Beth Goddard
Biography
Elizabeth Jane "Beth" Goddard (born 1969) is a British actress. She grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex and attended Clacton County High School and the Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, Kent, from 1986 to 1989. She met her husband, Philip Glenister, best known for his role as Gene Hunt in TV drama Life on Mars, at a birthday party of Jamie Glover in 1997. They married in 2006. The couple have two daughters, Millie and Charlotte, born in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Goddard played Belinda Ashton in the ITV detective drama Lewis, broadcast in March 2008. Goddard also starred as Suze Littlewood in the comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme. She appeared alongside her husband in the third series of BBC One drama Ashes to Ashes. In this episode the couple shared an on screen kiss. One of her first television roles was as unscrupulous yellow journalist Clare Moody in a 1994 episode of the ITV drama Cracker. Her character was involved in reporting on the crimes committed by serial killer Albie Kinsella (Robert Carlyle), who targeted her for supposedly writing the controversial TRUTH page about the Hillsborough disaster and showing no remorse for it, even continuing to use fabricated information to print stories for more profit. Albie ultimately killed her character with a letter bomb
Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Outlander

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Casualty

Call the Midwife

New Tricks
All Movies (14)
- A Street Cat Named Bob2016 · as Hillary
- Queen of the Desert2015 · as Aunt Lascelles
- Edge of Tomorrow2014 · as Secretary - Judith
- X-Men: First Class2011 · as Mrs. Xavier
- Tu£sday2008
- Tu£sday2008 · as Helen
- The Dead Peasants Society2007 · as Claire Symmons
- According to Beryl2001 · as Queenie
- The Last Seduction II1999 · as Murphy
- Beautiful Thing1996 · as Brewery Official
- The Perfect Match1995 · as Mandy
- Low Level Panic1994 · as Celia
- A Business Affair1994 · as Student
- Top Girls1991 · as Waitress / Kit / Shona
All TV Shows (37)
- Code of Silence2025 · as Helen Redman
- The Gold2023 · as Shirley
- The Serpent Queen2022 · as Antoinette de Bourbon
- Becoming Elizabeth2022 · as Joan Denny
- Des2020 · as Frances
- Manhunt2019 · as Cathy Rook
- Outlander2014 · as Lady Louisa Dunsany
- Endeavour2013 · as Barbara Batten
- Call the Midwife2012 · as Pamela Dobson
- Crooked House2008 · as Mrs Glanville
- Ashes to Ashes2008 · as Elaine Downing
- The Sarah Jane Adventures2007 · as Sister Helena
- Lewis2007 · as Belinda Ashton
- Vital Signs2006 · as Maddy McCartney
- Frances Tuesday2004 · as Bishop
- Murder in Suburbia2004 · as Sally Taylor
- New Tricks2004 · as Paula Symes
- The Eustace Bros.2003 · as Melissa Garvey
- Take Me2001
- Daylight Robbery1999 · as Harriet Howell
- Big Bad World1999
- The Scarlet Pimpernel1999 · as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
- Gimme Gimme Gimme1999 · as Suze Littlewood
- Sunnyside Farm1997
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Wendy Smythe-Webster
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Selina Stanton
- Ellington1996 · as Kelly Logan
- Bugs1995
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front1994 · as Sara Polson
- Cracker1993 · as Clare Moody
- Peak Practice1993 · as Leanda Sharpe
- A Touch of Frost1992 · as Helen Fox
- Performance1991 · as Waitress
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Violet Wilson
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Sister Agnieszka
- Casualty1986 · as Hannah Fleet
- The Bill1984