
Sharon D. Clarke
Department: Acting
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

Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022

Neutrino: Hunting the Ghost Particle
2021

The Bower
2022

Red, White & Royal Blue
2023

Bagman
2024

Oachkatzlschwoaf
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National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015

Shakespeare Lives: The Works
2016

Tau
2018

The Darkest Universe
2016

Ebony McQueen
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Beautiful People
1999

Secret Society
2000

Tumbledown
1988

Rocketman
2019

Rocks
2019

Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth
2018

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
2025

Wicked
2024

Havoc
2025

Wicked: For Good
2025

The Lenny Henry Birthday Show
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Past Caring
1986

Sugarhouse
2007

The Crust
2005

Waking the Dead
2001

New Tricks
2004

Showtrial
2021

EastEnders
1985

Castlevania: Nocturne
2023

La Fortuna
2021

Chatsworth House
2021

CBeebies Bedtime Stories
2009

Ellis
2024

Mr Loverman
2024

Stars in the House
2020

Lost Boys and Fairies
2024

Doctor Who
2005

Informer
2018

Death in Paradise
2011

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994

Soldier Soldier
1991

Flowers
2016

Performance
1991

Maddie + Triggs
2024

The Singing Detective
1986

Holby City
1999

Psychobitches
2013

Psychobitches
2013

Playhouse Presents
2012