Clare-Hope Ashitey

Clare-Hope Ashitey (born 12 February 1987)^[1] is a British actress. She attended the Centre Stage School of Performing Arts, Southgate^[2] while being educated at The Latymer School,^[3] in the Edmonton area of London, for seven years.

Clare-Hope Ashitey
Born	Clare-Hope Naa K. Ashitey (1987-02-12) 12 February 1987 (age 38) Enfield, London, England
Education	Latymer School SOAS, University of London (2009)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Children of Men, Seven Seconds

She took a gap year between school and university to work on the film Children of Men (2006).^[3] In 2018, she starred in the Netflix Original crime drama series Seven Seconds.^[4]

Early life and education

Ashitey was born in Enfield^[1] to Tina, a medical secretary, and Paul, a dentist, who are both from Ghana. She has an older sister, Grace, who studied at the University of Warwick, and an older brother. Ashitey attended Brimsdown primary school in Brimsdown, Enfield before being educated at The Latymer School in Edmonton, North London.^{[5][failed verification]} She graduated in anthropology from SOAS, University of London in 2009.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Shooting Dogs	Marie
2006	Children of Men	Kee
2007	Exodus	Zipporah
2011	Black Brown White	Jackie
2012	Candle to Water	Shona
2013	All Is by My Side	Faye
2016	The White King	Gaby
	I.T.	Joan
2022	The Rainbow Prince	Princess Marea	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Coming Up	Helen	1 episode
2011, 2019	Top Boy	Taylor	5 episodes; series 1 and 3
2012	Mrs Biggs	Receptionist	1 episode
2014–2016	Suspects	DC Charlie Steele	23 episodes
2015–2017	Doctor Foster	Carly	6 episodes
2017	Master of None	Sara	1 episode
	Shots Fired	Kerry Beck	Main cast
2018	Seven Seconds	K.J. Harper
2019	Criminal: UK	D.S. Adele Addo	Episode: "Jay"
	The Feed	Evelyn Kern	Main cast
2020	Death In Paradise	Alesha Williams	1 Episode
	Doctor Who	Rakaya	Episode: "Can You Hear Me?"
2021	Riviera	Alex Swann	Main cast
2023	Funny Woman	Diane Lewis	5 episodes
	On the Edge	Bella	1 episode
2024	Constellation	Agent Bright	2 episodes
2025	The Wheel of Time	Alviarin Freidhen	Season 3, 4 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2009	Origin of the Species	Victoria	Arcola Theatre, London

Video games

Year	Game	Voice role	Notes
2021	The Last Worker	Hoverbird	Voice only