Clare Grogan, born Claire Patricia Grogan, (17 March 1962), is a Scottish actress best known for playing the first Kochanski in Red Dwarf and being the lead singer for the new wave band, Altered Images. Despite having several hits such as "Happy Birthday", "Don't Talk to Me About Love" and "I Could Be Happy", Altered Images disbanded after their third album in 1983.
When working as a waitress, she was spotted by Bill Forsyth, a film director, leading to her getting the role of Susan in Gregory's Girl. After a few smaller roles on TV, she was cast as Kochanski in Red Dwarf, the dream girl of Lister. She made appearances in the first two series and afterwards didn't appear again until Series VI. When Kochanski became a main character in Series VII, Grogan wasn't brought back, and her role went to Chloë Annett.
Some of her other notable roles on TV were as a Sinéad O'Connor parody in Father Ted, a love interest for Ian Beale in five episodes of EastEnders and the mother of Mimi McGuinness in Skins.
Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
Films- Gregory's Girl (1980) — Susan
- Red Dwarf, 4 episodesshow list (1988-93) — Kristine Z. Kochanski
- The Play on One, episode "The Wreck on the Highway" (1990) — Anne
- Taggart, 3 episodesshow list (1992) — Mary Catto
- Father Ted, episode "Rock-a-Hula Ted" (1996) — Niamh Connolly
- EastEnders, 5 episodes (1997-98) — Ros Thorne
- Doctors, episode "Play it Again, Mac" (2003) — Lou Matthews
- Legit, 5 episodesshow list (2007) — May
- Skins, 3 episodesshow list (2011-12) — Shelley McGuinness
- Waterloo Road, episode "Future Proof" (2012) — Sandra Gordon
- Still Game, episode "Hitched" (2019) — As Herself
