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'''Lesley Sharp''' |
'''Lesley Sharp''' (born 3 April 1960) is an English actress, She was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] for her part in the film ''[[The Full Monty]]'' (1997), and for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]] in 2002 for her role in ''[[Bob & Rose]]'' (2001). |
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Her credits include ''[[Rita, Sue and Bob Too]]'' (1986), ''[[The Rachel Papers]]'' (1989), ''[[Naked (1993 film)|Naked]]'' (1993), ''[[Priest (1994 film)|Priest]]'' (1994), ''[[The Moonstone (1996 film)|The Moonstone]]'' (1996), ''[[Great Expectations (1999 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1999), ''[[Daylight Robbery (TV series)|Daylight Robbery]]'' (1999), ''[[Clocking Off]]'' (2000–2001), ''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]'' (2001), ''[[Vera Drake]]'' (2004), ''[[Afterlife (TV series)|Afterlife]]'' (2005–2006), ''[[Scott & Bailey]]'' (2011-2016), ''This Cop Life'' (2022), and ''[[The Full Monty (TV series)]]'' (2023). |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Sharp was born in [[Manchester]], [[England]] to Elsie Makinson and Norman Patient, a married tram driver. She was adopted at six weeks old. Her adoptive father, Jack, was a tax inspector, and she grew up in Merseyside.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesley Sharp: "I didn't want to be classified as a northern actress" |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/lesley-sharp-both-men-and-women-must-work-for-a-civilised-society/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref> |
Sharp was born in [[Manchester]], [[England]] to Elsie Makinson and Norman Patient, a married tram driver. She was adopted at six weeks old. Her adoptive father, Jack, was a tax inspector, and she grew up in Merseyside.<ref name="civil">{{Cite web |title=Lesley Sharp: "I didn't want to be classified as a northern actress" |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/lesley-sharp-both-men-and-women-must-work-for-a-civilised-society/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref> |
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Sharp has stated that she started acting because, as a child, she felt "invisible" and did not "quite fit in".<ref name=" |
Sharp has stated that she started acting because, as a child, she felt "invisible" and did not "quite fit in".<ref name="visible">{{Cite web|author= McLean, Gareth |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/sep/10/theatre1 |title= A truly visible woman |work=theguardian.com |date= 10 September 2005 |access-date= 21 July 2009}}</ref> She has said that her inspiration to act came from watching [[Dick Emery]] on television.<ref name="T300808">Billen, Andrew; [https://archive.today/20080917102948/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4625789.ece "Lesley Sharp shows she's married to the job in The Children"] ''[[The Times]]'', 30 August 2008 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)</ref> |
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Sharp attended the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] in the class of 1982.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/alumni/people_who_studied_at_guildhall/acting_alumni_include/lesley_sharp/ |
Sharp attended the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] in the class of 1982.<ref name="alumni">{{cite web|title= Lesley Sharp | url = http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/alumni/people_who_studied_at_guildhall/acting_alumni_include/lesley_sharp/ |publisher= Guildhall School |access-date= 8 November 2014 | archive-date = 21 August 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160821050544/http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/alumni/people_who_studied_at_guildhall/acting_alumni_include/lesley_sharp/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Sharp's screen debut was in [[Alan Clarke]]'s ''[[Rita, Sue and Bob Too]]'' (1986), playing Bob's wife, Michelle. |
Sharp's screen debut was in [[Alan Clarke]]'s ''[[Rita, Sue and Bob Too]]'' (1986),<ref name="civil"/> playing Bob's wife, Michelle. Further film appearances included supporting roles in ''[[The Rachel Papers]]'' (1989),<ref name="alumni"/> and [[Stephen Poliakoff]]'s ''[[Close My Eyes (film)|Close My Eyes]]'', with [[Clive Owen]] and [[Alan Rickman]]. Sharp starred in [[Mike Leigh]]'s ''[[Naked (1993 film)|Naked]]'' (1993),<ref name="civil"/> and the [[Jimmy McGovern]]-penned ''[[Priest (1994 film)|Priest]]'' (1994). She made appearances in ''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child]]'' (1995), and ''[[The Full Monty]]'' (1997).<ref name="civil"/> |
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She was offered lead roles in ''[[Common As Muck]]'' (1997), followed by ''[[Playing the Field]]'' (1998–2002),<ref name="alumni"/> a drama about a female football team which ran for five series. Sharp had supporting parts in ''[[Great Expectations (1999 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1999),<ref name="alumni"/> as Mrs Joe, and in ''Nature Boy'' (2000),<ref name="alumni"/> as Martha Tyler, before landing the role of Trudy Graham in [[Paul Abbott]]'s [[BAFTA]]-award-winning ''[[Clocking Off]]'' (2000–2003),<ref name="civil"/> [[Russell T. Davies]] then cast her opposite [[Alan Davies]] in ''[[Bob & Rose]]'',<ref name="civil"/> which resulted in a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]] nomination in 2002.<ref name="bafta2002">{{cite web | url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/television/actress |title= Television | Actress in 2002 |publisher= BAFTA |access-date= 8 November 2014}}</ref> |
