Lucie Shorthouse

Lucy Richenda Shorthouse^{[citation needed]} was born in the Nuneaton and Bedworth area of Warwickshire and grew up in Tamworth, Staffordshire. Her family had moved to England from Kenya.^[1]

Shorthouse attended the Polesworth School.^[2] Growing up, she took classes at the Wendy Morton Academy of Dance in Atherstone.^[3]

She went on to graduate from Selwyn College, Cambridge in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Drama. At university, she was a member of Footlights. She then trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts until 2015.^[4][5]

After appearing on stage in productions such as The House of in Between at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and Roller Diner at the Soho Theatre,^[6] Shorthouse originated the role of Pritti Pasha in the coming-of-age musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Sheffield Crucible in 2017, a role she would reprise for its West End run at the Apollo Theatre.^[7] For her performance, Shorthouse won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.^[1]

Shorthouse had her first prominent television role in 2020 when she joined the main cast of the Sky One police procedural Bulletproof for its second series as Paige Pennington.^[8] The following year, she began playing band manager Momtaz in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts.^[9]

Shorthouse returned to the Sheffield Crucible in 2021 and 2022 for Talent^[10] and Rock / Paper / Scissors respectively. She also appeared in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore at the Charing Cross Theatre.^{[citation needed]}

In 2023, Shorthouse led the BBC Two comedy Henpocalypse! as Zara opposite Callie Cooke.^[11][12] She also made a guest appearance in the ITVX true crime series The Long Shadow.^{[citation needed]}

She has a leading role as DC Siobhan Clarke in the 2024 BBC Scotland series Rebus opposite Richard Rankin.^[13]