Beth Goddard
Born: 1969-03-31 in London, England
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2025
- Code of Silence as Helen Redman
2023
- The Gold as Shirley
2022
- The Serpent Queen as Antoinette de Bourbon
- Becoming Elizabeth as Joan Denny
2020
- Des as Frances
2019
- Manhunt as Cathy Rook
2016
- A Street Cat Named Bob as Hillary
2015
- Queen of the Desert as Aunt Lascelles
2014
- Outlander as Lady Louisa Dunsany
- Edge of Tomorrow as Secretary - Judith
2013
- Endeavour as Barbara Batten
2012
- Call the Midwife as Pamela Dobson
2011
- X-Men: First Class as Mrs. Xavier
2008
- Tu£sday
- Crooked House as Mrs Glanville
2007
- The Sarah Jane Adventures as Sister Helena
- The Dead Peasants Society as Claire Symmons
2006
2004
- New Tricks as Paula Symes
- Frances Tuesday as Bishop
2003
- The Eustace Bros. as Melissa Garvey
2001
- According to Beryl as Queenie
- Take Me
1999
- The Last Seduction II as Murphy
- The Scarlet Pimpernel as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
- Gimme Gimme Gimme
- Big Bad World
- Daylight Robbery
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Wendy Smythe-Webster
- Sunnyside Farm
1996
- Beautiful Thing as Brewery Official
- Ellington as Kelly Logan
1995
- Bugs
- The Perfect Match as Mandy
1994
- A Business Affair as Student
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front as Sara Polson
- Low Level Panic as Celia
1993
- Peak Practice as Leanda Sharpe
- Cracker as Clare Moody
1992
- A Touch of Frost as Helen Fox
1991
- Performance as Waitress
- Top Girls as Waitress / Kit / Shona
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Violet Wilson
1986
- Casualty as Hannah Fleet