Charlotte Ritchie

Acting

Charlotte Ritchie

Born

1989-08-29 (37)

Place of birth

Clapton, London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Charlotte Anne Ritchie (born 29 August 1989) is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She is famous for her roles in the TV series Fresh Meat (2011–2016), Siblings (2014–2016) and Call the Midwife (2015–2018) and for her lead role in Benny and Jolene (2013). She is currently starring in BBC's Ghosts (2019–) as Alison. In 2004, she played a lead in a short film entitled The Open Doors with Michael Sheen. She appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She also featured in The Pierglass at the Young Pleasance Theatre in August 2006 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She was a presenter on Boomerang and performed with All Angels in an episode of Em…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Wonka poster
7.0

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

Wonka

2023

The Assessment poster
6.8

In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.

The Assessment

2025

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House poster
NR

It's a matter of life and death for Alison, Mike, Mia and the Ghosts.

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

2026

Partygate poster
6.9

Karaoke, suitcases of wine, ambushing cake... this factual drama tells the story of Covid from inside 10 Downing Street as staff kicked back at lockdown-breaching parties

Partygate

2023

Hostages poster
5.1

After a terrifying London hotel explosion, three strangers hide together in a room, navigating a chaotic hostage situation that satirizes the 24-hour news cycle, self-proclaimed experts, and society’s obsession with social media over human life.

Hostages

2025

National Theatre at Home: Cloud 9 poster
NR

In Victorian Africa, where Clive is a colonial administrator and patriarch, his wife, son and servant struggle to be what's expected of them. When the family turn up a hundred years later in 1970s London, what can they make of themselves in a world where empire lingers and freedom calls? With its audacious theatricality and razor-sharp wit, Caryl Churchill's landmark work continues to challenge how we think about gender, power, and the legacies of empire. Dominic Cooke directs a bold new production that brings fresh urgency to this daring and satirical classic, which was filmed live at the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre in London, UK.

National Theatre at Home: Cloud 9

2027

Repeat poster
5.3

A zealous cognitive psychologist stumbles across an unbelievable discovery – a way of communicating with the other side. His joy is short-lived, however, as his daughter is put into potentially grave danger and when all leads go cold, he takes matters into his own hands to find out the truth.

Repeat

2021

Bare Roots poster
NR

AMY reluctantly returns home to the windy clifftop in North Cornwall where she grew up, after a break-up with her partner Jess has left her homeless. She hopes her mum, SUE, will be pleasantly surprised at the chance for them to reconnect. But Sue isn't good with surprises, and has other things on her mind. She is preparing to plant a bare root hedge, her final act of resistance against the second home development that will surround her home, concreting over her memories and erasing her past. They start early: digging in the hedge is backbreaking work. When Amy finally manages to tell Sue about her loss, Sue is lost for words. They doggedly continue planting, gradually finding a rhythm together in the silence. As night falls, and exhaustion sets in, Sue returns to the house, and Amy is left in the field, digging the last trench for the remaining plants. Alone, they each find a way to reach out across the silence, the years of separation, and their losses, towards each other.

Bare Roots

2026

6:23 AM poster
8.0

That thing where you meet someone and you can just walk all night long.

6:23 AM

2020

2010s · 8 titles

Man of the Hour poster
6.0

Gemma receives a mysterious invitation to the birthday party of an enigmatic millionaire, Jeremy. She must pass herself off as Jeremy's old friend and mingle with his glittering guests. But Gemma cannot help but wonder who Jeremy is and why on earth he has tasked her with such a peculiar job - there's something more to him than meets the eye.

Man of the Hour

2018

Careful How You Go poster
4.5

A darkly comic psychological horror, which visits three women as they indulge their taste for recreational cruelty.

Careful How You Go

2018

Doctor Who: Resolution poster
7.0

As the new year begins, a terrifying evil from across the centuries of Earth's history is stirring. As the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, will they be able to overcome the threat to planet Earth?

Doctor Who: Resolution

2019

The Masterful Hermit poster
NR

As Christina attends her farewell party, excited to be flying off around the world the very next day, she is shocked to discover a blast from the past has tracked her down: Christina hasn’t seen Enid for over a year, since they spent an unexpected afternoon together, both on the verge of falling in love. As Christina and Enid ditch the party to spend the evening together we go back to the day they first met and that significant walk to the lighthouse they took, as Enid hopes beyond hope that Christina will finally choose her and not to get on that plane.

The Masterful Hermit

2016

Capital poster
6.0

Capital is a semi-improvised dark satire about the most important people in politics, and begins in the wake of a disastrous referendum that brings back Capital Punishment with a 52% majority.

Capital

2019

Get Real Dude poster
NR

If you want to make the finest wine, use the sweet grape on the vine. It's a few bloody skits from bloody Sam Campbell.

Get Real Dude

2019

Benny & Jolene poster
5.8

The trials and tribulations of the latest Indie Folk Star - Jolene.

Benny & Jolene

2014

The Portrait poster
NR

The film examines some complex dilemmas within three generations of one family. Through the painting of a portrait we are asked to consider: Is it ever better not to know some things than to know them? Does secrecy protect or damage those we love? Can all things be forgiven and forgotten?

