Eva Pope
Eva Rebecca Pope (born 16 November 1967) is an English actress, best known for her portrayal of longest-serving headmistress Rachel Mason in Waterloo Road, and appearances in Coronation Street, Dream Team, Bad Girls and Hetty Feather. Eva Pope was born in Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire on 16 November 1967. She trained to be an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1988. Pope's first major role was playing the villainous Tanya Pooley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1993 to 1994. Since then, she has made appearances in Cold Feet, The Bill, Heartbeat, Peak Practice (as Claire Brightwell), Men of the World, Holby City, Casualty, Strictly Confidential, Adventure Inc., Vincent (as Cathy Gallagher), Bad Girls as prison governess Frances Myers, Life on Mars, Sorted, Spooks: Code 9 and the film Shadow Man. From November 2007 to July 2010, she appeared as headteacher Rachel Mason in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road. Pope's theatre credits include roles in The Comedy of Errors, Turkey Time and Hobson's Choice. She is a regular performer and was part of the original cast of Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners and in November 2007, appeared at the Théâtre Princesse Grace, Monte Carlo, directed by Marc Sinden, as part of his British Theatre Season, Monaco. In March 2011, Pope starred as Ellie in the BBC One daytime drama 32 Brinkburn Street. She starred in Being Sold the Movie, which premiered on 19 June 2011. On 13 August 2011, Eva Pope starred as policewoman Simone Grayson on Casualty in the first episode of series 26. She appeared in the third series of Moving On on 16 November 2011 playing Michelle. In 2017, she appeared in Season 20 Episodes 5 and 6 of the BBC forensic drama series Silent Witness as DI Heather Ashton. From 2015 to 2020, she played Matron Gertrude Bottomly in CBBC's adaptation of Hetty Feather, based on the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. In 2019, Pope appeared in Deep Cuts as Bridget McFadden. Pope is also a noted voice-over artist whose credits include Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets and a number of audiobooks
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Credits
- 2023 · The Venice Murders as Aunt Rosa
- 2022 · Somewhere Boy as Angie
- 2022 · Camaleonte as Arabella
- 2015 · Hetty Feather as Matron
- 2011 · 32 Brinkburn Street as Ellie
- 2011 · Gee Gee as Susan
- 2009 · Moving On as Michelle
- 2007 · Natasha as Elaine
- 2006 · Strictly Confidential as
- 2006 · Shadow Man as Anya
- 2006 · Waterloo Road as Rachel Mason
- 2006 · Life on Mars as Carol Twilling
- 2005 · Vincent as Cathy Gallagher
- 2002 · Adventure Inc. as Fiona Gray
- 2002 · Nice Guy Eddie as
- 2000 · My Fragile Heart as Ruby Mason
- 1999 · Bad Girls as Frances Myers
- 1998 · Cold Feet as
- 1998 · Holiday Romance as
- 1997 · McCallum as Dr. Charley Fielding
- 1994 · Men of the World as Becky
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Sally Gillespie
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Karen
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Claire Brightwell
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Sharma
- 1986 · Casualty as Josie Barker
- 1986 · Casualty as Simone Grayson