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Further film roles in ''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]'', starring [[Johnny Depp]], and ''Cheeky'' (1993), which was directed by ''Naked'' co-star [[David Thewlis]], preceded another television drama written by Russell T. Davies. She starred in ''[[The Second Coming (TV serial)|The Second Coming]]'' (2003).<ref name="civil"/> |
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Sharp again worked with Mike Leigh in ''[[Vera Drake]]'' (2004) which was followed by one-off television dramas including ''Planespotting'', ''Born with Two Mothers'' and ''Our Hidden Lives'', all in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} The same year, she played the clairvoyant lead role of Alison Mundy opposite [[Andrew Lincoln]]'s sceptical Robert Bridge in [[ITV Network|ITV]]'s supernatural drama series ''[[Afterlife (TV series)|Afterlife]]''. Although the subject matter was seen as quite controversial, it was generally received positively by critics and audiences.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} Sharp's performance was highly praised and she was nominated for several awards.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She commented, in a ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' television interview, that the guest stars – including [[Natalia Tena]], [[David Threlfall]] and [[Mark Benton]] — for the second series "were amazing".{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} |
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Sharp again worked with Mike Leigh in ''[[Vera Drake]]'' (2004),<ref name="visible"/> which was followed by the television drama ''Planespotting'',<ref name="visible"/> The same year, she played the clairvoyant lead role of Alison Mundy opposite [[Andrew Lincoln]]'s sceptical Robert Bridge in [[ITV Network|ITV]]'s supernatural drama series ''[[Afterlife (TV series)|Afterlife]]''.<ref name="visible"/> |
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After a ten-year break from stagework, in October 2005 Sharp returned to the theatre as Emma in [[Sam Shepard]]'s ''[[The God of Hell]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]]. In what she described as "a black comedy about the poison at the heart of America", she was directed by her friend [[Kathy Burke]] — someone with whom she had previously competed for screen roles.<ref name="G100905"/> |
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| ⚫ | After a ten-year break from stagework, in October 2005 Sharp returned to the theatre as Emma in [[Sam Shepard]]'s ''[[The God of Hell]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]].<ref name="visible"/> In 2008, she starred in the three-part [[Lucy Gannon]]-penned drama ''[[The Children (TV series)|The Children]]''.<ref name="alumni"/> Later in 2008, she worked with [[Russell T. Davies]] for a third time when she played Sky Silvestry in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Midnight (Doctor Who)|Midnight]]".<ref name="civil"/> Davies later tipped Sharp to become the first woman to play the Doctor.<ref name="DR191208">Wallis, Sara; [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-film/tv-news/2008/12/19/writer-russell-t-davies-backs-lesley-sharp-to-be-first-female-doctor-who-86908-20981539/ "Writer Russell T. Davies backs Lesley Sharp to be first female Doctor Who"] ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'', 19 December 2008 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In early 2009 Sharp played [[People associated with Anne Frank|Petronella van Daan]] in the BBC's new version of ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]''. She subsequently played [[Paddy Considine]]'s wife in [[Channel 4]]'s acclaimed drama series ''[[Red Riding]]''. Sharp starred in a 2009 revival of ''The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'' at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] with [[Marc Warren]] and [[Diana Vickers]],<ref>Michael Billington [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/oct/21/michael-billington-review "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Vaudeville"], ''The Guardian'', 21 October 2009</ref> which ran from October to the following January. Between 2011 and 2016, Sharp co-starred as Janet Scott in [[ITV1]]'s crime drama series ''[[Scott & Bailey]]''. In May 2012 she starred in the [[Sky1]] comedy series ''[[Starlings (TV series)|Starlings]]'' as Jan Starling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/scott-and-bailey/interviews/a-quick-chat-with-lesley-sharp/16285|title=A quick chat with Lesley Sharp|publisher=What's on TV|date=10 May 2012|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In early 2009 Sharp played [[People associated with Anne Frank|Petronella van Daan]] in the BBC's new version of ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]''.<ref name="alumni"/> She subsequently played [[Paddy Considine]]'s wife in [[Channel 4]]'s acclaimed drama series ''[[Red Riding]]''.<ref name="civil"/> Sharp starred in a 2009 revival of ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'' at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] with [[Marc Warren]] and [[Diana Vickers]],<ref>Michael Billington [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/oct/21/michael-billington-review "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Vaudeville"], ''The Guardian'', 21 October 2009</ref> which ran from October to the following January. Between 2011 and 2016, Sharp co-starred as Janet Scott in [[ITV1]]'s crime drama series ''[[Scott & Bailey]]''. In May 2012 she starred in the [[Sky1]] comedy series ''[[Starlings (TV series)|Starlings]]'' as Jan Starling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/scott-and-bailey/interviews/a-quick-chat-with-lesley-sharp/16285|title=A quick chat with Lesley Sharp|publisher=What's on TV|date=10 May 2012|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> |
