Clare Higgins as Julia Cotton
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, and Kirsty must follow him to save her father and witness the power struggles among the newly damned.
Biography for Clare Higgins
Date of birth
Norwich, England, UK
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After three years of drama school, she headed to Manchester and the Royal Exchange Theater. There, among her other credits, she had leading roles in the plays 'The Deep Man', 'Measure For Measure' and A Streetcar Named Desire', in which she played Stella. At the same time, she was busily carving a niche for herself in numerous BBC television plays, including "Cover Her Face" (1985) (mini), "Pride and Prejudice" (1979) (mini), 'Unity', 'Hideaway' 'Byron' and the ten-part "Citadel, The" (1983)(mini) She was also a featured regular on the English comedy series Up Line (1987) (TV). In 1984, she made her feature film debut in Horton Foote's 1919 (1985).
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Trivia
She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1995 (1994 season) for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Sweet Bird of Youth at the Royal National Theatre.
She was awarded the 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2002 for her performance in Vincent in Brixton performed at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe and Wyndham Theatres.
She was awarded the 2002 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Vincent in Brixton performeda at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe and later at Wyndham's Theatre.
She was awarded the 1994 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Best Actress for her performances in The Children's Hour and Sweet Bird of Youth.
She was awarded the 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Vincent in Brixton at the Donmar Warehouse in London, England.
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Personal quotes
[talking about her character in Hellbound: Hellraiser II]: "I hope you understand Julia's reasons for being an unpleasant character, because you see the depths she's prepared to plumb for love. She's a great deal nastier this time, and if anybody sympathises with her, I'm doing something wrong. I really want everybody to hate me."
[talking about the hardest scene she had to do in Hellbound: Hellraiser II]: "The most difficult thing I had to do in Hellbound was walk down the wind tunnels with a jet engine blowing at me, keep my eyes open and look evil at the same time! There's a lot of wind in this movie... and blood... and slime... and gore..."
[talking about Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)]: "I think that Hellraiser II will be...I think worst is the wrong word. Better in the sense that we use better special effects, more evil, more disgusting, more blood...this is Hellraiser I plus."
[on Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)]: "I had to come back, because to be the queen of hell, you see, it's an oportunity that I couldn't miss!"
[talking about how she felt while working on Hellraiser]: "This kind of film is quite difficult to get into...to get yourself to the point where you have to hammer someone over the head for the first time is not the easiest thing to do. When I came to those scenes, I thought, 'I'm never going to be able to do this,' and now I've done it. It just becomes like throwing a switch, so I'm prepared for anything now."
[talking about her character in Hellraiser]: "I found it hugely enjoyable to rant and rave and bring out all that aggression my character goes through on screen, it's a lovely release. Everyone has a violent streak, however well they hide it, and one of the things that I think is so good about 'Hellraiser' is that Clive knows that. That kind of behavior in real life is unthinkable; in this movie, it's not. I have played nice women for seven years. This has been a wonderful change."
[talking about how she got involved in Hellraiser]: "I had initial feelings of trepedation about the part because I can't watch horror films or read horror stories. However, I was attracted to the script by Clive Barker's faith and commitment to the project - he was so enthusiastic. The way he described what he wanted to do with he film gripped me so much that I was sold instantly."
Casanova (2005) (TV) (post-production) .... Cook
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) (post-production) .... Mrs. Meyer
Bigger Than the Sky (2005) .... Edwina Winters
Stage Beauty (2004) .... Mistress Revels
Secret, The (2000/I) (TV) .... Maggie Hewitt
... aka Catherine Cookson's The Secret (2000) (TV) (USA: complete title)
House of Mirth, The (2000) .... Mrs. Bry
... aka Chez les heureux du monde (2001) (France)
... aka Haus Bellomont (2001) (Germany)
Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence, The (1999) (V) .... Edith Wharton?
B. Monkey (1998) .... Cherry
... aka B. Monkey - una donna da salvare (2000) (Italy)
"Silent Witness" (1996) TV Series .... Det. Supt. Harriet Farmer (1996)
Small Faces (1996) .... Lorna Maclean
Thin Ice (1995) .... Fiona
Fatherland (1994/I) (TV) .... Klara
Circle of Deceit (1993) (TV) .... Eilish
Bad Behaviour (1993) .... Jessica Kennedy
Fruit Machine, The (1988) .... Eve
... aka Wonderland (1988)
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) .... Julia Cotton
... aka Hellraiser II (1988)
Up Line (1987) (TV)
Hellraiser (1987) .... Julia Cotton
... aka Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1987)
"Cover Her Face" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Catherine Bowers
1919 (1985) .... Young Sophie
"Citadel, The" (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Christine Barlow
"Pride and Prejudice" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Kitty Bennet
Other Clare Higgins pages on Women of Horror:
Hellraiser