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Charly Clive

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Charly Clive
Clive in 2026
Born (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 33)
OccupationActress • Comedian
Years active2018–present

Charly Clive (born 10 February 1993) is an English actress and comedian. On television, she is known for her roles in the Channel 4 series Pure (2019), the Sky Max series The Lazarus Project (2022–2023) and the HBO series Rooster (2026). Her films include All My Friends Hate Me (2021).

Clive was named a 2018 Screen International Star of Tomorrow[1] and a 2026 Brit to Watch by Variety.[2]

Early life and education

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Clive was born to an English father and a Mexican-American mother[3] and grew up in a village in Oxfordshire, attending St. Helen's and St. Katharine's School, a private school in Abingdon.[4] She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City, graduating in 2014.[5]

That December, at age 23, Clive was diagnosed with a macroadenoma.[6] She wrote, alongside Ellen Robertson, about her experience in a sellout comedy stage show called Britney, which was named after her brain tumour,[6] 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."[7]

Career

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In 2019, Clive secured a main role as Marnie MacCauley,[5] a young woman with obsessive-compulsive disorder who is plagued by disturbing sexual thoughts,[8] in the Channel 4 series Pure.[8]

In 2021, she starred in the premise pilot for an eponymous television sitcom adaptation of Britney aired on BBC Three in November that year,[9] although it was not picked up to series.[10]

Since 2026, she has starred in the HBO comedy series Rooster alongside Steve Carell.

Acting credits

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 What in the World Short Film
2021 All My Friends Hate Me Sonia
2027 Everybody Wants to Fuck Me † Emma Post-production

Television

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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
2025 Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping Additional cast Two episodes
2026 Rooster Katie Russo Main role
Break Clause Frances Recurring role

Stage

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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
2026 Relics Michelle Lyric Hammersmith

Music video

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Year Artist Video Album
2020 Elderbrook Numb Why Do We Shake In The Cold?
2024 Jazz Emu I Could Get Into It Ego Death

References

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  1. ↑ "Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2018". Screen International. 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Various (11 February 2026). "10 Brits to Watch 2026: Nell Fisher of 'Stranger Things,' 'Industry's' Miriam Petche, Alfie Williams of '28 Years Later' and More". Variety. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. ↑ Gonzalez, Elliot (27 January 2019). "I TALK TO Charly Clive". I Talk Telly. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Drama". SHSK. Archived from the original on 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  5. 1 2 "American Academy of Dramatic Arts - Alumni Career Highlights". aada.edu. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  6. 1 2 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 [43 mm] golf ball. Her blind spot was a pituitary adenoma…
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 "Channel 4's OCD sex terror Pure is too pure for its own good". British GQ. 29 January 2019.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
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