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In 2015, Sharp played the part of Mary, the daughter of Petunia Howe, in the three-part BBC series ''[[Capital (British TV series)|Capital]]'' based on John Lanchester's [[Capital (novel)|novel of the same name]].<ref name="BBC Online - Capital">{{cite web | title= BBC One: Capital |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qrqlf| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| publisher= [[BBC Online]] | access-date= 24 November 2015}}</ref> |
In 2015, Sharp played the part of Mary, the daughter of Petunia Howe, in the three-part BBC series ''[[Capital (British TV series)|Capital]]'' based on John Lanchester's [[Capital (novel)|novel of the same name]].<ref name="BBC Online - Capital">{{cite web | title= BBC One: Capital |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qrqlf| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| publisher= [[BBC Online]] | access-date= 24 November 2015}}</ref> |
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She appeared in several episodes of the Netflix original ''[[Fate: The Winx Saga]]'' as Rosalind but was replaced in this role with Miranda Richardson after the first season. |
She appeared in several episodes of the Netflix original ''[[Fate: The Winx Saga]]'' as Rosalind but was replaced in this role with Miranda Richardson after the first season. |
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In 2021 she took the lead role in [[Kae Tempest]]’s [[Philoctetes]] at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]]. |
In 2021 she took the lead role in [[Kae Tempest]]’s ''[[Philoctetes]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]]. |
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In 2022 she narrated the police comedy This Cop Life. |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Sharp married [[Nicholas Gleaves]] in 1994 |
Sharp married [[Nicholas Gleaves]] in 1994,<ref name="civil"/> and they have two children.<ref>{{cite news |author=Peter Stanford |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/10656867/Lesley-Sharp-Adoption-gave-me-this-sense-I-dont-belong.html |title=Lesley Sharp: 'Adoption gave me this sense I don't belong |date=23 February 2014 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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| 1987 |
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| ''[[Rita, Sue and Bob Too]]'' |
| ''[[Rita, Sue and Bob Too]]'' |
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| Michelle |
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| 1987 |
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| ''The Love Child'' |
| ''The Love Child'' |
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| Bernadette |
| Bernadette |
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| 1994 |
| rowspan="2" | 1994 |
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| ''Syrup'' |
| ''Syrup'' |
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| Miss James |
| Miss James |
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| Short |
| Short |
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| 1994 |
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| ''[[Priest (1994 film)|Priest]]'' |
| ''[[Priest (1994 film)|Priest]]'' |
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| Mrs. Unsworth |
| Mrs. Unsworth |
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| "Road" |
| "Road" |
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| 1989 |
| rowspan="2" | 1989 |
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| Marion Parkin |
| Marion Parkin |
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| "Night Voice" |
| "Night Voice" |
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| 1989 |
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| Woman |
| Woman |
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| "Wedded" |
| "Wedded" |
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| 1991 |
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| ''Josie'' |
| ''Josie'' |
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| 1 episode |
| 1 episode |
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| 1991 |
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| Dull Gret / Angie |
| Dull Gret / Angie |
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| "Top Girls" |
| "Top Girls" |
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| Main (13 episodes) |
| Main (13 episodes) |
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| 1994 |
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| ''[[The All New Alexei Sayle Show]]'' |
| ''[[The All New Alexei Sayle Show]]'' |
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| Various |
| Various |
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| 2 episodes |
| 2 episodes |
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| 1994 |
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| ''Stages'' |
| ''Stages'' |
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| Susan |
| Susan |
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| "Speaking in Tongues" |
| "Speaking in Tongues" |
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| 1994 |
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| Constance 'Connie' Martin, née Davies |
| Constance 'Connie' Martin, née Davies |
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| Mini-series |
| Mini-series |
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| 1995 |
| rowspan="2" | 1995 |
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| ''[[Prime Suspect]]'' |
| ''[[Prime Suspect]]'' |
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| Anne Sutherland |
| Anne Sutherland |
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| "The Lost Child" |
| "The Lost Child" |
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| 1995 |
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| ''[[The Peter Principle (TV series)|The Peter Principle]]'' |
| ''[[The Peter Principle (TV series)|The Peter Principle]]'' |
