Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an English actress. She is a three-time Olivier Award winner.Higgins is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She received the first of six Olivier nominations in 1984, as Best Suppporting Actress, for her role as Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. She has since won Best Actress for Sweet Bird of Youth in 1995, Vincent in Brixton in 2003 and Hecuba in 2005. She made her Broadway debut in 2003 in Vincent in Brixton, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play.Her films include, Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Bad Behaviour (1993), Small Faces (1996) and The Golden Compass (2007)