Beth Goddard
Acting

Beth Goddard

March 31, 1969 (56 years old) London, England

Biography

Elizabeth Jane “Beth” Goddard (born 1969) is a British actress. She grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex and attended Clacton County High School and the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Kent, from 1986 to 1989. She met her husband, Philip Glenister, best known for his role as Gene Hunt in TV drama Life on Mars, at a birthday party of Jamie Glover in 1997. They married in 2006. The couple have two daughters, Millie and Charlotte, born in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Goddard played Belinda Ashton in the ITV detective drama Lewis, broadcast in March 2008. Goddard also starred as Suze Littlewood in the comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme. She appeared alongside her husband in the third series of BBC One drama Ashes to Ashes. In this episode the couple shared an on screen kiss. One of her first television roles was as unscrupulous yellow journalist Clare Moody in a 1994 episode of the ITV drama Cracker. Her character was involved in reporting on the crimes committed by serial killer Albie Kinsella (Robert Carlyle), who targeted her for supposedly writing the controversial TRUTH page about the Hillsborough disaster and showing no remorse for it, even continuing to use fabricated information to print stories for more profit. Albie ultimately killed her character with a letter bomb

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • TV

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • TV

Edge of Tomorrow

Edge of Tomorrow

2014 • Movie

Tu£sday

Tu£sday

2008 • Movie

Movie Credits (14)

Acting

2014

Edge of Tomorrow

as Secretary - Judith

2008

Tu£sday

2008

Tu£sday

as Helen

2015

Queen of the Desert

as Aunt Lascelles

2016

A Street Cat Named Bob

as Hillary

1996

Beautiful Thing

as Brewery Official

1991

Top Girls

as Waitress / Kit / Shona

1999

The Last Seduction II

as Murphy

1994

A Business Affair

as Student

2011

X-Men: First Class

as Mrs. Xavier

1995

The Perfect Match

as Mandy

1994

Low Level Panic

as Celia

2001

According to Beryl

as Queenie

2007

The Dead Peasants Society

as Claire Symmons

TV Credits (34)

Acting

1997

Midsomer Murders

as Wendy Smythe-Webster

1 episodes

1997

Midsomer Murders

as Selina Stanton

1 episodes

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Violet Wilson

1 episodes

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Sister Agnieszka

1 episodes

2014

Outlander

as Lady Louisa Dunsany

1 episodes

2012

Call the Midwife

as Pamela Dobson

1 episodes

2013

Endeavour

as Barbara Batten

1 episodes

1986

Casualty

as Hannah Fleet

1 episodes

1993

Peak Practice

as Leanda Sharpe

6 episodes

1984

The Bill

1 episodes

2004

New Tricks

as Paula Symes

1 episodes

1992

A Touch of Frost

as Helen Fox

2 episodes

2023

The Gold

as Shirley

3 episodes

2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures

as Sister Helena

2 episodes

1993

Cracker

as Clare Moody

3 episodes

2022

The Serpent Queen

as Antoinette de Bourbon

8 episodes

1991

Performance

as Waitress

1 episodes

1995

Bugs

1 episodes

2025

Code of Silence

as Helen Redman

6 episodes

2008

Crooked House

as Mrs Glanville

1 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
March 31, 1969 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England
Popularity
1.2

Career Stats

14
Movies
34
TV Shows