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| Susan Harvey |
| Susan Harvey |
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| TV film |
| TV film |
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| 1997 |
| rowspan="2" | 1997 |
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| ''[[Common As Muck]]'' |
| ''[[Common As Muck]]'' |
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| Christine Stranks |
| Christine Stranks |
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| Main (6 episodes) |
| Main (6 episodes) |
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| 1997 |
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| ''Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge'' |
| ''Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge'' |
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| Pet Warmley |
| Pet Warmley |
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| Main (20 episodes) |
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| 1999 |
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| ''[[Great Expectations (1999 film)|Great Expectations]]'' |
| ''[[Great Expectations (1999 film)|Great Expectations]]'' |
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| Mrs. Joe |
| Mrs. Joe |
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| TV film |
| TV film |
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| 1999 |
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| ''[[Daylight Robbery (TV series)|Daylight Robbery]]'' |
| ''[[Daylight Robbery (TV series)|Daylight Robbery]]'' |
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| Carol Murphy |
| Carol Murphy |
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| Main (6 episodes) |
| Main (6 episodes) |
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| 2003 |
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| ''[[The Second Coming (TV serial)|The Second Coming]]'' |
| ''[[The Second Coming (TV serial)|The Second Coming]]'' |
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| Judith Roach |
| Judith Roach |
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| Mini-series |
| Mini-series |
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| 2003 |
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| ''[[Carla (film)|Carla]]'' |
| ''[[Carla (film)|Carla]]'' |
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| Helen North |
| Helen North |
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| TV film |
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| 2004 |
| 2004 |
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| ''[[Carrie's War#Film, TV or theatrical adaptations|Carrie's War]]'' |
| ''[[Carrie's War#Film, TV or theatrical adaptations|Carrie's War]]'' |
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| Louisa Evans |
| Louisa Evans |
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| TV film |
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| 2005 |
| rowspan="3" | 2005 |
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| ''Planespotting'' |
| ''Planespotting'' |
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| Lesley Coppin |
| Lesley Coppin |
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| TV film |
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| 2005 |
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| ''Born with Two Mothers'' |
| ''Born with Two Mothers'' |
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| Laura Mayfield |
| Laura Mayfield |
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| TV film |
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| 2005 |
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| ''Days of Darkness'' |
| ''Days of Darkness'' |
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| Jerri Nielsen |
| Jerri Nielsen |
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| TV film |
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| 2005–06 |
| 2005–06 |
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| ''Our Hidden Lives'' |
| ''Our Hidden Lives'' |
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| Edie Rutherford |
| Edie Rutherford |
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| TV film |
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| 2006 |
| rowspan="2" | 2006 |
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| ''The True Voice of Murder'' |
| ''The True Voice of Murder'' |
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| 2006 |
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| ''The True Voice of Prostitution'' |
| ''The True Voice of Prostitution'' |
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| TV film |
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| 2008 |
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| ''[[Doctor Who]]'' |
| ''[[Doctor Who]]'' |
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| Sky Silvestry |
| Sky Silvestry |
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| "[[Midnight (Doctor Who)|Midnight]]" |
| "[[Midnight (Doctor Who)|Midnight]]" |
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| 2008 |
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| ''[[The Children (TV series)|The Children]]'' |
| ''[[The Children (TV series)|The Children]]'' |
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| Anne |
| Anne |
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| Mini-series (3 episodes) |
| Mini-series (3 episodes) |
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| 2009 |
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| ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (2009 TV series)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' |
| ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (2009 TV series)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' |
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| Petronella van Daan |
