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My Take
Katrin Cartlidge is, to me, one of those actors whose loss still stings. English-born, she did her finest work in the unglamorous, deeply human world of Mike Leigh, winning Best Actress acclaim for Career Girls and supporting awards abroad. She wasn't chasing celebrity; she was chasing truth in a performance, and that distinction is exactly what I value most. Dying at 41 in 2002 cut short a career that should have deepened for decades. I keep coming back to how much weight she carried in a relatively short body of work. That's the mark of a real artist, and she earns my quiet admiration.
Overview
Katrin Juliet Cartlidge (15 May 1961 – 7 September 2002) was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as Lucy Collins in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1983), before going on to win the 1997 Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Career Girls.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Katrin Cartlidge
- Name (Japanese)
- カトリン・カートリッジ
- Reading
- かとりん・かーとりっじ
- Born
- May 15, 1961 – September 7, 2002
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Ox
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1997 Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- 1997 Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Stage actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.