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Sharon Dee Clarke
12+ albums
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Sharon Dee Clarke is most popularly known for her told in the BBC medical drama Holby City in which she played the role of Lola Griffin, a doctor with ancestors from Ghana. Sharon left the programme in 2008 to concentrate on her theatre work. Other notable television roles include the character of Gran'Ma Flosse in the CBBC show The Crust as well as the narrator in the children's television program Boo!. In 2008 Sharon sat alongside Russell Watson as a Judge on the BBC talent show Last Choir Standing. Sharon is also noted for her West End theatre work. She has played many roles, including Guys and Dolls(1996) as General Cartwright, Rent(1998) as Joanne Jefferson, Fame(1999) playing Miss Sherman, Rafiki in The Lion King from 2000-2002 and in 2004 played the character of Matron Mama Morton in Chicago. Sharon originated the role of Killer Queen in the Ben Elton/Queen jukebox musical We Will Rock You. In 2008 Sharon made her Pantomime debut in the Hackney Empire's 'Mother Goose'. Sharon starred in 'Once on this Island' in Birmingham at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. She is set to join the current cast of the West End hit musical Hairspray as Motormouth Mabel this October 2009. She is also set to star in 'The Vagina Monologues' and 'Once on this Island' at the Hackney Empire in 2009. She is due to appear in the West End Musical Hairspray from October 2009. Sharon achieved chart success with the FPI Project's remake of Going Back To My Roots and in Nomad with the singles (I Wan