the gang members involved in assisting the cover up of Rhys Jones' murder, in 2007.

Filmography

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Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Leaving of Liverpool	Lily	Television film
1995	Hearts and Minds	Fifth Former	Episode: "Episode 2"
	Bordertown	Louise Pearson	Miniseries; 10 episodes
1996–1997	Springhill	Trish Freeman	Recurring role; 26 episodes
1997	Heartbeat	Cathy Thompson	Episode: "Leaving Home"
	Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge	Jane	Episode: "Family Ties"
1998	City Central	Nikki Reed	Recurring role; 7 episodes
	Coronation Street	Lucy Johnson	Guest role; 1 episode
	Trial & Retribution	Cheryl Goodall	Recurring role; 2 episodes
1999	Liverpool 1	Michelle	Episode: "Pause for Thought"
	Shockers	Deborah	Episode: "The Dance"
2000	The English Programme	Paula Walton	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	Clocking Off	Katherine Mackintosh	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2001	Swallow	Lorraine Landry	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2001–2002	Nice Guy Eddie	Ange McMullen	Series regular; 7 episodes
2002	Night Flight	Pam Atwell	Miniseries
2003	Casualty	Sarah Jennings	Episode: "Against Protocol"
	Real Men	Paula Savage	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Coming Up	Rachel	Episode: "Loveless"
2004	Family Business	Lisa	Episode: "Episode 3"
2004–2005	Fat Friends	Clare	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2005	The Rotters' Club	Miriam Newman	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Donovan	Sharon Paige	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1"
	The Ghost Squad	Jo Miller	Episode: "One of Us"
2006	New Street Law	Judy Richards	Episode: "To the Naked Eye"
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Nerissa Barron	Episode: "The Cave Woman"
2007	Five Days	Leanne Wellings	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	New Tricks	Christy Berlin	Episode: "Big Topped"
2007–2009	Waterloo Road	Davina Shackleton	Series regular; 44 episodes
2009	Moving On	Ellie Morgan	Episode: "Drowning Not Waving"
2010–2013	Casualty	Linda Andrews	Series regular; 73 episodes
2011	Silent Witness	Sonia Hardwick	Episode: "Lost"
	Justice	Marie	Episode: "This Town"
2012	Good Cop	Nurse Justine	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2013	Talking to the Dead	DC Eluned Jones	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2014	Glue	Nadya	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2015	Safe House	Becky	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2017	Little Boy Blue	Marie Thompson	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2019	Clink	Sinead Kovac	Series regular; 10 episodes
2020	Tin Star	Carrie McGrath	Episode: "Collateral"
2021	Wolfe	Betsy Chambers	Series regular; 6 episodes
2022	The Responder	Dr. Diane Gallagher	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	The Window	Teresa Burdett	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2024	The Gathering	Carianne	Recurring role; 6 episodes
	Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story	Bea	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2024	Emmerdale	Rose Jackson	Series regular
TBA	Adolescence	Manda Miller	Post-production