Her notable roles include Rebecca Hopkins in ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1999–2000); Kate Mitchell in BBC One soap opera EastEnders (2002–2005); Izzie Redpath in Waterloo Road (2006–2007); and Diane Manning in In The Club (2014–2016). In October 2020, she won her third Olivier for her role in the revival of Death of a Salesman at London's Young Vic. Clarke voices the character of Treetog in the CBeebies series Tree Fu Tom . Clarke made an appearance at Music on the Farm, held at Battlers Green Farm in aid of charity, singing hits from musicals that she has starred in. In October 2010, the Apollo Victoria Theatre, home to the musical Wicked, celebrated its 80th anniversary and Clarke was a guest performer[6] alongside other stars such as Wayne Sleep.
She played the role of Motormouth Maybelle, alongside Phill Jupitus and Brian Conley as Edna Turnblad. On 24 January 2011, she appeared in EastEnders, as Connor Stanley's mother Kendra. Hi, my name is Sharon Clark and I have a passion for serving people. Sharon Clark. Explore Sharon D. Clarke's biography, personal life, family and real age. [9] [10] [11] [12], In 2017, she played the role of Sonya in Cy Coleman's musical The Life at Southwark Playhouse [13] and Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change at the Chichester Festival Theatre. [14] Clarke reprised her role in Caroline, or Change when the production transferred to the Playhouse Theatre in the West End in 2018. Clarke was also part of the female vocal group Six Chix, formed for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. Anna-Jane Casey is an English singer, dancer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Since finishing in Ghost The Musical upon its closure in 2012, Clarke has appeared in her own one-woman cabaret at the St James Theatre. In 2013 she received her first major award, a London Evening Standard Award for Best Performance in a Musical. Her roles include General Cartwright in Guys and Dolls (1996), Joanne Jefferson in Rent at the Shaftesbury Theatre (1998), and Miss Sherman in Fame (1999).
In July 2019 she played the role of The Lady in Sheldon Epps’s Blues In The Night at the Kiln Theatre, London.[17]. In July 2010, she appeared in a one-off performance at the Hackney Empire called Sounds Like Hackney, alongside Clive Rowe. In October 2011, she appeared in a concert of the new musical Soho Cinders at the Queen's Theatre, London. She has appeared in many British television series since the 1960s, including The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek. Clarke has also appeared in West End theatre. In the summer of 2014, she played the supporting role of Mariah in the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Porgy and Bess. Clarke is known for her role in the BBC medical drama Holby City, in which she played Lola Griffin, a doctor with ancestors from Ghana. Soul Sister is a jukebox musical based on the life and times Tina Turner and Ike Turner, written by John Miller and Pete Brooks, with the original production directed by Bob Eaton. She has appeared on the stage in London in both musicals and dramas, as well as appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham, London. In 2000, Clarke appeared in Flymonkey's production of The Wiz. [16], In 2019, she played the role of Linda Loman in Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic, due to transfer to the West End in October 2019. Summer Peta Vaigncourt-Strallen is an English actress who has performed various roles on stage and screen. Throughout her stage career, Clarke has been nominated for several Laurence Olivier Awards. They were beaten by Nicki French singing "Don't Play That Song Again", which went on to Stockholm to finish 16th. Sharon D. Clarke was born in 1966 in England as Sharon Deon Clarke. [9][10][11][12], In 2017, she played the role of Sonya in Cy Coleman's musical The Life at Southwark Playhouse[13] and Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change at the Chichester Festival Theatre. She appeared in episode 63 of Father Brown in January 2018. She finished starring in the massively successful hit musical Hairspray when it closed on 28 March 2010 at the Shaftesbury Theatre. [17]. Other television roles include the character of Gran'Ma Flossie in the CBBC show The Crust. On 24 January 2011, she appeared in EastEnders, as Connor Stanley's mother Kendra. Sharon Delores Clarke MBE (born 12 August 1966) is a three-time Olivier Award winning English actress and singer. His first documentary, Muse of Fire, premiered in autumn 2013. In December 2017, Clarke made a guest appearance on Thunderbirds Are Go, providing the voice for Fire Chief Cass McCready in the Season 2 episode Inferno, which wasn't broadcast on ITV but was still shown on Amazon Video. In March 2015, Clarke played the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. She has been a guest on The Paul O'Grady Show and sang the "O'Grady, O'Grady" song to celebrate the 500th show. Chubai- Czyzewska: 400 Global Film Actresses: Silents to Present List 5, Golden Globes 2020 — Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, 2019 Pride: Favorite LGBTQ Character from Film.
