Charlotte Ritchie

Early life and education

Charlotte Ritchie was born in Clapham, London, on 29 August 1989.

She was educated at James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, and joined Youth Music Theatre UK and its production of Red Hunter in 2005. She gained a degree in English and drama at the University of Bristol while filming Fresh Meat in her final year.

Career

In 2004, Ritchie played a lead role in a short film entitled The Open Doors with Welsh actor Michael Sheen. She appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She also appeared in The Pierglass at the Young Pleasance Theatre in August 2006 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Ritchie performed with All Angels in an episode of Emmerdale. She also played Emily Owen, a neighbour in the BBC's Life of Riley.

From 2011 to 2016, Ritchie portrayed Oregon in the Channel 4 comedy series Fresh Meat.

She starred alongside Tom Stourton in the BBC Three sitcom Siblings, which was first broadcast in summer 2014, and she appeared as a guest panellist in the same year on 8 Out of 10 Cats.

From 2015 to 2018, she played Nurse Barbara Gilbert (later Hereward) in the popular period drama Call the Midwife.

In 2016, she appeared in the UK production of Noël Coward's Private Lives, playing the role of Sibyl Chase.

On New Years Day 2019, Ritchie had the guest starring role of Lin in the Doctor Who episode "Resolution".

From 2019 to 2023, she played Alison, alongside Kiell Smith-Bynoe as Mike, in Ghosts, a BBC sitcom about a young couple who inherit a haunted estate. In 2019, she appeared in Dead Pixels, also playing a character named Alison.

She additionally played George in the Channel 4 series Feel Good, co-starring with Mae Martin. The series was released on Netflix in 2020.

Ritchie was a contestant on series 11 of Taskmaster, which was broadcast on Channel 4 in March to May 2021. She has since been a guest on several episodes of the official Taskmaster podcast.

In 2022, Ritchie joined the cast as a series regular on season 4 of You.

In 2023, Ritchie appeared in the music video for "The Blades" by the alternative rock band Squid.

Ritchie also briefly appeared in the 2023 film Wonka as Barbara.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theatre and radio

References

References

1. (23 June 2021). "The Harry Potter extra who went on to star in Call The Midwife and Netflix's Feel Good".
2. (16 August 2005). "Red Hunter (2005)". Youth Music Theatre.
3. Gilbert, Gerard. (1 September 2011). "Charlotte Ritchie is Oregon". Channel 4.
4. (14 December 2006). "No 9: All Angels". Apple iTunes.
5. "All Angels".
6. "Call the Midwife: Nurse Barbara actress Charlotte Ritchie discusses her heartbreaking storyline".
7. "Call the Midwife's Charlotte Ritchie introduces new midwife Barbara". Radio Times.
8. Gough, Lee-Anne. "Tom Chambers and Charlotte Ritchie on Noël Coward's classic Private Lives". Ambassador Theatre Group.
9. "Call the Midwife star Charlotte Ritchie joins BBC1 comedy Ghosts".
10. (17 March 2020). "Feel Good Cast".
11. "Taskmaster series 11 line up".
12. Andreeva, Nellie. (March 25, 2022). "Charlotte Ritchie To Star In Season 4 Of Netflix's 'You'". Deadline Hollywood.
13. Richards, Will. (26 May 2023). "Watch Squid's Charlotte Ritchie-starring video for new song 'The Blades'". NME.
14. Cremona, Patrick. (24 Nov 2025). "Ghosts favourite leads new comedy thriller Hostages – watch first-look trailer".
15. "Charlotte Ritchie and Hugh Skinner star in Channel 4's 'Partygate'!".