| Petronella van Daan |
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| Mini-series (5 episodes) |
| Mini-series (5 episodes) |
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| 2009 |
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| ''[[Red Riding]]'' |
| ''[[Red Riding]]'' |
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| Joan Hunter |
| Joan Hunter |
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| "1980" |
| "1980" |
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| 2009 |
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| ''[[Moving On (TV series)|Moving On]]'' |
| ''[[Moving On (TV series)|Moving On]]'' |
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| Sylvie |
| Sylvie |
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| "Butterfly Effect" |
| "Butterfly Effect" |
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| 2009 |
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| ''[[Return to Cranford|Cranford]]'' |
| ''[[Return to Cranford|Cranford]]'' |
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| Mrs. Bell |
| Mrs. Bell |
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| Specials |
| Specials |
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| 2009 |
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| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot|Poirot]]'' |
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot|Poirot]]'' |
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| Miss Martindale |
| Miss Martindale |
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| TV film |
| TV film |
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| 2011 |
| rowspan="2" | 2011 |
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| ''Leah's Story'' |
| ''Leah's Story'' |
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| Narrator |
| Narrator |
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| Documentary |
| Documentary |
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| 2011 |
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| ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]'' |
| ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]'' |
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| Julie Bede |
| Julie Bede |
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| Main (33 episodes) |
| Main (33 episodes) |
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| 2011 |
| rowspan="2" | 2011 |
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| ''The Walton Sextuplets: Moving On'' |
| ''The Walton Sextuplets: Moving On'' |
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| Narrator |
| Narrator |
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| TV film |
| TV film |
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| 2011 |
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| ''Shirley'' |
| ''Shirley'' |
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| Eliza Bassey |
| Eliza Bassey |
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| Documentary |
| Documentary |
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| 2013 |
| rowspan="2" | 2013 |
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| ''Homeboys'' |
| ''Homeboys'' |
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| Eileen |
| Eileen |
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| TV film |
| TV film |
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| 2013 |
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| ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' |
| ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' |
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| Herself |
| Herself |
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| 2015 |
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| ''[[Capital (British TV series)|Capital]]'' |
| ''[[Capital (British TV series)|Capital]]'' |
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| Mary |
| Mary |
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| Mini-series (3 episodes) |
| Mini-series (3 episodes) |
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| 2015 |
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| ''[[Tom Daley]]: Diving for Gold'' |
| ''[[Tom Daley]]: Diving for Gold'' |
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| Narrator |
| Narrator |
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| Main |
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| 2021 |
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| ''[[Help (2021 TV film)|Help]]'' |
| ''[[Help (2021 TV film)|Help]]'' |
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| Gaynor |
| Gaynor |
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| TV film |
| TV film |
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| 2021 |
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| ''Heaven Made'' |
| ''Heaven Made'' |
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| Narrator |
| Narrator |
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| 2024 |
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In 2008, she played the lead character in the play ''[[Harper Regan (play)|Harper Regan]]'' at [[Royal National Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/apr/24/theatre | title = Harper Regan |last1= Billington |first1= Michael | newspaper = The Guardian | access-date = 8 November 2014}}</ref> |
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Lesley Sharp | |
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| Born | Karen Makinson 3 April 1960 Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
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| Children | 2 |
Lesley Sharp (born 3 April 1960) is an English actress, She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her part in the film The Full Monty (1997), and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her role in Bob & Rose (2001).
