Clare Grogan
Clare Grogan
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Grogan and her two sisters all attended the Notre Dame Convent School. She was discovered by film director Bill Forsyth when she was waitressing in a Glasgow restaurant. She subsequently shot to fame at the age of 19 in Forsyth's film Gregory's Girl.
Grogan developed her singing career as the lead singer of Altered Images, originally a five-piece that included Johnny McElhone (later of the Scottish rock band Texas), whom she met while studying for her Highers. It became a four-person band with the departure of two members and the addition of Stephen Lironi, who played both guitar and drums. The band had a string of hits in the 1980s, including "Happy Birthday," "Don't Talk To Me About Love," "I Could Be Happy" and "Bring Me Closer." The group split up after the mixed reception of their third album, Bite.
Grogan attempted a solo career, but after her single "Love Bomb" flopped in 1987, her album Trash Mad was never released. Grogan formed Universal Love School in 1989 with Lironi, performing a series of gigs around the UK. However, it was short-lived and produced no hit singles. In 2000 she contributed vocals to the song "Night Falls Like a Grand Piano" on The 6ths' album Hyacinths and Thistles. She recorded a version of "Angels With Dirty Faces" for the Frankie Miller tribute album. The track "Her Hooped Dream" appears on The Ultimate Celtic Album.
Altered Images reunited (in name only, as only Grogan performed) in a Here and Now tour in 2005, 2008 and again in 2009.
Her breakthrough role was in Gregory's Girl (1981). Obliged to appear as C. P. Grogan because there was already a member of Equity named Claire Grogan (the other Claire Grogan went on to become a photographer ), she would later drop the i from her first name.
In 1984 she played Charlotte in Forsyth's Comfort and Joy. In 1985 she was the receptionist in the BBC Television version of Blott on the Landscape. She had a recurring role playing Dave Lister's would-be love-interest, Kristine Kochanski, in series 1, 2 and 6 of the TV show Red Dwarf. When offered the same part in series 7, she declined in order to focus on stage acting and singing, and was replaced by Chloë Annett. Grogan has also appeared in Father Ted (episode "Rock-a-Hula Ted") and in EastEnders as Ian Beale's love interest, Ros Thorne (1997–1998).
In recent years, she has been a talk show host in the UK. She played control-freak office manager Sandra Reeves in the 2006 film The Penalty King. She appears in the video for Peter Kay and Matt Lucas' charity single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", recorded for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2007. She also played Danny's mother in Legit.
Grogan sometimes covers for presenters on BBC 6 Music, most often for Nemone and sometimes Liz Kershaw.
Grogan married band mate Stephen Lironi in Glasgow in 1994. The couple live in the London Borough of Haringey. In 2005, after six miscarriages and four failed IVF attempts, they adopted a daughter, Lucia.
Grogan's first book was published in October 2008, a children's novel (aimed at age 7 and up) titled Tallulah and the Teenstars, about a girl who forms a pop band.
Grogan developed her singing career as the lead singer of Altered Images, originally a five-piece that included Johnny McElhone (later of the Scottish rock band Texas), whom she met while studying for her Highers. It became a four-person band with the departure of two members and the addition of Stephen Lironi, who played both guitar and drums. The band had a string of hits in the 1980s, including "Happy Birthday," "Don't Talk To Me About Love," "I Could Be Happy" and "Bring Me Closer." The group split up after the mixed reception of their third album, Bite.
Grogan attempted a solo career, but after her single "Love Bomb" flopped in 1987, her album Trash Mad was never released. Grogan formed Universal Love School in 1989 with Lironi, performing a series of gigs around the UK. However, it was short-lived and produced no hit singles. In 2000 she contributed vocals to the song "Night Falls Like a Grand Piano" on The 6ths' album Hyacinths and Thistles. She recorded a version of "Angels With Dirty Faces" for the Frankie Miller tribute album. The track "Her Hooped Dream" appears on The Ultimate Celtic Album.
Altered Images reunited (in name only, as only Grogan performed) in a Here and Now tour in 2005, 2008 and again in 2009.
Her breakthrough role was in Gregory's Girl (1981). Obliged to appear as C. P. Grogan because there was already a member of Equity named Claire Grogan (the other Claire Grogan went on to become a photographer ), she would later drop the i from her first name.
In 1984 she played Charlotte in Forsyth's Comfort and Joy. In 1985 she was the receptionist in the BBC Television version of Blott on the Landscape. She had a recurring role playing Dave Lister's would-be love-interest, Kristine Kochanski, in series 1, 2 and 6 of the TV show Red Dwarf. When offered the same part in series 7, she declined in order to focus on stage acting and singing, and was replaced by Chloë Annett. Grogan has also appeared in Father Ted (episode "Rock-a-Hula Ted") and in EastEnders as Ian Beale's love interest, Ros Thorne (1997–1998).
In recent years, she has been a talk show host in the UK. She played control-freak office manager Sandra Reeves in the 2006 film The Penalty King. She appears in the video for Peter Kay and Matt Lucas' charity single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", recorded for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2007. She also played Danny's mother in Legit.
Grogan sometimes covers for presenters on BBC 6 Music, most often for Nemone and sometimes Liz Kershaw.
Grogan married band mate Stephen Lironi in Glasgow in 1994. The couple live in the London Borough of Haringey. In 2005, after six miscarriages and four failed IVF attempts, they adopted a daughter, Lucia.
Grogan's first book was published in October 2008, a children's novel (aimed at age 7 and up) titled Tallulah and the Teenstars, about a girl who forms a pop band.
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