Clare Perkins plays Mai Tamba and recent theatre credits include Removal Men (Yard Theatre), Play On, Little Revolution (Almeida), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre), The House That Will Not Stand, Fabulation (Tricycle Theatre), and Our Country’s Good, Cyrano De Bergerac (Nuffield Theatre Southampton).

Television credits include Family Affairs, EastEnders, and Damned.