Biography

Claire Sweeney

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Claire comes from a small family and was brought up in Liverpool by her mother, Kathleen, and butcher father, Ken along with her brother, Shaun She found school work a little difficult particularly Math but did well in singing and acting. Her first job had nothing to do with acting though as she worked as a butchers assistant in her fathers shop. Claire trained at the Elliott-Clarke Drama School in Liverpool, before winning a place at London's famous Italia Conti stage school in London when she was 18. She was determined to be a singer after she left school and was booked up for a succession of summer seasons and pantos, before landing a brief appearance in Brookside as Lindsey in 1991. It was only a brief appearance (two episodes) and Claire decided she wanted to see the world, so she joined a cruise ship as a singer for four years. After her stint at sea, Claire felt it was time to come home and decided to write the producer of Brookside to see if there was a place for her on the show. It just happened that the day the producer got her letter was the day the production staff were meeting to discuss long term storylines so they decided it was time to bring back Lindsey Corkhill. Claire returned to work at Brookside in 1995.
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Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her son Jaxon to perform in the pantomime "Aladdin".
Won the 2001 Rear of the Year award in the UK.
Had 2 miscarriages during her relationship with Daniel Riley - the first was in April 2012 at 12 weeks and the second happened shortly after she found out she was pregnant again in May 2013.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 43, a son named Jaxon Riley on September 29, 2014 via planned C-section. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend (now ex-fiancé), Daniel Riley.
Was in a relationship with Daniel Riley from 2011 to 2015. They have a son together.

People say theatre is hard work but I think soap is the hardest work I've ever done. The hours, you film from eight till eight, then you go home, you're learning lines. On stage, you know your lines, you turn up, you're on stage between seven and ten or seven and nine and you're done and dusted.

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