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Christine Tremarco

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Christine Tremarco
Born1977 (age 47–48)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present

Christine Tremarco (born 1977) is an English actress. Her career began in 1992 when, at the age of 15, she starred in the miniseries The Leaving of Liverpool, for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award.[1] Subsequent television work has included Waterloo Road (2007–2009), Casualty (2010–2013), Little Boy Blue (2017), Clink (2019), Wolfe (2021), and Emmerdale (2024). For her portrayal of Manda Miller in Adolescence (2025), Tremarco was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series.[2] Her film credits include Priest (1994), Under the Skin (1997), Face (1997), Anita and Me (2002), and Hector (2015).

Early life and acting debut

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Educated at St Cecilia's Catholic Infant and Junior Schools and then Holly Lodge Girls' College, Tremarco was invited to join a newly-opened dance and drama school after being spotted in a school play.[3] Soon thereafter, having caught the attention of a casting agent while performing at a local drama group, she was offered a co-lead role in The Leaving of Liverpool (1993); a two-part television film depicting the forced migration of British children to Australia in the 1950s.[3] For her portrayal of headstrong orphan Lily, Tremarco was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama.[1]

Career

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1990s: Film roles and early work

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Following her feature film debut in Priest (1994), Tremarco appeared as Trish Freeman in two series of Springhill, a Liverpool-set soap opera created by Paul Abbott, between 1996 and 1997. She then played supporting roles in the British films Under the Skin and Face (both 1997), before starring as Charleen—a victim of incestuous abuse—in Hold Back the Night (1999), with her work being called "impressive" by The Observer.[4] In a similarly positive review, Brian Logan of The Guardian wrote, "[The film's] chief virtue is its star, Christine Tremarco, [who] does teenage rage more viciously than I've ever seen it".[5] That same year, she appeared in the Channel 4 television film Dockers (1999), a BAFTA-nominated drama based on the Liverpool dockers' dispute.[6][7]

2000–2009: Theatre, film, and Waterloo Road

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Tremarco's performance in David Harrower's Presence at the Royal Court Theatre in 2001, where she played a German waitress desperate to reinvent herself as American, was well received by critics.[8] Following substantial parts in the films Anita and Me (2002), Gifted (2003), and The Trouble with Men and Women (2005), as well as a key role in the first series of the critically acclaimed BBC/HBO thriller Five Days,[9] she began appearing as Davina Shackleton—a learning support assistant—in the school-based BBC drama Waterloo Road; a role she played from 2007 to 2009. She then starred as Ellie Morgan, a woman facing bankruptcy and forced to sell her home, in an episode of the BBC anthology series Moving On, broadcast in May 2009.[10]

2010–present: Television roles and Adolescence success

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In January 2010, Tremarco guest-starred in two episodes of the BBC's long-running medical drama series, Casualty. Owing to positive audience feedback, her character—A&E nurse Linda Andrews—was reintroduced as a regular on the show the following year.[11] Upon her departure from Casualty in May 2013,[12] she played supporting roles in the miniseries Glue (2014) and Safe House (2015), had a small part in the 2015 film Hector, and co-starred as Marie Thompson—the parent of a gang member involved in a murder cover-up—in the factual ITV drama Little Boy Blue (2017).

Following a mixture of leading and recurring roles in television series such as Clink (2019), Wolfe (2021), The Responder (2022), and The Gathering (2024), Tremarco joined the cast of ITV's long-running soap opera, Emmerdale, where she appeared as the free-spirited Rose Jackson for four months between April and August 2024.[13]

Tremarco's performance in the four-part crime drama series Adolescence, which debuted on Netflix in March 2025 to record viewing figures,[14] was particularly well received. Writing for The Guardian, Michael Hogan described her work as Manda Miller—a distraught mother reeling from the news that her 13-year-old son has carried out a fatal stabbing—as "heartbreaking";[15] while Nandini Balial of RogerEbert.com felt she was "a revelation".[16] It was announced in July 2025 that Tremarco had been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Miller.[2]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

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Year Film Role Notes
1994 Priest Lisa Unsworth
1997 Under the Skin Vron
Face Sarah
1999 Dockers Paula Walton Television film
Hold Back the Night Charleen
2002 Anita and Me Sandy
2003 Gifted Sharon Harrison Television film
On the Out Mirriam Television film
2004 I'm a Juvenile Delinquent – Jail Me! Various Television film
Pretending to Be Judith Maria Television film
2005 Uncle Adolf Eva Braun Television film
The Trouble with Men and Women Karen
Faith Michelle Andrews Television film
2006 Trigger Happy The Girl Short film
That Summer Day Music Teacher Television film
2009 Ingenious Samantha Television film
2010 Outcast Housing Officer
2015 Hector Kate
2016 ID2: Shadwell Army Alison
2021 The Pebble and the Boy Dawn

