---
name: "Sharlene Whyte"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sharlene-whyte"
fi1m_id: "sharlene-whyte"
imdb_id: "nm1156714"
tmdb_id: 1756550
wikidata_id: "Q7489892"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 May 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T22:54:53.898508+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sharlene Whyte

## Identity

Sharlene Whyte

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sharlene-whyte
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sharlene-whyte
- **IMDb ID:** nm1156714
- **TMDB ID:** 1756550
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7489892
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharlene_Whyte, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7489892, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1156714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1756550

Actor. Born 19 May 1976 in Nottingham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 May 1976, Nottingham, England, UK
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 71 (1), 2020s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharlene_Whyte, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7489892, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1156714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1756550

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Second Coming*](https://film.one/film/second-coming.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sharlene Whyte is an English actress. She was born on 19 May 1976 in Nottingham and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1996 to 1999.

She is known for playing Jenny Edwards in the CBBC series *The Story of Tracy Beaker* (2002–2003) and Adanna Lawal in *Waterloo Road* (2011). Other television credits include roles in *Spooks* (2002), *Casualty*, *Sherwood* (2022), *Small Axe* (2020) and *Lockwood & Co.* (2023).

In 2026 she appeared as Sam in the HBO series *Youth*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Youth* (2026), Fi1m 76, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/youth.md)
- *Sherwood* (2022), Fi1m 82, as Pam Bottomley — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md)
- *Second Coming* (2014), Fi1m 71, as Bernie — [page](https://film.one/film/second-coming.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Youth* (2026), series, Actor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/youth.md)
- *Number One Fan* (2026), series, as Mel
- *Mr Loverman* (2024), series, as Donna Walker
- *The Doll Factory* (2023), series, as Madame
- *Lockwood & Co.* (2023), series, as Chat Show Host
- *Once Again... (Statues Never Die)* (2022), as Curator
- *Sherwood* (2022), series, as Pam Bottomley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md)
- *The Witchfinder* (2022), series, as Catherine
- *ear for eye* (2021), as US Mom
- *Stephen* (2021), series, as Doreen Lawrence
- *Small Axe* (2020), series, as Agnes Smith — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)
- *Perfect 10* (2020), as Gemma
- *The Arrival* (2018), as Edna Brown
- *Critical* (2015), series, as Mrs. Waters
- *Second Coming* (2014), as Bernie — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/second-coming.md)
- *Run* (2013), series, as Davina
- *Secrets and Words* (2012), series, as Cathy Hall
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Adanna Lawal, Alison Yates
- *The Debt* (2003), as Leona Tilding
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Naomi Wilson — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *The Story of Tracy Beaker* (2002), series, as Jenny Edwards
- *My Hero* (2000), series, as Arnie's Customer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Javine 'Jay' Adams
- *Leeway*, as Mum

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