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Caroline Catz
Caroline Catz
	Catz on the set of Doc Martin in 2009
Born	Caroline Caplan; 19 October 1969 (age 55); Manchester, Lancashire, England
Occupation(s)	Actress and narrator
Years active	1991–present
Television	The Vice (1999–2003) ; Doc Martin (2004–2022) ; DCI Banks (2012–2016) ; I Want My Wife Back (2016) ; A Small Light (2023)
Spouse	Michael Higgs (m. 1997)
Children	2

Caroline Catz (born Caroline Caplan; 19 October 1969) is a British film, television, and theatre actress and narrator. She is best known for her role as Louisa Glasson in Doc Martin (2004–2022). Her other major roles have included Auguste van Pels in A Small Light, Detective Inspector Kate Ashurst in Murder in Suburbia, Detective Inspector Helen Morton in DCI Banks, and PC Cheryl Hutchins in The Vice.

Early life

Catz was born on 19 October 1969^[1] in Manchester to Bernard and Rosemary Caplan.

Television and cinema

She played opposite Michael Kitchen in the TV movie The Guilty in June 1992. In 1994, she took a lead role in the BBC's All Quiet on the Preston Front, which ran for three series. She followed this with a spell in The Bill as Rosie Fox, during which she met Michael Higgs, who later became her husband. Her part in The Bill was the first of four long-term roles in which she played police officers; in The Vice she was a PC, in Murder in Suburbia and DCI Banks she was a Detective Inspector.

From 2004 to 2022, Catz starred in ITV's Doc Martin, in which she played primary school headmistress Louisa Ellingham (née Glasson).

Catz continued to appear in one-off roles, including In Denial of Murder, in which she played real-life murder victim Wendy Sewell, and in an episode of Hotel Babylon. She also appeared in a two-part episode of Single Handed, entitled The Stolen Child, as Dr Maggie Hunter. Originally shown in Ireland in January 2008, the episode was broadcast by ITV on 9 August 2009.

From 2012 until 2016, she played Detective Inspector Helen Morton in DCI Banks. In November 2016, ITV cancelled the programme.^[2]^[3]

In 2014, Catz directed the documentary titled A Message to the World...Whatever Happened to Jesse Hector? Also in 2014, she narrated the BBC's television documentary Ebola – The Search for a Cure.

Catz starred in the 2016 BBC One sitcom series I Want My Wife Back, playing the role of Bex.

In 2017, Catz wrote, directed, and starred in a short documentary on Delia Derbyshire, Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And The Legendary Tapes, (2017), which was screened at the BFI London Film Festival.^[4] She expanded it into a feature-length film that debuted in October 2020.^[5]

In 2018, she was the narrator on Britain's Biggest Warship, a documentary series about the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08).^[6]

Radio

She co-starred in Déjà Vu, a radio play broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 4 February 2009.^[7]

Stage

In November 2008, she played Anna, the puppet maker, in the stage production On Emotion.^[8] She has previously appeared in the West End in the Out of Joint/Royal Court Theatre production of Mark Ravenhill's Shopping and Fucking in 1997, which earned controversy for its subject matter, while Catz herself appeared topless in one scene. However, she gained notice for her performance by critics,^[9] as well as for being the only woman in the production.

In 2012, she played Marlene in Caryl Churchill's play Top Girls directed by Max Stafford-Clark. In 2018, Catz played Susan in Curtains at the Rose Theatre in Kingston.^[10] Other theatre roles include Haunted (West End), The Recruiting Officer (Chichester Festival Theatre), Dogs Barking (Bush Theatre) and Six Degrees of Separation at the Royal Court Theatre.

Personal life

Catz is married to actor Michael Higgs, whom she met on the set of The Bill. They have a son born in 2001 and a daughter born in 2006.^[11]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Upper Hand	Receptionist	Episode: Older Than Springtime
1992	The Guilty	Nicky Lennon
1992	Under the Sun	Linda
1994	Peak Practice	Carol Dart	Episode: Act of Remembrance
1994	The Curious	Unknown	Short film
1994–1997	All Quiet on the Preston Front	Dawn Lomax
1995	Moving Story	Caroline	Episode: Canterbury Tales
1996	Look Me In The Eye	Ruth Wallace	A Screen Two drama
1996	The Merchant of Venice	Jessica	TV film
1996	Litter	Ann	Short film
1996	China	China	Short film
1998–2000	The Bill	Rosie Fox
1999–2003	The Vice	PC Cheryl Hutchins
2003	Real Men	Liz Fenton
2004	In Denial of Murder^[12]	Wendy Sewell
2004	Girl Afraid	Unknown	Short film
2004–2005	Murder in Suburbia	DI Kate "Ash" Ashurst
2004–2022	Doc Martin	Louisa Glasson	10 series (seasons)
2008–2009	Single Handed	Dr Maggie Hunter
2009	A Postcard from Brighton	Amanda Penrose	Short film
2009	Radio Mania: An Abandoned Work	Mary	Short film
2009	Hotel Babylon	Erin Martyn	Series 4, Episodes 1–2
2010	Agatha Christie's Marple	Hazel	"The Blue Geranium"
2010	Conversations with My Wife	Trish
2012–2016	DCI Banks	DI Helen Morton	5 series
2014	A Message to the World...Whatever Happened to Jesse Hector?—	Director
2014	Ebola – The Search for a Cure	Narrator
2015	Valentine's Kiss	Helen	Series 1, Episode 1-2
2016	I Want My Wife Back	Bex	1 series
2017	Cupidity	Carol	Short film
2018	Britain's Biggest Warship	Narrator
2020	McDonald & Dodds	Alison Speirs	Series 1, 1 episode
	Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes	Delia Derbyshire	Was also a 2018 short film
	Cuba: Castro vs the World	Narrator
2021	The Canterville Ghost	Lucy Otis
2022	Farewell to Doc Martin	Narrator	Documentary^[13]
2023	A Small Light	Auguste van Pels	Miniseries