Clara Salaman was born 22 February, 1967 in Islington, London. She is a British actress who played DS Claire Stanton in The Bill, and in Beech Is Back, Delia in EastEnders, she has also been in Doc Martin, Bad Girls, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, A Touch of Frost, Heartbeat, Holby City, In Deep, William and Mary, Doctors, Bugs and Maigret.