Catherine Shepherd

Who is Catherine Shepherd?

Catherine Margaret Shepherd is an English actress and writer, with a career spanning radio, theatre, film and television.

She was educated in South London at the James Allen's Girls' School. A prolific writer, having co-written several plays performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, Shepherd's stage play Cats and Monkeys has been produced as a BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play, with a cast featuring Anna Carteret, Jack Shepherd and the author.

She was a commissioned writer on the comedy sketch show Party Piece and also wrote on the BBC Radio 4 show Concrete Cow. Shepherd co-wrote Your Whole Life, which won a Best of the Sunday Lizard award at the Traverse Theatre.

Shepherd speaks fluent Italian, and achieved honours at senior grade in ballet dancing.

She is the daughter of well-known actor Jack Shepherd, who is perhaps most famous for having played Charles Wycliffe in the HTV television series Wycliffe.