
Lesley Sharp
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1960-04-03 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
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'.
Known For
TV Shows (45)

Doctor Who
2005
as Sky Silvestry

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Miss Martindale

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Glorfinoid (voice)

Screen Two
1985
as Mrs. Unsworth

Prime Suspect
1991
as Anne Sutherland

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self

Fate: The Winx Saga
2021
as Rosalind

Performance
1991
as Angie

Moving On
2009
as Sylvie

Red Eye
2024
as Director General Madeline Delaney

ScreenPlay
1986
as Valerie / Marion Parkin / Woman

Cranford
2007
as Mrs Bell

Scott & Bailey
2011
as DC Janet Scott

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Hetty

Clocking Off
2000
as Trudy Graham

Angela and Friends
2009

Bergerac
2025
as Monica

Afterlife
2005
as Alison Mundy

The Full Monty
2023
as Jean Horsefall

Playing the Field
1998
as Theresa Mullen

Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
as Petra Dillon

Three Girls
2017
as DC Margaret Oliver

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self

Paranoid
2016
as Lucy Cannonbury

This Morning
1988
as Self

Monkey Trousers
2005

Capital
2015
as Mary

The Shadow Line
2011

Before We Die
2021
as Hannah Laing

Common As Muck
1994
as Christine Stranks

The Diary of Anne Frank
2009
as Petronella Van Daan

Starlings
2012

Art That Made Us
2022
as Self - Actrice (Scott & Bailey)

Nature Boy
2000
as Martha

Living the Dream
2017
as Jen Pemberton

Daylight Robbery
1999
as Carol Murphy

The Second Coming
2003
as Judith Roach

Dandelion Dead
1994
as Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies

Bob & Rose
2001
as Rose Cooper

Great Expectations
1999
as Mrs Joe

The Children
2008
as Anne

Heaven Made
2021
as Narrator
Nights
1993
Keep It In The Family
2009

Inside the Bank of England
2019
as Narrator (Voice)
Movies (46)

Pillion
2025
as Peggy

From Hell
2001
as Kate Eddowes

Inkheart
2008
as Mortola

Naked
1993
as Louise

Help
2021
as Gaynor

The Full Monty
1997
as Jean Horsefall

Priest
1995
as Mrs. Unsworth

Vera Drake
2004
as Jessie Barnes

Close My Eyes
1991
as Jessica

Catherine Called Birdy
2022
as Morwenna

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009
as Joan Hunter

Planespotting
2005
as Lesley Coppin

The Rachel Papers
1989
as Jenny

Cheeky
2003
as Kath

Great Expectations
1999
as Mrs. Joe

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
as Self

Carrie's War
2004
as Louisa Evans, aka 'Aunty Lou'

Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1987
as Michelle

The Love Child
1988
as Bernadette

Top Girls
1991
as Dull Gret / Angie

Carla
2003
as Helen North

Whistle and I'll Come to You
2010
as Hetty
Our Hidden Lives
2005
as Edie Rutherford

Road
1987
as Valerie

Born With Two Mothers
2005
as Laura Mayfield

The Moonstone
1996
as Rosanna Spearman

Shirley
2011
as Eliza Bassey
Peekaboo
2015
as Emily

Syrup
1994
as Ms. James

Dusty and Me
2018
as Lil Springfield

Brighton
2019
as Doreen

National Theatre Live: A Taste of Honey
2014
as Helen

In Passing
2009
as Fay Travers

Speaking In Tongues
1994
as Susan

National Theatre Live: Paradise
2021
as Philoctetes

Wedded
1990
as Woman
Night Voice
1990
as Marion Parkin

MH17: The Plane Crash That Shook The World
2024
as Narrator - (Voice)

Frank Bough: National Treasure, National Disgrace
2023
as Narrator

Prime Suspect: Murder In Suburbia
2024
as Narrator

The Second Coming
2003
as Judith Roach

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
2017
as Alice

Toxic Town: The Corby Poisonings
2020
as Narrator (voice)

Spoon Fed
2018
as Ellie

Paul Gascoigne "Gazza" in China
2003
as Self - Narrator
Married to the Moonies
2012
as Narrator
About Lesley Sharp
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'. With 91 credits spanning from 1971 to 2025, Lesley Sharp has appeared in 46 films and 45 TV shows.
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