Her credits include Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986), The Rachel Papers (1989), Naked (1993), Priest (1994), The Moonstone (1996), Great Expectations (1999), Daylight Robbery (1999), Clocking Off (2000–2001), From Hell (2001), Vera Drake (2004), Afterlife (2005–2006), Scott & Bailey (2011-2016), This Cop Life (2022), and The Full Monty (TV series) (2023).
Early life
[edit]Sharp was born in Manchester, England to Elsie Makinson and Norman Patient, a married tram driver. She was adopted at six weeks old. Her adoptive father, Jack, was a tax inspector, and she grew up in Merseyside.[1]
Sharp has stated that she started acting because, as a child, she felt "invisible" and did not "quite fit in".[2] She has said that her inspiration to act came from watching Dick Emery on television.[3]
Sharp attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the class of 1982.[4]
Career
[edit]Sharp's screen debut was in Alan Clarke's Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986),[1] playing Bob's wife, Michelle. Further film appearances included supporting roles in The Rachel Papers (1989),[4] and Stephen Poliakoff's Close My Eyes, with Clive Owen and Alan Rickman. Sharp starred in Mike Leigh's Naked (1993),[1] and the Jimmy McGovern-penned Priest (1994). She made appearances in Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child (1995), and The Full Monty (1997).[1]
She was offered lead roles in Common As Muck (1997), followed by Playing the Field (1998–2002),[4] a drama about a female football team which ran for five series. Sharp had supporting parts in Great Expectations (1999),[4] as Mrs Joe, and in Nature Boy (2000),[4] as Martha Tyler, before landing the role of Trudy Graham in Paul Abbott's BAFTA-award-winning Clocking Off (2000–2003),[1] Russell T. Davies then cast her opposite Alan Davies in Bob & Rose,[1] which resulted in a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress nomination in 2002.[5]
Further film roles in From Hell, starring Johnny Depp, and Cheeky (1993), which was directed by Naked co-star David Thewlis, preceded another television drama written by Russell T. Davies. She starred in The Second Coming (2003).[1]
Sharp again worked with Mike Leigh in Vera Drake (2004),[2] which was followed by the television drama Planespotting,[2] The same year, she played the clairvoyant lead role of Alison Mundy opposite Andrew Lincoln's sceptical Robert Bridge in ITV's supernatural drama series Afterlife.[2]
After a ten-year break from stagework, in October 2005 Sharp returned to the theatre as Emma in Sam Shepard's The God of Hell at the Donmar Warehouse.[2] In 2008, she starred in the three-part Lucy Gannon-penned drama The Children.[4] Later in 2008, she worked with Russell T. Davies for a third time when she played Sky Silvestry in the Doctor Who episode "Midnight".[1] Davies later tipped Sharp to become the first woman to play the Doctor.[6]
In early 2009 Sharp played Petronella van Daan in the BBC's new version of The Diary of Anne Frank.[4] She subsequently played Paddy Considine's wife in Channel 4's acclaimed drama series Red Riding.[1] Sharp starred in a 2009 revival of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Vaudeville Theatre with Marc Warren and Diana Vickers,[7] which ran from October to the following January. Between 2011 and 2016, Sharp co-starred as Janet Scott in ITV1's crime drama series Scott & Bailey. In May 2012 she starred in the Sky1 comedy series Starlings as Jan Starling.[8]
In 2015, Sharp played the part of Mary, the daughter of Petunia Howe, in the three-part BBC series Capital based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name.[9]
She appeared in several episodes of the Netflix original Fate: The Winx Saga as Rosalind but was replaced in this role with Miranda Richardson after the first season.
