Biography
Carolyn Pickles is an English actress. She read drama at the University of Manchester, where she took part in student productions including the lead in Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, and later joined the BBC's Radio Drama Company.
Her screen career began with the role of Marian in Roman Polanski's Tess (1979). She has appeared in other films including The Mirror Crack'd (1980) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) as Professor Charity Burbage. On television she is known for playing Shelley Williams in Emmerdale, DCI Kim Reid in The Bill, and Maggie Radcliffe in Broadchurch (2013). She is the niece of actress Christina Pickles.
