Claire Louise Rushbrook (born 25 August 1971) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Roxanne in the film Secrets & Lies (1996), and for playing Linda Earl-Bouchtat (Rae's Mum) in My Mad Fat Diary (2013–2015). Other credits include The Sins (2000), Linda Green (2001–02), the sitcom Carrie & Barry (2004–05), Whitechapel (2009–2013), Home Fires (2015–16), Enola Holmes (2020), and Ammonite (2020). (Via Wikipedia)