in a series based on Frances Fyfield's novels. She also played Aunt Polly in a 2003 remake of Pollyanna and Commander Clare Blake in Lynda La Plante's drama, The Commander. In 2010, Burton appeared in the sixth series of BBC drama Waterloo Road as new head teacher Karen Fisher, and departed the show in 2011. She took part in BBC1's Celebrity Masterchef and made it through to the semi-finals. She appeared as gangster's wife Cherie Le Saux in ITV drama The Level in Autumn 2016. In 2020, she had a starring role as crime family matriarch Katherine Maguire in the third season of Marcella. Personal life In 1976 Burton married theatre technician Jonathan Hartley, whom she met while at Manchester School of Theatre. They divorced in 1982. She married professional photographer Sven Arnstein in 1989, and the couple had two daughters, Phoebe Marie (born 1989) and Brid Irina (born 1991), before divorcing in 2004. Burton currently lives in Hastings, East Sussex. Charity Burton is an ambassador for The Children's Trust, the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. Filmography Film Television Presenter Awards and nominations References and notes External links Living people Television actresses from Northern Ireland English soap opera actresses Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University People educated at Foyle College Actors from Derry (city) 20th-century actresses from Northern Ireland 21st-century actresses from Northern Ireland Year of birth missing (living people)