In 2021 she took the lead role in Kae Tempest’s Philoctetes at the National Theatre.
In 2022 she narrated the police comedy This Cop Life.
Personal life
[edit]Sharp married Nicholas Gleaves in 1994,[1] and they have two children.[10]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Rita, Sue and Bob Too | Michelle | |
| The Love Child | Bernadette | ||
| 1989 | The Rachel Papers | Jenny | |
| 1991 | Close My Eyes | Jessica | |
| 1993 | Naked | Louise | |
| 1994 | Syrup | Miss James | Short |
| Priest | Mrs. Unsworth | ||
| 1997 | The Full Monty | Jean | |
| 2001 | From Hell | Kate Eddowes | |
| 2002 | Spyhole | Angela Miller | Short |
| 2003 | Cheeky | Kath | |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Jessica Barnes | |
| 2008 | Inkheart | Mortola | |
| 2009 | In Passing | Fay Travers | Short |
| 2012 | Peekaboo | Emily | Short |
| 2015 | The Holocaust: A Story of Remembrance | Narrator | Short |
| 2016 | Dusty & Me | Lil | |
| 2017 | All That You Love Will Be Carried Away | Alice | Short |
| 2018 | Spoon Fed | Ellie | Short |
| 2019 | Brighton | Doreen | |
| 2022 | Catherine Called Birdy | Morwenna |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Tartuffe, or the Impostor | Mariane | TV film |
| 1987 | ScreenPlay | Valerie | "Road" |
| 1989 | Marion Parkin | "Night Voice" | |
| Woman | "Wedded" | ||
| 1991 | Josie | 1 episode | |
| Performance | Dull Gret / Angie | "Top Girls" | |
| 1992 | She-Play | "First Night" | |
| 1993 | Nights | Carol | |
| 1993–94 | Frank Stubbs Promotes | Petra Dillon | Main (13 episodes) |
| 1994 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | Various | 2 episodes |
| Stages | Susan | "Speaking in Tongues" | |
| Dandelion Dead | Constance 'Connie' Martin, née Davies | Mini-series | |
| 1995 | Prime Suspect | Anne Sutherland | "The Lost Child" |
| The Peter Principle | Susan Harvey | "Pilot" | |
| 1996 | The Moonstone | Rosanna Spearman | TV film |
| 1997 | Common As Muck | Christine Stranks | Main (6 episodes) |
| Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge | Pet Warmley | "Nurse Ajax" | |
| 1998–2000 | Playing the Field | Theresa Mullen | Main (20 episodes) |
| 1999 | Great Expectations | Mrs. Joe | TV film |
| Daylight Robbery | Carol Murphy | Main (4 episodes) | |
| 2000 | Nature Boy | Martha | Mini-series |
| 2000–01 | Clocking Off | Trudy Graham | Main (11 episodes) |
| 2001 | Bob & Rose | Rose Cooper | Main (6 episodes) |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Judith Roach | Mini-series |
| Carla | Helen North | TV film | |
| 2004 | Carrie's War | Louisa Evans | |
| 2005 | Planespotting | Lesley Coppin | |
| Born with Two Mothers | Laura Mayfield | ||
| Days of Darkness | Jerri Nielsen | ||
| 2005–06 | Afterlife | Alison Mundy | Main (14 episodes) |
| 2005 | Our Hidden Lives | Edie Rutherford | TV film |
| 2006 | The True Voice of Murder | ||
| The True Voice of Prostitution | |||
| 2008 | Doctor Who | Sky Silvestry | "Midnight" |
| The Children | Anne | Mini-series (3 episodes) | |
| 2009 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Petronella van Daan | Mini-series (5 episodes) |
| Red Riding | Joan Hunter | "1980" | |
| Moving On | Sylvie | "Butterfly Effect" | |
| Cranford | Mrs. Bell | Specials | |
| Poirot | Miss Martindale | "The Clocks" | |
| 2010 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | Hetty | TV film |
| 2011 | Leah's Story | Narrator | Documentary |
| The Shadow Line | Julie Bede | Mini-series (6 episodes) | |
| 2011–16 | Scott & Bailey | DC Janet Scott | Main (33 episodes) |
