- Born
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- 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).- IMDb Mini Biography By: cherylsenior@fsmail.net
- SpouseCraig Woodrow(December 28, 2007 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenAmeliaEveline
- In a April 3, 2020 Daily Mail interview Claire mentions her Waking the Dead co-star Sue Johnston was a mother figure to her. "I used to call her 'Nana Sue' and she took me under her wing when I had a breast cancer scare in 2001. She insisted I stay with her and cooked me fish pie.".
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