In 2008, Clarke sat alongside Russell Watson as a judge on the BBC talent show Last Choir Standing . SHARON CLARKE. 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 . She originated the role of Killer Queen[5] in the Ben Elton/Queen jukebox musical We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre, alongside Alexander Hanson as Commander Khashoggi, for which she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. Other television roles include the character of Gran'Ma Flossie in the CBBC show The Crust . They wed on the Hackney Empire stage. She left the programme in 2008. and Informer. He is best known for his work in the theatre, particularly in the London production of Hamilton's original cast as Aaron Burr for which he won the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. She originated the role of Killer Queen [5] in the Ben Elton/Queen jukebox musical We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre, alongside Alexander Hanson as Commander Khashoggi, for which she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. Clarke has also appeared as a guest on Ready Steady Cook, hosted by Ainsley Harriott, representing Holby City in 2008, winning with chef Garrey Dawson. Clarke made an appearance at Music on the Farm, held at Battlers Green Farm in aid of charity, singing hits from musicals that she has starred in. Best known to television audiences for her role as Lola Griffin in the medical drama Holby City, and as Grace O'Brien in Doctor Who. In October 2020, she won her third Olivier for her role in the revival of Death of a Salesman at London's Young Vic. Jenna Johan Russell is an English actress and singer. She later made a brief cameo appearance in the twelfth series episode "Can You Hear Me?". 2011 saw Clarke take the role of Oda Mae Brown in a musical adaptation of the film Ghost. [8]. Clarke has also worked as Musical Director on Meridan. The score combines spirituals, blues, Motown, classical music, and Jewish klezmer and folk music. Actors that have appeared in over 100 episodes of a TV show. On 10 August 2010, Clarke appeared in an episode of The Bill, "Death Knock" as brothel owner Denise Jones.
Beginning previews in March at the Manchester Opera House, the show transferred in June 2011 to the West End at the Piccadilly Theatre, replacing Grease . Clarke's other TV credits include: Waking the Dead , Soldier Soldier , Broken Glass, Between the Lines , Children's Ward , Stop, Look & Listen – Mary Seacole, Past Caring, The Singing Detective , EastEnders , Boo! Sharon Delores Clarke MBE (born 12 August 1966) is a three-time Olivier Award winning English actress and singer. Casualty @ Holby City: Deny Thy Father - Part 1, Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace, The Best TV Shows About Being in Your 30s. and Informer . She appeared in James Baldwin's The Amen Corner at the Royal National Theatre, for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 Olivier Awards.[8]. 2011 saw Clarke take the role of Oda Mae Brown in a musical adaptation of the film Ghost . She is an actress, known for Rocketman (2019), Tau (2018) and Holby City (1999). Clarke is married to writer and director Susie McKenna. She starred in Once on This Island in Birmingham at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Clarke 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. MODERN BROCK GROUP REALTY LIMITED. Doreen Mantle is a South African-born English actress who played Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000). Clarke will reprise the role for one episode in 2019.
Clarke's first professional role was playing Dolores Hope in the 1988 Talawa Theatre Company production of O Babylon! Her most notable theatre credits include Meg Giry in the West End production of Love Never Dies and Maria von Trapp in Andrew Lloyd Webber's revival of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium. The play is set in Chicago in the 1920s, and deals with issues of race, art, religion and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers. Jill Halfpenny is an English actress. In July 2019 she played the role of The Lady in Sheldon Epps’s Blues In The Night at the Kiln Theatre, London. The Musical, the story of the Trench Town community's struggle for survival against the encroachment of Babylon, in the form of a new luxury hotel. Beginning previews in March at the Manchester Opera House, the show transferred in June 2011 to the West End at the Piccadilly Theatre, replacing Grease.
Amy Lennox is an actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Clarke 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. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle by August Wilson – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. Sophie Abelson is an English stage and television actress. David Bedella is an American actor. Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig is an English actress, narrator and comedian. [1], In October 2017, the BBC announced that Clarke had been cast as Grace O'Brien in the eleventh series of Doctor Who, appearing in the episodes "The Woman Who Fell To Earth", "Arachnids in the UK" and "It Takes You Away". She won her second Oliver for best actress in a musical for her role as Caroline Thibodeaux in the 2018 West End production of Caroline, or Change , a role she's set to reprise on Broadway in 2021. In 2015 she joined the cast of the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones as Septa Unella, as well as appearing in the 2012 feature film adaptation of Les Misérables and 2018 British psychological thriller Winter Ridge in a primary role. In May 2011, Clarke starred in the BBC drama The Shadow Line as Mrs. Dixon, appearing in episodes 2 and 3. Clarke has also appeared as a guest on Ready Steady Cook , hosted by Ainsley Harriott, representing Holby City in 2008, winning with chef Garrey Dawson.