Biography
From an early age both she and her identical twin sister Julie harboured ambitions to be actresses, leading their mother to hire her daughters an agent. As a result Clare and Julie appeared in local productions and were offered modelling work.
A graduate of the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, Buckfield originally auditioned for the part of Natalie Stevens in BBC 1 teenage soap "Grange Hill". She lost out to her twin sister Julie who was auditioning for the part of Chrissy Mainwaring, but Clare eventually won the role of Natasha Stevens in 1992. She appeared in "Grange Hill" for two years.
Clare and Julie competed again to replace Clare Woodgate as character Jenny Porter in 2point4children, but this time Clare got the part over Julie. Clare appeared in the series up until the year 1999, when the premature death of actor Gary Olsen in 2000 ensured this special millennium episode would be the last.
In 2003, Buckfield played the role of Sandy in Grease opposite Noel Sullivan as Danny and Amanda-Jane Manning as Rizzo at The Jersey Opera House
In 2004, Buckfield landed the role of Katy Bell in Steel River Blues, a programme intended to fill the void left by London's Burning on ITV1. The series was not re-commissioned beyond its initial seven episode run.
Buckfield has also appeared in episodes of Dangerfield, Doctors & Holby City. She was the voice-over of Samantha in the PG Tips television commercials and appeared in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio of The One Doctor, alongside 6th Doctor Colin Baker, as Sally Ann-Stubbins in 2001. In 2006 she returned to Doctor Who, starring alongside Paul McGann and Stephen Gately in the radio adventure The Horror of Glam Rock and then again in 2007 (released in 2008) in Dead London. She is most recently noted for playing Audrey in The Little Shop of Horrors 2009 UK Tour.
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