Person
Sharon D. Clarke
Acting · Born 1966-08-12 · London, England, UK
Biography
Sharon D. Clarke is an English actress and singer. Best known to television audiences for her role as Lola Griffin in the medical drama Holby City, Clarke has also played lead roles in many West End musicals, and originated the roles of the Killer Queen in We Will Rock You and Oda Mae Brown in Ghost the Musical. Clarke has achieved chart success with the FPI Project's remake of Going Back to My Roots and in Nomad with the singles "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion" and "Just a Groove", the latter of which sold more than two million singles worldwide. In 2017 it was announced that Clarke would be joining the 11th series of Doctor Who.
Known for
Doctor Who
Grace O'Brien
Death in Paradise
Zeta Akande
EastEnders
Lizzie Burton
Holby City
Lola Griffin
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Self
Waking the Dead
Camelia Baptiste
New Tricks
2004
Wicked
Dulcibear (voice)
Wicked: For Good
Dulcibear (voice)
Filmography
- 2025Wicked: For GoodDulcibear (voice)
- 2025HavocCaptain
- 2025National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being EarnestLady Bracknell
- 2024EllisDCI Ellis
- 2024Maddie + TriggsTriggs' Tail (voice)
- 2024WickedDulcibear (voice)
- 2024Mr LovermanCarmel Walker
- 2024BagmanBarbara
- 2024Lost Boys and FairiesClaire
- 2023Castlevania: NocturneCécile Fatiman (voice)
- 2023Red, White & Royal BlueUK Prime Minister
- 2022The Bower
- 2022Reopening: The Broadway RevivalSelf
- 2021ShowtrialVirginia Hoult
- 2021La FortunaMaggie
- 2021Neutrino: Hunting the Ghost ParticleNarrator
- 2021Chatsworth HouseSelf - Narrator
- 2020RocksAnita
- 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
- 2019RocketmanAA Counsellor
- 2018InformerRose Asante
- 2018Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to EarthGrace O'Brien
- 2018TauQueenpin
- 2016The Darkest UniverseMegan
- 2016FlowersDr. Malone
- 2016Shakespeare Lives: The WorksMacbeth
- 2015National Theatre Live: EverymanKindred (Mother)
- 2013PsychobitchesNina Simone
- 2012Playhouse PresentsBessie Smith
- 2011Death in ParadiseZeta Akande
- 2009CBeebies Bedtime StoriesSelf
- 2007SugarhouseCrystal
- 2005Doctor WhoGrace O'Brien
- 2005The CrustGrandma Flossie
- 2004New Tricks
- 2001Waking the DeadCamelia Baptiste
- 2000Secret SocietyTyphoon
- 1999Beautiful PeopleNurse Tina
- 1999Holby CityLola Griffin
- 1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Guest
- 1991PerformanceFlora
- 1991Soldier SoldierReceptionist
- 1988Tumbledown1st Night Nurse
- 1986The Singing DetectiveNight Nurse
- 1986Past CaringSusie
- 1985EastEndersLizzie Burton
- —Ebony McQueenEbony McQueen
- —The Lenny Henry Birthday Show
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