Cast & creator
Sharon D. Clarke
Best known for EastEnders, Doctor Who, Death in Paradise
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.
Also known as: Sharon D Clarke, Sharon Clarke
23
film credits
26
television credits
49
1985–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (49)
Showing 49 of 49 credits
EastEnders
Lizzie Burton
1985
Doctor Who
Grace O'Brien
2005
Death in Paradise
Zeta Akande
2011
Holby City
Lola Griffin
1999
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
1994
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Self
2009
Waking the Dead
Camelia Baptiste
2001
New Tricks
2004
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Wicked: For Good
Dulcibear (voice)
2025
Performance
Flora
1991
The Singing Detective
Night Nurse
1986
Playhouse Presents
Bessie Smith
2012
Soldier Soldier
Receptionist
1991
Wicked
Dulcibear (voice)
2024
Red, White & Royal Blue
UK Prime Minister
2023
Castlevania: Nocturne
Cécile Fatiman (voice)
2023
Showtrial
Virginia Hoult
2021
Ellis
DCI Ellis
2024
Rocketman
AA Counsellor
2019
Havoc
Captain
2025
Maddie + Triggs
Triggs' Tail (voice)
2024
Psychobitches
Nina Simone
2013Psychobitches
Bessie Smith
2013
Flowers
Dr. Malone
2016
Bagman
Barbara
2024
La Fortuna
Maggie
2021
The Crust
Grandma Flossie
2005
Informer
Rose Asante
2018
Mr Loverman
Carmel Walker
2024
Tau
Queenpin
2018
Lost Boys and Fairies
Claire
2024
The Bower
2022
Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Grace O'Brien
2018
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Self
2022
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
2025Ebony McQueen
Ebony McQueen
Rocks
Anita
2020
The Darkest Universe
Megan
2016
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Kindred (Mother)
2015
Secret Society
Typhoon
2000
Tumbledown
1st Night Nurse
1988
Sugarhouse
Crystal
2007
Past Caring
Susie
1986
Beautiful People
Nurse Tina
1999
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Macbeth
2016The Lenny Henry Birthday Show
Neutrino: Hunting the Ghost Particle
Narrator
2021
Chatsworth House
Self - Narrator
2021