Blythe Duff was born on 25 November 1962 and is a Scottish actress best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the ITV television series drama Taggart.
26 Facts About Blythe Duff
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Blythe Duff entered the profession in 1983 with her first job at the Young Playwrights Festival.
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Blythe Duff worked in theatre for seven years, appearing with Scottish Opera in Street Scene as Shirley Kaplan in 1989, and at the Coliseum Theatre in London with the English National Opera.
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Blythe Duff performed on the soundtrack album which was released on Decca Records in 1989.
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Blythe Duff was working for Scottish Opera when she landed the role of Jackie Reid in the sixth series of Taggart in 1990.
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Blythe Duff's first appearance was a community police officer in the second episode of the sixth series, "Death Comes Softly", on 3 December 1990, in which she is credited as playing WPC Reid.
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Blythe Duff became the longest-serving member of the Taggart cast after James Macpherson left the show in 2002.
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Blythe Duff has appeared twice as a guest on the daytime talk show Loose Women on 24 September 2004 and 15 September 2005.
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On 26 April 2006, Blythe Duff appeared in the documentary There's Been a Murder: A Celebration of Taggart.
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Blythe Duff starred in the European premiere of Mum's the Word in Spring 2002, which toured around Scotland and included a four-week run at the King's Theatre in Glasgow.
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Blythe Duff later reprised her role for Volcanic Productions for a tour of New Zealand.
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Blythe Duff has won Best Female Performance twice at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland: in 2013 for her portrayal of Fay Black in Rona Munro's prison drama 'Iron'; and in 2014 for the titular role in David Harrower's 'Ciara'.
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Blythe Duff has appeared on radio, including the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game Just a Minute.
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Blythe Duff has recorded Hansel and Gretel by Savourna Stevenson with the Scottish Opera Orchestra, and recorded an audio book of "44 Scotland Street" by Alexander McCall Smith.
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In 2010, Blythe Duff formed Datum Point Productions to capitalise on the wealth of talent in the theatre, film and TV industry in Scotland.
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Blythe Duff filmed Sarajevo, a 20-minute monologue set in an empty classroom, which follows Rachael Lewis as she prepares a farewell speech for the retiring head teacher.
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Blythe Duff brought the critically acclaimed production of David Harrower's Good With People to the Traverse Theatre for the 2012 Edinburgh Festival.
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In May 2019, Blythe Duff joined the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the London West End production, appearing as Professor Minerva McGonagall and the Trolley Witch in the multi award-winning show.
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Blythe Duff is married to former police officer Tom Forrest and became stepmother to his two daughters, Sarah and Katie.
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Blythe Duff met Forrest, a widower, when she bought her sister's house in Burnside in Rutherglen in 1997 and became his neighbour.
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Blythe Duff left the police force and set up the property company, Blue Door Property.
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In Dec 2000, Blythe Duff was made a patron of Scottish Youth Theatre, continuing her link with the company having been a student in the '80s, and on the board in the '90s.
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Blythe Duff was one of a number of Scottish women who, at an event to publicly recognise the outstanding work of women from across Scotland, received a personal "thank you" from the then Secretary of State for Scotland, Helen Liddell, at Edinburgh Castle on 6 March 2003.
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Blythe Duff was asked to be an Ambassador of The Prince's Trust, having benefited from the charity in the 1980s.
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Blythe Duff was Chieftain of Bute Highland Games in 2009 and Chieftain of the Cowal Games in 2011.
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Blythe Duff was given an Honorary Doctorate in June 2011 from Glasgow Caledonian University for her outstanding contribution to the performing arts.