| 2011 | The Walton Sextuplets: Moving On | Narrator | TV film |
| Shirley | Eliza Bassey | TV film | |
| 2012 | Protecting Our Children | Narrator | Mini-series (3 episodes) |
| 2012–13 | Starlings | Jan | Main (16 episodes) |
| 2012 | Corfu: a Tale of Two Islands | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2013 | Homeboys | Eileen | TV film |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Herself | 1 episode (S10E4) | |
| 2014 | Shirley | Charlotte Brontë | |
| 2015 | Capital | Mary | Mini-series (3 episodes) |
| Tom Daley: Diving for Gold | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2016 | Paranoid | Lucy Cannonbury | Main (8 episodes) |
| 2017 | Three Girls | DC Margaret Oliver | Mini-series (3 episodes) |
| 2017–19 | Living the Dream | Jen Pemberton | Main (12 episodes) |
| 2021 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Rosalind | 3 episodes |
| 2021– | Before We Die | Hannah Laing | Main |
| 2021 | Help | Gaynor | TV film |
| Heaven Made | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2023 | The Full Monty | Jean | Mini-series |
| 2024 | Red Eye | Madeline | Drama |
Theatre
[edit]In October 2005, Sharp starred in her first theatre role for a decade in the play The God of Hell at the Donmar Warehouse, London.[11]
In 2008, she played the lead character in the play Harper Regan at Royal National Theatre.[12]
In 2014, she played the character Helen in the play A Taste of Honey at Royal National Theatre.
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1988 | Olivier Awards | Best Comedy Performance | A Family Affair | Nominated | |
| 1992 | Best Supporting Actress | Uncle Vanya | Nominated | ||
| 1998 | BAFTA Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Full Monty | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Cast in a Film | Won | |||
| 2002 | BAFTA TV Awards | Best Actress | Bob and Rose | Nominated | [5] |
| Royal Television Society | Best Female Actor | Nominated | |||
| 2006 | Afterlife | Won |
References and notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Lesley Sharp: "I didn't want to be classified as a northern actress"". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e McLean, Gareth (10 September 2005). "A truly visible woman". theguardian.com. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ^ Billen, Andrew; "Lesley Sharp shows she's married to the job in The Children" The Times, 30 August 2008 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
- ^ a b c d e f g "Lesley Sharp". Guildhall School. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Television | Actress in 2002". BAFTA. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ Wallis, Sara; "Writer Russell T. Davies backs Lesley Sharp to be first female Doctor Who" Daily Record, 19 December 2008 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
- ^ Michael Billington "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Vaudeville", The Guardian, 21 October 2009
- ^ "A quick chat with Lesley Sharp". What's on TV. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "BBC One: Capital". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Peter Stanford (23 February 2014). "Lesley Sharp: 'Adoption gave me this sense I don't belong". The Telegraph.
- ^ Billington, Michael. "The God of Hell". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ Billington, Michael. "Harper Regan". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
External links
[edit]- Lesley Sharp at the British Film Institute
- Lesley Sharp at IMDb
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