Christine Bottomley
Christine Bottomley (born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, 27 April 1979) is a British actress. She is best known for her regular roles as Melanie in the BBC comedy series Early Doors and Susie Ward in Heartbeat. Born in Rochdale, she went on to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, before taking her first role in an episode ... more
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Venus
(2006)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes absolutely taken with Jessie - the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they don't know about thems...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Roger Michell
Cast:
Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Beatrice Savoretti, Philip Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti
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Hush
(2008)
Action, Horror, Thriller
A young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver when they see something disturbing in the back of his vehicle.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Mark Tonderai
Cast:
William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Andreas Wisniewski, Claire Keelan, Stuart McQuarrie
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Peterloo
(2018)
Drama, History
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to deman...
Runtime:
154 min
Cast:
Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith
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The Arbor
(2010)
Documentary, Drama
Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. Andrea Dunbar wrote honestly and unflinchingly about her upbringing on the notorious Buttershaw Estate in Bradford and was described as ‘a genius straight from the slums.’ When she died tragically at the age of 29 in 1990, Lorraine was just ten years old. The Arbor revisits the...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Clio Barnard
Cast:
Kate Rutter, Christine Bottomley, George Costigan, Monica Dolan, Neil Dudgeon
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
(2010)
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
James Kent
Cast:
Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Gemma Jones, Christine Bottomley
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Lost Christmas
(2011)
Drama
Urban fairytale set in Manchester. A series of tragic events that blight a young boy's life are reversed one Christmas Eve, giving him and those around him the happy ending that they were destined to have.
Runtime:
88 min
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Funny Cow
(2018)
Comedy, Drama
A woman who has a funny bone for a backbone, Funny Cow charts the rise of a female stand-up comic who delivers tragedy and comedy in equal measure in the sometimes violent and always macho clubs of Northern England in the '70s.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Adrian Shergold
Cast:
Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Alun Armstrong, Stephen Graham
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The Waiting Room
(2007)
Drama, Romance
Two complete strangers, ANNA and STEPHEN, are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits for his wife on a station platform. Their fateful meeting acts as a catalyst for them to examine and challenge what's going on in their different relationships, and make hard but positive decisions for themselves. If they can change the...
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Roger Goldby
Cast:
Anne-Marie Duff, Frank Finlay, Rupert Graves, Adrian Bower, Daisy Donovan
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Undeniable
(2014)
Drama, Thriller
25 years ago, Jane saw a man killing her mother. Today, she's a well adjusted wife and mother herself. While having a physical, she notices a doctor who looks like the killer and reports him. No one believes her - except one cop.
Runtime:
90 min
Cast:
Pippa Haywood, Claire Goose, Christine Bottomley, Peter Firth
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Strawberry Fields
(2012)
Drama
Strawberry Fields is the story of two sisters who both like the same man but in different ways and is a bold and inventive melodrama that offers a distinctively refreshing spin on a complex story of lust, rivalry and liberation. A seemingly carefree woman is seen cycling through narrow lanes before reaching a strawberry farm where she ...
Runtime:
87 min