Katrin Cartlidge

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.

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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

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

Awards & achievements

• 1997 Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• 1997 Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrin%20Cartlidge
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254620

Tags

• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.