The Portrait

2014

Series credits

Death in Paradise poster
7.4

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

Death in Paradise

2011

Emmerdale poster
4.3

The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.

Emmerdale

1972

Ready, Steady, Cook poster
8.0

Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994

The One Show poster
4.3

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

The One Show

2006

Call the Midwife poster
7.6

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Call the Midwife

2012

Call the Midwife poster
7.6

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Call the Midwife

2012

You poster
8.0

A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.

You

2018

Taskmaster poster
8.3

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion?

Taskmaster

2015

The Last Leg poster
5.7

Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.

The Last Leg

2013

8 Out of 10 Cats poster
7.2

A weekly, topical panel show based around a huge series of opinion poll surveys carried out around Britain.

8 Out of 10 Cats

2005

Doctors poster
4.8

Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.

Doctors

2000

Ghosts poster
7.9

A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

Ghosts

2019

No artwork available
NR

Comedy Blaps is Channel 4's vehicle for piloting comedy online. Some pilots consist of a single short, whereas others consist of a few shorts.

Comedy Blaps

2011

McDonald & Dodds poster
7.6

Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.

McDonald & Dodds

2020

Legends poster
7.6

As drugs flood the streets of '90s Britain, a team of civil servants is thrust undercover to topple the gangs behind it.

Legends

2026

Fresh Meat poster
7.2

Six students — Vod Nordstrom, Oregon Shawcross, Josie Jones, Kingsley Owen, JP Pembersley, and Howard McGregor — are freshmen (save for second year Howard) at Manchester Medlock University. Having applied late to accommodation, they live in a shared, off-campus house in Whalley Range rather than the halls of residence.

Fresh Meat

2011

Code of Silence poster
6.7

A deaf catering worker who is struggling to make ends meet is called upon by a police detective superintendent to lip-read the conversations of criminals.

Code of Silence

2025

Feel Good poster
7.1

Recovering addict and comedian Mae tries to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of their life. Life is further complicated by a new and all-consuming relationship with their new girlfriend George.

Feel Good

2020

Stath Lets Flats poster
6.7

Follows incompetent Greek-Cypriot lettings agent Stath, who works for the family business, Michael and Eagle. While Stath wrestles not to be outshone by their top agent, ruthlessly ambitious Carole, the company struggles against the threat of Smethwicks - the slick, high-end estate agents next door.

Stath Lets Flats

2018

Rob Beckett's Smart TV poster
5.4

Hosted by the brilliant Rob Beckett alongside his team captains – TV fanatic Josh Widdicombe, and a lady who frankly is TV, Alison Hammond – the show is a hilarious celebration of the small screen and the shows we love (and some we don’t).

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

2024

Dead Pixels poster
6.7

Meg, Nicky and Usman's lives all revolve around their obsession for the massively popular fantasy game Kingdom Scrolls, a mystical, magical and most importantly virtual world of wizards and wyverns. But when gaming n00b Russell bumbles into their team, the group find themselves increasingly forced to deal with the real world.

Dead Pixels

2019

The Other One poster
6.4

After Colin Walcott drops dead at his birthday party his wife Tess and daughter Cat discover he had a long-term mistress Marilyn by whom he has a daughter Cath. An irate Tess throws out Colin's belongings whilst Cat is angry with boy-friend Marcus over a text he sent to another girl. When the two half-sisters meet there is an argument over where to scatter their father's ashes, leading to police intervention whilst they also learn he may have been having an affair with yet another woman.

The Other One

2020

Raised by Wolves poster
7.8

Set on a Wolverhampton council estate, Raised By Wolves is modern day reimagining of the childhood of Caitlin Moran and her brothers and sisters. Single-mum Della lives in a three bedroom council house with Germaine, Aretha, Yoko, Mariah, Wyatt and baby Cher. She is attempting to raise the children by herself, but does have visits from Grampy, who likes to come around to dispense his wisdom to his grandchildren.

Raised by Wolves

2015

Dirty Business poster
8.8

Two amateur detectives in an Oxfordshire village discover dying fish in their river. When they contact the water company for answers, the company's odd, evasive response prompts them to launch an investigation that continues today.

Dirty Business

2026

Siblings poster
6.1

Each week, through their own selfishness and idiocy, we see Hannah and Dan — the worst brother and sister in the world — spectacularly wreck the lives of those around them — old friends, love interests, family members, and the unlucky individuals who just happen to cross their paths.

Siblings

2014

Drifters poster
NR

A deep dive into the universal feeling of insignificance through the casual repartee of the sea plankton. Presented by Cake on FX

Drifters

2019

Life of Riley poster
5.2

Life of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One and BBC HD. The show stars Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon, who are recently married, and is set around their dysfunctional family. The show also features the couple's four children, Danny, Katy, Ted, and Rosie. After three series it was confirmed that the show had been cancelled.

Life of Riley

2009

For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music poster
NR

The epic nine part docuseries from the award winning team at The Cosmic Shambles Network. From The Big Bang to AI, this is the entire history of music as you’ve never seen it before. Presented by Charlotte Ritchie and featuring over 100 exclusive interviews, rare archive interviews and brand new live performances from incredible performers.

For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music

2026

Behind the camera