Cast & creator
Lesley Sharp
Best known for Doctor Who, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Screen Two
Lesley Sharp is an outstanding film and television actress who has been nominated for many prestigious awards, including BAFTA Best Supporting Actress (nominated) for 'The Full Monty', RTS Television Award for Best Actress (Winner) and Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress (Winner) for her drama series for 'Afterlife'.
47
film credits
50
television credits
97
1971–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (97)
Showing 97 of 97 credits
Doctor Who
Sky Silvestry
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Miss Martindale
1989
Screen Two
Mrs. Unsworth
1985
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Glorfinoid (voice)
2000
Performance
Angie
1991
ScreenPlay
Valerie
1986ScreenPlay
Marion Parkin
1986ScreenPlay
Woman
1986
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Prime Suspect
Anne Sutherland
1991
Scott & Bailey
DC Janet Scott
2011
Moving On
Sylvie
2009
Fate: The Winx Saga
Rosalind
2021
Pillion
Peggy
2025
Red Eye
Director General Madeline Delaney
2024
Art That Made Us
Self - Actrice (Scott & Bailey)
2022
Angela and Friends
2009
Cranford
Mrs Bell
2007
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Hetty
1971
Afterlife
Alison Mundy
2005
The Full Monty
Jean Horsefall
2023
Inkheart
Mortola
2008
Clocking Off
Trudy Graham
2000
Bergerac
Monica
2025
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Petra Dillon
1993
Playing the Field
Theresa Mullen
1998
Daylight Robbery
Carol Murphy
1999
This Morning
Self
1988
The Full Monty
Jean Horsefall
1997
From Hell
Kate Eddowes
2001
Capital
Mary
2015
Three Girls
DC Margaret Oliver
2017
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
2009
Monkey Trousers
2005
Naked
Louise
1993
Paranoid
Lucy Cannonbury
2016
The Diary of Anne Frank
Petronella Van Daan
2009
Common As Muck
Christine Stranks
1994
The Shadow Line
2011
Living the Dream
Jen Pemberton
2017
Bob & Rose
Rose Cooper
2001She-Play
1990
Vera Drake
Jessie Barnes
2004
Nature Boy
Martha
2000
Starlings
2012
The Second Coming
Judith Roach
2003
The Rachel Papers
Jenny
1989
Dandelion Dead
Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies
1994
Great Expectations
Mrs Joe
1999
Priest
Mrs. Unsworth
1995
Before We Die
Hannah Laing
2021Stages
Susan
1994
Help
Gaynor
2021
Close My Eyes
Jessica
1991
The Children
Anne
2008
Brighton
Doreen
2019
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Joan Hunter
2009
Catherine Called Birdy
Morwenna
2022
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Michelle
1987
Wedded
Woman
1990
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
2016
Planespotting
Lesley Coppin
2005
Cheeky
Kath
2003
Top Girls
Dull Gret / Angie
1991
Great Expectations
Mrs. Joe
1999
Naked
Louise
1993
National Theatre Live: A Taste of Honey
Helen
2014
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Hetty
2010
Born With Two Mothers
Laura Mayfield
2005Our Hidden Lives
Edie Rutherford
2005
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
Alice
2017
National Theatre Live: Paradise
Philoctetes
2021
Heaven Made
Narrator
2021
Road
Valerie
1987
The Second Coming
Judith Roach
2003
Carla
Helen North
2003
Frank Bough: National Treasure, National Disgrace
Narrator
2023
Syrup
Ms. James
1994
The Moonstone
Rosanna Spearman
1996
The Love Child
Bernadette
1988
Spoon Fed
Ellie
2018
Shirley
Eliza Bassey
2011Married to the Moonies
Narrator
2012Nights
1993
Carrie's War
Louisa Evans, aka 'Aunty Lou'
2004
Dusty and Me
Lil Springfield
2018
Speaking In Tongues
Susan
1994
In Passing
Fay Travers
2009
Toxic Town: The Corby Poisonings
Narrator (voice)
2020
Billion Pound Cruises: All At Sea
Narrator
Keep It In The Family
2009
Paul Gascoigne "Gazza" in China
Self - Narrator
2003
Prime Suspect: Murder In Suburbia
Narrator
2024
Inside the Bank of England
Narrator (Voice)
2019Night Voice
Marion Parkin
1990
MH17: The Plane Crash That Shook The World
Narrator - (Voice)
2024Peekaboo
Emily
2015