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Lesley Sharp

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 04/03/1960 (64) | Manchester, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Lesley Sharp is an English stage, film, and television actress whose roles on British television include Clocking Off (2000–2001), Bob & Rose (2001) and Afterlife (2005–2006). 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. ()
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Lesley Sharp is an outstanding film and television actress who has been nominated for many prestigious awards, including BAFTA Best Supporting Actress (nominated) for 'The Full Monty', RTS Television Award for Best Actress (Winner) and Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress (Winner) for her drama series for 'Afterlife'.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Rippe ...

From Hell

R

2001 | 3.3/5 | 2h 2min
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey. ...

Naked

NR

1993 | 3.7/5 | 2h 11min
Drama, Comedy
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Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show. ...

The Full Monty

R

1997 | 3.5/5 | 1h 31min
Comedy
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University lecturer Robert Bridge becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy. ...

Afterlife

NR

2005 | 3.7/5 | 1h per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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Movies with Lesley Sharp as Actress(33)

as Morwenna2022 Catherine Called Birdy
as Gaynor2021 Help
as Doreen2019 Brighton
as Lil Springfield2018 Dusty and Me
as Alice2017 All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
as Narrator2012 Married to the Moonies
as Eliza Bassey2011 Shirley
as Hetty2010 Whistle and I'll Come to You
as Joan Hunter2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Fay Travers2009 In Passing
as Mortola2008 Inkheart
as Edie Rutherford2005 Our Hidden Lives
as Lesley Coppin2005 Planespotting
as Laura Mayfield2005 Born With Two Mothers
as Jessie Barnes2004 Vera Drake
as Louisa Evans, aka 'Aunty Lou'2004 Carrie's War
as Kath2003 Cheeky
as Helen North2003 Carla
as Kate Eddowes2001 From Hell
as Mrs. Joe1999 Great Expectations
as Jean Horsefall1997 The Full Monty
as Rosanna Spearman1996 The Moonstone
as Mrs. Unsworth1995 Priest
as Ms. James1994 Syrup
as Louise Clancy1993 Naked
as Dull Gret / Angie1991 Top Girls
as Jessica1991 Close My Eyes
as Woman1990 Wedded
as Marion Parkin1990 Night Voice
as Jenny1989 The Rachel Papers
as Bernadette1988 The Love Child
as Michelle1987 Rita, Sue and Bob Too
as Valerie1987 Road

TV Shows/Series with Lesley Sharp as Actress(29)

as Jean Horsefall2023 The Full Monty
as Narrator2021 Heaven Made
as Rosalind2021 Fate: The Winx Saga
as Hannah Laing2021 Before We Die
as Narrator (Voice)2019 Inside the Bank of England
as DC Margaret Oliver2017 Three Girls
as Jen Pemberton2017 Living the Dream
as Lucy Cannonbury2016 Paranoid
as Mary2015 Capital
2012 Starlings
2011 The Shadow Line
as DC Janet Scott2011 Scott & Bailey
as Sylvie2009 Moving On
2009 Angela and Friends
as Anne2008 The Children
as Alison Mundy2005 Afterlife
as Sky Silvestry2005 Doctor Who
as herself2004 Who Do You Think You Are?
as Judith Roach2003 The Second Coming
as Rose Cooper2001 Bob & Rose
as Martha2000 Nature Boy
as Trudy Graham2000 Clocking Off
as Theresa Mullen1998 Playing the Field
as Christine Stranks1994 Common As Muck
as Petra Dillon1993 Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Anne Sutherland1991 Prime Suspect
as Angie1991 Performance
as Miss Martindale1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot
as herself1988 This Morning

Additional Information

Official websites:
lesleysharpofficial.com
Full Name: Karen Lesley Sharp
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 04/03 1960 (April) in Manchester, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 64 years + 22 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Spouses (current/former): Nicholas Gleaves
Other names for Lesley Sharp (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Karen Makinson"
Lesley Sharp frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (20x, Actor)
Nicholas Briggs (12x, Actor)
Dan Starkey (8x, Actor)
Christopher Eccleston (7x, Actor)
Mark Gatiss (7x, Actor)
Russell T Davies (7x, Crew)
Marc Warren (6x, Actor)
Anne Reid (6x, Actress)
David Thewlis (5x, Actor)
Peter Capaldi (5x, Actor)
William Ash (5x, Actor)
Nicola Shindler (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:101578, Added: 06/05/2018, Last updated: 04/20/2024