Sharon D. Clarke MBE is a three-time Olivier award winner; her first award being in 2014 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in James Baldwin's The Amen Corner.
She won her second Olivier for best actress in a musical for her role as Caroline Thibodeaux in the 2018 West End production of Caroline, or Change, a role she reprised to huge acclaim on Broadway in 2021. In October 2020, she won her third Olivier for her role in the revival of Death of a Salesman at London's Young Vic.
On television, she is perhaps best known for her roles as Lola Griffin in the medical drama Holby City, and as Grace O'Brien in Doctor Who.
Sharon 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.