Sharon D. Clarke
Acting • Born 1966-08-12
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.
Filmography
49 credits
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Movie • 2022
Self
Neutrino: Hunting the Ghost Particle
Movie • 2021
Narrator
The Bower
Movie • 2022
Red, White & Royal Blue
Movie • 2023
UK Prime Minister
Bagman
Movie • 2024
Barbara
Oachkatzlschwoaf
Movie
Jamaican Woman
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Movie • 2015
Kindred (Mother)
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Movie • 2016
Macbeth
Tau
Movie • 2018
Queenpin
The Darkest Universe
Movie • 2016
Megan
Ebony McQueen
Movie
Ebony McQueen
Beautiful People
Movie • 1999
Nurse Tina
Secret Society
Movie • 2000
Typhoon
Tumbledown
Movie • 1988
1st Night Nurse
Rocketman
Movie • 2019
AA Counsellor
Rocks
Movie • 2019
Anita
Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Movie • 2018
Grace O'Brien
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 2025
Lady Bracknell
Wicked
Movie • 2024
Dulcibear (voice)
Havoc
Movie • 2025
Captain
Wicked: For Good
Movie • 2025
Dulcibear (voice)
The Lenny Henry Birthday Show
Movie
Past Caring
Movie • 1986
Susie
Sugarhouse
Movie • 2007
Crystal
The Crust
TV • 2005
Grandma Flossie
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Camelia Baptiste
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Showtrial
TV • 2021
Virginia Hoult
EastEnders
TV • 1985
Lizzie Burton
Castlevania: Nocturne
TV • 2023
Cécile Fatiman (voice)
La Fortuna
TV • 2021
Maggie
Chatsworth House
TV • 2021
Self - Narrator
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
TV • 2009
Self
Ellis
TV • 2024
DCI Ellis
Mr Loverman
TV • 2024
Carmel Walker
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Lost Boys and Fairies
TV • 2024
Claire
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Grace O'Brien
Informer
TV • 2018
Rose Asante
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Zeta Akande
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV • 1994
Self - Guest
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Receptionist
Flowers
TV • 2016
Dr. Malone
Performance
TV • 1991
Flora
Maddie + Triggs
TV • 2024
Triggs' Tail (voice)
The Singing Detective
TV • 1986
Night Nurse
Holby City
TV • 1999
Lola Griffin
Psychobitches
TV • 2013
Nina Simone
Psychobitches
TV • 2013
Bessie Smith