---
name: "Sharon D. Clarke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sharon-d-clarke"
fi1m_id: "sharon-d-clarke"
imdb_id: "nm0164995"
tmdb_id: 1239745
wikidata_id: "Q7490025"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 August 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T20:07:39.189873+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."
---

# Sharon D. Clarke

## Identity

Sharon D. Clarke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sharon-d-clarke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sharon-d-clarke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0164995
- **TMDB ID:** 1239745
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7490025
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_D._Clarke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7490025, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1239745

Actor. Born 12 August 1966 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 August 1966, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Also known as:** Sharon D Clarke, Sharon Clarke
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (3), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Fantasy 2, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,472m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_D._Clarke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7490025, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1239745

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Informer*](https://film.one/tv/informer.md) (78), [*Lost Boys and Fairies*](https://film.one/tv/lost-boys-and-fairies.md) (76)

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## Biography

Sharon D. Clarke is an English actress and singer. She was born on 12 August 1966 in Enfield, London.

Clarke began her career in the 1980s and is known for her work in television and on the West End stage. Her television credits include the role of Lola Griffin in the medical drama *Holby City* (2005–2008, 2019) and Grace O'Brien in *Doctor Who* (2018). She originated the role of the Killer Queen in the musical *We Will Rock You* (2002) and played Oda Mae Brown in *Ghost the Musical* (2011).

Her film roles include Anita in *Rocks* (2020) and a counsellor in *Rocketman* (2019). She has received three Olivier Awards and was appointed MBE in 2017 for services to drama.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Wicked: For Good* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Dulcibear (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md)
- *Lost Boys and Fairies* (2024), Fi1m 76, as Claire — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost-boys-and-fairies.md)
- *Wicked* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Dulcibear (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *Rocketman* (2019), Fi1m 78, as AA Counsellor — [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Informer* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Rose Asante — [page](https://film.one/tv/informer.md)
- *Flowers* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Dr. Malone — [page](https://film.one/tv/flowers.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Wicked: For Good* (2025), as Dulcibear (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md)
- *Havoc* (2025), as Captain
- *National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest* (2025), as Lady Bracknell
- *Ellis* (2024), series, as DCI Ellis
- *Maddie + Triggs* (2024), series, as Triggs' Tail (voice)
- *Wicked* (2024), as Dulcibear (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *Mr Loverman* (2024), series, as Carmel Walker
- *Bagman* (2024), as Barbara
- *Lost Boys and Fairies* (2024), series, as Claire — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost-boys-and-fairies.md)
- *Castlevania: Nocturne* (2023), series, as Cécile Fatiman (voice)
- *Red, White & Royal Blue* (2023), as UK Prime Minister
- *The Bower* (2022), Actor
- *Showtrial* (2021), series, as Virginia Hoult
- *La Fortuna* (2021), series, as Maggie
- *Neutrino: Hunting the Ghost Particle* (2021), as Narrator
- *Rocks* (2020), as Anita
- *Rocketman* (2019), as AA Counsellor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Informer* (2018), series, as Rose Asante — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/informer.md)
- *Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth* (2018), as Grace O'Brien
- *Tau* (2018), as Queenpin
- *The Darkest Universe* (2016), as Megan
- *Flowers* (2016), series, as Dr. Malone — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/flowers.md)
- *Shakespeare Lives: The Works* (2016), as Macbeth
- *National Theatre Live: Everyman* (2015), as Kindred (Mother)
- *Psychobitches* (2013), series, as Nina Simone, Bessie Smith
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as Bessie Smith
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Zeta Akande
- *Sugarhouse* (2007), as Crystal
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Grace O'Brien — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The Crust* (2005), series, as Grandma Flossie
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, Actor
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Camelia Baptiste
- *Secret Society* (2000), as Typhoon
- *Beautiful People* (1999), as Nurse Tina
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Lola Griffin
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Flora
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Receptionist
- *Tumbledown* (1988), as 1st Night Nurse
- *The Singing Detective* (1986), series, as Night Nurse
- *Past Caring* (1986), as Susie
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Lizzie Burton — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Lenny Henry Birthday Show*, Actor
- *Ebony McQueen*, as Ebony McQueen

## Gallery

- ![Sharon D. Clarke, 2022](https://film.one/media/person/60502/gallery-55d21dc69a01.jpg) Sharon D. Clarke, 2022 — Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/SharonDClarke.jpg/1280px-SharonDClarke.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sharon D. Clarke](https://film.one/media/person/60502/gallery-dbd83f0f63d3.jpg) Sharon D. Clarke — Image via TMDB
- ![Sharon D. Clarke](https://film.one/media/person/60502/gallery-93775d973890.jpg) Sharon D. Clarke — Image via TMDB
- ![Sharon D. Clarke](https://film.one/media/person/60502/gallery-8a79d181c853.jpg) Sharon D. Clarke — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress 2020: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress (won)
- Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress 2019: Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress (won)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 2019: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical (won)
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2014: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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