| Charly Clive | |
|---|---|
 Clive in One Tank Road Trip 2019 | |
| Born | 1993 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2018–present |
Charly Clive (born 1993) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Marnie in the Channel 4 series Pure (2019). She was named a 2018 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
Early life
Clive was born to an English father and a Mexican-American mother and grew up in a village in Oxfordshire. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City, graduating in 2014.
That December, at age 23, Clive was diagnosed with a macroadenomas brain tumour. She wrote about her experience in a sellout comedy stage show called Britney, which was named after her brain tumour, which in turn was named after singer Britney Spears: “I needed it to be iconic, and there is nobody more iconic than Britney. If I was going to get a tumour, then she'd have to be a little bit fabulous, and so Britney was the one."
Career
In 2019, she secured a main role as 24-year-old Marnie MacCauley, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and is plagued by disturbing sexual thoughts, in the Channel 4 British television series Pure.
In 2021, she starred in the premise pilot for an eponymous television sitcom adaptation of Britney aired on BBC Three in November that year, although it was not picked up to series.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | What in the World | Short Film | ||
| 2021 | All My Friends Hate Me | Sonia |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pure | Marnie MacCauley | Main role |
| 2021 | Britney | Charly | premise pilot (also creator, writer, associate producer) |
| 2022–2023 | The Lazarus Project | Sarah Leigh | Main role |
Music video
| Year | Artist | Video | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Elderbrook | Numb | Why Do We Shake In The Cold? |
| 2024 | Jazz Emu | I Could Get Into It |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Britney | herself | Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh | also co-writer and producer |
| 2019 | Britney | herself | Soho Theatre, London | also co-writer and producer |
References
- "Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2018". Screen International. 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- Gonzalez, Elliot (27 January 2019). "I TALK TO Charly Clive". I Talk Telly. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "American Academy of Dramatic Arts - Alumni Career Highlights". aada.edu. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Wiseman, Eva (27 January 2019). "Charly Clive: How my brain tumour inspired a comedy career". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
…2015… Christmas… aged 23, her brain tumour was the size of a golf ball. Her blind spot was a pituitary adenoma…
- Blake, Elly (30 November 2021). "Britney: The story behind the new BBC Three comedy". The Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Channel 4's OCD sex terror Pure is too pure for its own good". British GQ. 29 January 2019.
- Baker, Emily (30 November 2021). "Britney, BBC3, review: The first time a brain tumour has ever been funny". i. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- Morris, Lauren (6 December 2021). "Britney stars say they're "ready to go" if BBC commissions full series". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
External links
- Charly Clive at IMDb
- Charly Clive on Twitter