Claire Skinner

Biography

Claire Skinner is a British actress born in 1965 to an Irish-born secretary and a shopkeeper. She began her acting career at the Royal Shakespeare Company after studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Notably, she collaborated with director Mike Leigh on two films, "Life Is Sweet" (1990) and "Naked" (1993), and is best known for playing Sue Brockman in the BBC sitcom "Outnumbered".