Eva Pope

Eva Rebecca Pope (born 16 November 1967) is an English actress, best known for her portrayal of longest-serving headmistress Rachel Mason in Waterloo Road, and appearances in Coronation Street, Dream Team, Bad Girls and Hetty Feather. Eva Pope was born in Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire on 16 November 1967. She trained to be an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1988. Pope's first major role was playing the villainous Tanya Pooley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1993 to 1994. Since then, she has made appearances in Cold Feet, The Bill, Heartbeat, Peak Practice (as Claire Brightwell), Men of the World, Holby City, Casualty, Strictly Confidential, Adventure Inc., Vincent (as Cathy Gallagher), Bad Girls as prison governess Frances Myers, Life on Mars, Sorted, Spooks: Code 9 and the film Shadow Man. From November 2007 to July 2010, she appeared as headteacher Rachel Mason in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road. Pope's theatre credits include roles in The Comedy of Errors, Turkey Time and Hobson's Choice. She is a regular performer and was part of the original cast of Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners and in November 2007, appeared at the Théâtre Princesse Grace, Monte Carlo, directed by Marc Sinden, as part of his British Theatre Season, Monaco. In March 2011, Pope starred as Ellie in the BBC One daytime drama 32 Brinkburn Street. She starred in Being Sold the Movie, which premiered on 19 June 2011. On 13 August 2011, Eva Pope starred as policewoman Simone Grayson on Casualty in the first episode of series 26. She appeared in the third series of Moving On on 16 November 2011 playing Michelle. In 2017, she appeared in Season 20 Episodes 5 and 6 of the BBC forensic drama series Silent Witness as DI Heather Ashton. From 2015 to 2020, she played Matron Gertrude Bottomly in CBBC's adaptation of Hetty Feather, based on the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. In 2019, Pope appeared in Deep Cuts as Bridget McFadden. Pope is also a noted voice-over artist whose credits include Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets and a number of audiobooks

Known For: Acting

Born: Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire, 1967-11-16

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1998	Holiday Romance		20
2	2000	My Fragile Heart	Ruby Mason	0
3	2006	Shadow Man	Anya	44
4	2007	Natasha	Elaine	47
5	2011	Gee Gee	Susan	0
6	2022	Camaleonte	Arabella	0
7	2023	The Venice Murders	Aunt Rosa	38

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Casualty	Josie Barker	61
2	1986	Casualty	Simone Grayson	61
3	1992	Heartbeat	Sharma	71
4	1993	Peak Practice	Sally Gillespie	61
5	1993	Peak Practice	Karen	61
6	1993	Peak Practice	Claire Brightwell	61
7	1994	Men of the World	Becky	50
8	1996	Ellington	Lara	0
9	1998	Cold Feet		78
10	1999	Bad Girls	Frances Myers	76
11	2002	Nice Guy Eddie		0
12	2002	Adventure Inc.	Fiona Gray	85
13	2005	Vincent	Cathy Gallagher	70
14	2006	Life on Mars	Carol Twilling	78
15	2006	Waterloo Road	Rachel Mason	72
16	2006	Strictly Confidential		100
17	2009	Moving On	Michelle	71
18	2011	32 Brinkburn Street	Ellie	0
19	2015	Hetty Feather	Matron	82
20	2022	Somewhere Boy	Angie	60

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