Christine Tremarco

Christine Tremarco
Born	1977 (age 46–47) Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present

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). Her character suspected Tom of having an affair with Rose Kelly (Elaine Symons). 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Leaving of Liverpool	Lily	Television film
1994	Priest	Lisa Unsworth	Film
1995	Hearts and Minds	Fifth Former	Series 1: Episode 2
	Bordertown	Louise Pearson	Mini-series; all 10 episodes
1996–1997	Springhill	Trish Freeman	Series regular
1997	Under the Skin	Vron	Film
	Face	Sarah
	Heartbeat	Cathy Thompson	Episode: "Leaving Home"
1998	City Central	Nikki Reed	Main role; 7 episodes
	Coronation Street	Lucy Johnson	Episode 4451
	Trial & Retribution	Cheryl Goodall	2 episodes
1999	Dockers	Paula Walton	Television film
	Liverpool 1	Michelle	Episode: "Pause for Thought"
	Shockers	Deborah	Episode: "The Dance"
	Hold Back the Night	Charleen	Film
2000	Clocking Off	Katherine Mackintosh	4 episodes
2001	Nice Guy Eddie	Angela Jones	Television film
	Swallow	Lorraine Landry	All 3 episodes
2002	Night Flight	Pam Atwell	Television film
	Nice Guy Eddie	Ange McMullen	All 6 episodes
	Anita and Me	Sandy	Film
2003	Real Men	DS Paula Savage	Television film
	Coming Up	Rachel	Episode: "Loveless"
	Casualty	Sarah Jennings	Episode: "Against Protocol"
	Gifted	Sharon Harrison	Television film
	On the Out	Mirriam	Television short
2004	I'm a Juvenile Delinquent – Jail Me!	Various roles	Television film
	Fat Friends	Clare Hannon	Episode: "Food of Love"
	Family Business	Lisa	Series 1: Episode 3
	Pretending to be Judith	Maria	Television film
2005	Uncle Adolf	Eva Braun
	The Rotters' Club	Miriam Newman	Mini-series; 2 episodes
	The Trouble with Men and Women	Karen	Film
	Faith	Michelle Andrews	Television film
	Fat Friends	Clare Hannon / Sarah Fricker	Episode: "Get Out of the Kitchen"
	The Ghost Squad	DC Jo Miller	Episode: "One of Us"
2006	New Street Law	Judy Richards	Series 1: Episode 3
	That Summer Day	Music Teacher	Film
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Nerissa Baron	Episodes: "The Cave Woman: Parts 1 & 2"
2007–2009	Waterloo Road	Davina Shackleton	Series regular; 44 episodes
2007	Five Days	Leanne Wellings	Episodes: "Day One" & "Day Thirty Three"
	New Tricks	Christy Berlin	Episode: "Big Topped"
2009	Moving On	Ellie Morgan	Episode: "Drowning Not Waving"
	Ingenious	Samantha	Television film
2010−2013	Casualty	Linda Andrews	Series regular; 73 episodes
2010	Outcast	Housing Officer	Film
2011	Silent Witness	DI Sonia Hardwick	Episodes: "Lost: Parts 1 & 2"
	Justice	Marie	Episode: "This Town"
2012	Good Cop	Nurse Justine	Mini-series; all 4 episodes
2013	Talking to the Dead	DC Eluned 'Elli' Jones	Mini-series; all 2 episodes
2014	Glue	Nadya	Mini-series; 4 episodes
2015	Safe House	Becky	4 episodes
	Hector	Kate	Film
2016	ID2: Shadwell Army	Alison
2017	Little Boy Blue	Marie Thompson	All 4 episodes
2019	Clink	Sinead Kovac	All 10 episodes
2020	Tin Star	Billie McGrath	Series 3: Episode 4
2021	The Pebble and the Boy	Dawn	Film
2022	The Responder	Dr. Diane Gallagher	Supporting role; 3 episodes
2023	Kidnapped	Bea	TV series

External links

• Christine Tremarco at IMDb