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Lesley Sharp is an English stage, film and television actress whose roles on British television include Clocking Off (2000–01), Bob & Rose (2001) and Afterlife (2005–06). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1997 film The Full Monty. Her other film appearances include Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986), Naked (1993), Priest (1994), From Hell (2001) and Vera Drake (2004). Between 2011 and 2016, she starred as DC Janet Scott in the ITV drama Scott & Bailey.
Birth Name
Karen Makinson
Born
Sunday, 03 April 1960
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Red Eye | Director General Delaney / Madeline Delaney | 2024 |
| The Full Monty | Jean | 2023 |
| Catherine Called Birdy | Morwenna | 2022 |
| Help | Gaynor | 2021 |
| Brighton | Doreen | 2021 |
| Before We Die | Hannah Laing | 2021 |
| Race for the Vaccine | Self - Narrator | 2021 |
| Fate: The Winx Saga | Rosalind | 2021 |
| Britain's Favourite Detective | DC Janet Scott | 2020 |
| Inside the Bank of England | Self - Narrator / Narrator (Voice) | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Red Eye | Director General Delaney / Madeline Delaney | 2024 |
| The Full Monty | Jean | 2023 |
| Catherine Called Birdy | Morwenna | 2022 |
| Help | Gaynor | 2021 |
| Brighton | Doreen | 2021 |
| Before We Die | Hannah Laing | 2021 |
| Race for the Vaccine | Self - Narrator | 2021 |
| Fate: The Winx Saga | Rosalind | 2021 |
| Britain's Favourite Detective | DC Janet Scott | 2020 |
| Inside the Bank of England | Self - Narrator / Narrator (Voice) | 2019 |
| Am I a Murderer? | Self - Narrator | 2018 |
| Dusty and Me | Lil / Lil Springfield | 2018 |
| Transformation Street | Self - Narrator | 2018 |
| This Cop Life | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Living the Dream | Jen Pemberton | 2017 |
| Inside London Fire Brigade | Narrator | 2017 |
| Three Girls | DC Margaret Oliver | 2017 |
| The Detectives: Inside the Major Crimes Team | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Modern British Slavery | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Paranoid | Lucy Cannonbury | 2016 |
| Where Are They Now? The Reunions | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
| Capital | Mary | 2015 |
| ITV Changed My Life | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
| Cause of Death | Self - Narrator | 2014 |
| Harry at 30 | Self | 2014 |
| The Lying Game: Crimes That Fooled Britain | Narrator | 2014 |
| Starlings | Jan | 2012 |
| Protecting Our Children | Narrator | 2012 |
| William & Kate: The First Year | Narrator | 2012 |
| The Walton Sextuplets: Moving On | Narrator | 2011 |
| Scott & Bailey | DC Janet Scott | 2011 |
| The Shadow Line | Julie Bede | 2011 |
| Leah's Dream | Narrator | 2011 |
| Babies Behind Bars | Self - Narrator (UK version) | 2011 |
| Whistle and I'll Come to You | Hetty | 2010 |
| Time to Remember | Self - Narrator | 2010 |
| Angela and Friends | Self | 2009 |
| Doctor Who Greatest Moments | (archive footage) / Self | 2009 |
| Moving On | Sylvie | 2009 |
| Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Joan Hunter | 2009 |
| The Diary of Anne Frank | Petronella Van Daan | 2009 |
| Inkheart | Mortola | 2008 |
| Drama Trails | Self | 2008 |
| Cranford | Mrs Bell | 2007 |
| 20 to 1 | Jean | 2005 |
| Afterlife | Alison Mundy | 2005 |
| Born with Two Mothers | Laura Mayfield | 2005 |
| Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Sky Silvestry | 2005 |
| Planespotting | Lesley Coppin | 2005 |
| Dragons' Den | Self - Narrator | 2005 |
| Vera Drake | Jessie Barnes | 2004 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Herself | 2004 |
| Carrie's War | Louisa Evans, aka 'Aunty Lou' | 2004 |
| Carla | Helen North / Helen | 2003 |
| Cheeky | Kath | 2003 |
| The Second Coming | Judith Roach | 2003 |
| Timeshift | Herself - Narrator (voice) | 2002 |
| Deirdre & Me | Self - Narrator | 2001 |
| Bob & Rose | Rose Cooper | 2001 |
| From Hell | Kate Eddowes | 2001 |
| Nature Boy | Martha | 2000 |
| Clocking Off | Trudy Graham | 2000 |
| Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
| Great Expectations | Mrs Joe / Mrs. Joe | 1999 |
| Playing the Field | Theresa Mullen | 1998 |
| The Full Monty | Jean / Jean Horsefall | 1997 |
| The Moonstone | Rosanna Spearman | 1996 |
| Prime Suspect: The Lost Child | Anne Sutherland | 1995 |
| Priest | Mrs. Unsworth | 1995 |
| Common As Muck | Christine Stranks | 1994 |
| Syrup | Ms. James / Miss James | 1994 |
| Dandelion Dead | Constance 'Connie' Martin, née Davies / Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies | 1994 |
| The All New Alexei Sayle Show | Various Characters | 1994 |
| Naked | Louise / Louise Clancy | 1993 |
| Frank Stubbs Promotes | Petra Dillon | 1993 |
| Performance | Dull Gret / Angie | 1991 |
| Close My Eyes | Jessica | 1991 |
| The Rachel Papers | Jenny | 1989 |
| Poirot | Miss Martindale | 1989 |
| Rita, Sue and Bob Too | Michelle | 1987 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| Deirdre & Me: 40 Years on Coronation Street | Self - Narrator | 1938 |