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 The Leaving of Liverpool Lily Television film
1995 Hearts and Minds Fifth Former 1 episode
Bordertown Louise Pearson Miniseries; 10 episodes
1996–1997 Springhill Trish Freeman Recurring; 26 episodes
1997 Heartbeat Cathy Thompson Episode: "Leaving Home"
Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge Jane Episode: "Family Ties"
1998 City Central Nikki Reed Recurring; 7 episodes
Coronation Street Lucy Johnson 1 episode
Trial & Retribution Cheryl Goodall 2 episodes
1999 Liverpool 1 Michelle Episode: "Pause for Thought"
Shockers Deborah Episode: "The Dance"
2000 The English Programme Paula Walton Recurring; 3 episodes
Clocking Off Katherine Mackintosh Recurring; 4 episodes
2001 Swallow Lorraine Landry Miniseries; 3 episodes
2001–2002 Nice Guy Eddie Ange McMullen Series regular; 7 episodes
2002 Night Flight Pam Atwell Miniseries
2003 Casualty Sarah Jennings Episode: "Against Protocol"
Real Men Paula Savage Miniseries; 2 episodes
Coming Up Rachel Episode: "Loveless"
2004 Family Business Lisa 1 episode
2004–2005 Fat Friends Clare 2 episodes
2005 The Rotters' Club Miriam Newman Miniseries; 2 episodes
Donovan Sharon Paige 1 episode
The Ghost Squad Jo Miller Episode: "One of Us"
2006 New Street Law Judy Richards Episode: "To the Naked Eye"
Dalziel and Pascoe Nerissa Barron Episode: "The Cave Woman"
2007 Five Days Leanne Wellings 2 episodes
New Tricks Christy Berlin Episode: "Big Topped"
2007–2009 Waterloo Road Davina Shackleton Series regular; 44 episodes
2009 Moving On Ellie Morgan Episode: "Drowning Not Waving"
2010–2013 Casualty Linda Andrews Series regular; 73 episodes
2011 Silent Witness Sonia Hardwick Episode: "Lost"
Justice Marie Episode: "This Town"
2012 Good Cop Nurse Justine Miniseries; 4 episodes
2013 Talking to the Dead DC Eluned Jones Miniseries; 2 episodes
2014 Glue Nadya Miniseries; 4 episodes
2015 Safe House Becky Miniseries; 4 episodes
2017 Little Boy Blue Marie Thompson Miniseries; 4 episodes
2019 Clink Sinead Kovac Series regular; 10 episodes
2020 Tin Star Carrie McGrath Episode: "Collateral"
2021 Wolfe Betsy Chambers Series regular; 6 episodes
2022 The Responder Dr. Diane Gallagher Recurring; 3 episodes
The Window Teresa Burdett Recurring; 8 episodes
2024 The Gathering Carianne Recurring; 6 episodes
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story Bea Miniseries; 2 episodes
2024 Emmerdale Rose Jackson Series regular
2025 Adolescence Manda Miller Miniseries; 4 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Leaving of Liverpool". Mubi. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Busis, Hillary (15 July 2025). "2025 Emmy Nominations: See the Full List Here". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "The BBC put their Faith in Stainforth". stainforthonline.co.uk. 1 November 2008. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008.
  4. ^ French, Philip (19 December 1999). "Hold Back the Night". The Observer. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  5. ^ Logan, Brian (18 August 1999). "Hold Back the Night". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Bafta TV awards: The winners". BBC News. 15 May 2000. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  7. ^ McCann, Paul (2 July 1999). "Screenwriters help Liverpool's striking dockers to tell all". The Independent. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Theatre: Presence, Royal Court Theatre, London". The Herald. 25 April 2001. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  9. ^ Richmond, Ray (30 September 2007). "Five Days". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Moving On, new drama series for BBC One Daytime, attracts top talent – introduction". BBC. 4 April 2009.
  11. ^ "Christine Tremarco joins Casualty". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Linda's farewell". BBC. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Christine Tremarco Joins Emmerdale". ITV. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  14. ^ Tassi, Paul (26 March 2025). "'Adolescence' Just Set a Big Record for Netflix". Forbes. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  15. ^ Hogan, Michael (17 March 2025). "'Unnervingly on-the-nose': why Adolescence is such powerful TV that it could save lives". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  16. ^ Balial, Nandini (13 March 2025). "Adolescence". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
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