Claudia Renton
- Actress
Claudia Renton, the niece of the director Nick Renton, trained to be a
choral singer and had had no formal acting training when she won her
first significant role as Polly Cazalet in the television adaptation of
the books by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Claudia had been a fan since
childhood . However, when the auditions were announced, she was
back-packing in Central America with a view to reading History at
Oxford University. Not only did she get the part of Polly, but she also
shone academically by obtaining a First Class degree in History at
Trinity College, Oxford , winning the Gibbs Prize for History and also
finding time to cox the college's rowing team. Inevitably she took part
in theatrical presentations at college, graduating in 2003. She has
subsequently appeared in Harry Potter on screen and with the National
Theater.
