Claire Goose
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Claire Goose was born in Edinburgh and lived there 'til she was two and
a half. She grew up in Norfolk. Her parents are mother, Joy, and
father, David, who is a GP in Kings Lynn and has also looked after the
Royals. Claire also has an elder sister, Caroline, a nursery nurse, and
an elder brother, Duncan, who works in marketing. At the age of 16, she
attended the Italia Conti Stage School. Before making it big in acting,
she had previous jobs including a silver service waitress, a
story-telling raccoon in a theme park, admin work for the NSPCC and has
also done modelling. Claire enjoys clubbing, tarot cards, palm reading
and playing poker, she has also been dancing since the age of three.
Before her big break in
Casualty (1986), she nearly got the
role of Tiffany in
EastEnders (1985), but was beaten
by Martine McCutcheon, and she was
also down to the last two for a part in
Soldier Soldier (1991).