Phoebe Dynevor as Clarice Cliff (Image: Sky)
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The first official images of Phoebe Dynevor as acclaimed Stoke-on-Trent ceramicist Clarice Cliff have been released as filming continues.
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She was born into a working-class Staffordshire family in 1899 and was sent to work in the potteries aged just 13 before going on to become one of the country’s most influential ceramicists. Now Clarice Cliff has inspired a feature film that will show how she broke the mould in the pottery industry, revolutionising the workplace and bringing art to the masses with plates, jugs and teapots that were as affordable as they were colourful.
In the Sky Original production, to be announced on Wednesday, she will be portrayed by Phoebe Dynevor, who played Daphne the debutante in Netflix’s hit series Bridgerton. The factory owner Colley Shorter, who recognised Cliff’s talent, sending her to the Royal College of Art in London and setting her up in her own studio, will be depicted by Matthew Goode whosefilms include The Imitation Game.
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Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor is to take on the role of acclaimed ceramicist Clarice Cliff for a new film being shot in Stoke-on-Trent.
The actress - who has become a household name after the release of the Netflix original drama this year - will take on the lead character in The Colour Room.
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The film heading into production later this month will tell the story of famed British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff.
Phoebe Dynevor, recently seen as Daphne Bridgerton in Netflix s hit period drama series
Bridgerton, is to star alongside Matthew Goode (
The Imitation Game) in the Sky original film
The Colour Room.
Directed by Claire McCarthy (
Ophelia) from a script by Claire Peate, the film a co-production from Sky, Caspian Films and Creative England will tell the story of famed British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, to be played by Dynevor.
Additional cast includes David Morrissey (