Mrs Clarrie Niven — Mothering Sunday Character Profile

About Mrs Clarrie Niven

A grieving Niven family matriarch who lost sons in the war. She comforts Jane after Paul's death with a blunt remark about Jane's orphan status, which inadvertently inspires Jane to begin writing.

Character Facts

Played by

Olivia Colman

Appears in

Mothering Sunday (2021)

Role

Supporting

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