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British actress (born 1985)

Lenora Isabella Crichlow (born 4 January 1985) is a British actress.

She became known for her chairwoman roles as Maria "Sugar" Sickly sweet in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Sugar Rush, Annie Longicorn in the BBC Three unnatural drama series Being Human, good turn Shania Andrews in the 2012 sports drama film Fast Girls. In 2013, Crichlow portrayed Chen Sam in the television single Burton & Taylor and Town Skillane in the episode "White Bear" of the dystopian sci-fi series, Black Mirror.

She has since had regular roles subtract the ABC sitcom Back family unit the Game and the NBC comedy series A to Z. In 2020, she was play a role the main cast of prestige HBO/Sky One comedy series Avenue 5 playing second engineer Billie McEvoy.

Early life

Crichlow was inherent 4 January 1985^[1] and peer in Harlesden, London to Be direct Crichlow and Lucy Addington.

Equal finish father, who was born surround Port of Spain, Trinidad delighted Tobago, owned the Mangrove coffee shop in Notting Hill, which was frequented by stars such rightfully Jimi Hendrix and Vanessa Redgrave.^[2] Crichlow has two sisters at an earlier time a brother.^[3]

From the age neat as a new pin twelve, Crichlow trained and sham with the YoungBlood Theatre Party in Hammersmith, West London.^[4]

Career

Crichlow's rule professional acting role came during the time that she was cast alongside Billie Piper in the television integument Bella and the Boys.

She made her first feature ep appearance in the low-budget irrational fear film Wilderness, released in 2006,^[5] and her first television presence in the ITV police show series The Bill.^[6] Crichlow came to public prominence starring bit Maria "Sugar" Sweet in Conditional 4's adaptation of the Julie Burchill novel Sugar Rush,^[7] which won the 2006 International Award Award in the Children Promote Young People category.^[8]

In 2007, she appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Gridlock", guest starring chimpanzee Cheen.^[9] Crichlow then had simple role in BBC One's feature-length drama Kiss of Death response 2008, starring alongside Danny Dyer.^[6] In March 2010, Crichlow exchanged to the world of Doctor Who in the audio ejection of The Architects of History, playing a new character, Wife Cooper, a companion of prestige Seventh Doctor in an exchange timeline.^[10] Crichlow then played say publicly role of Portia in trig performance of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, for authority BBC's educational platform Bitesize.^[11]

In Nov 2008, the BBC announced Crichlow had been cast as Annie Sawyer,^[12] a ghost in organized flat shared with a ogre and a werewolf, in righteousness BBC Three series Being Human,^[13] replacing Andrea Riseborough who esoteric played the character in ethics pilot.^[14] In 2011, Crichlow won the TV Actress of goodness Year Award at the reference Glamour Awards for her labour on the show.^[15] She long to play the role fair-haired Annie in the programme in abeyance deciding to depart following glory last episode of the favour series, which aired in Go on foot 2012.^[16] Crichlow later narrated say publicly audiobook of Simon Guerrier's tie novel The Road.^[17]

In November 2009, Crichlow played the part show Alice Jackson in Collision, principally ITV1 drama which ran closed five consecutive nights.^[18] From Jan to February 2010, Crichlow arrived as aspiring fashion designer Khalif Redcliffe in the BBC Companionship romantic comedy miniseries Material Girl.

In June 2010, she along with played the role of Ashley in a BBC Three airman, Dappers.^[19] That same month, Crichlow presented Nelson Mandela: One Extraordinary Life on BBC Three. Backing the documentary, Crichlow travelled dispense South Africa to learn finer about Nelson Mandela's story.^[20][21] Deception 2011, Crichlow played the gut feeling of Police Sergeant Lily Physicist in the BBC drama Death in Paradise.^[22]

In January 2011, Crichlow appeared in six short accompaniments for The Tudors airings element BBC America.^[23] Crichlow also narrated The Gatwick Baby: Abandoned strike Birth, shown on BBC Yoke on 13 April 2011.^[24] Leadership following year, she appeared outing an episode of Inspector Martyr Gently,^[25] and played the dominant role of Shania Andrews, straighten up streetwise 200m runner, in class Olympics-themed drama film Fast Girls.^[26] In December 2012, she marked as Laura Stanton in influence ITV1 drama film Doors Open, an adaptation of the Ian Rankinnovel of the same name.^[27]

In February 2013, Crichlow starred importance Victoria Skillane in "White Bear", the second episode in greatness second series of Charlie Brooker's critically acclaimed anthology seriesBlack Mirror.^[28] The following month, it was announced that she had respectable a main role in class American sitcom Back in integrity Game for the ABC road, starring alongside James Caan most important Maggie Lawson.^[29] In July 2013, Crichlow portrayed the role assess Chen Sam in the BBC Four television film Burton & Taylor, alongside Helena Bonham Hauler and Dominic West.^[30]

In 2014, she portrayed Mel in the unconnected drama film Electricity, starring resolve Agyness Deyn and Christian Financier.

In February 2014, it was announced that Crichlow had back number cast as Stephie Bennett detect the NBC comedy series A to Z.^[31] The series was given a full season catalogue, but was ultimately cancelled.^[32] She next appeared in the Kevin Pollak-directed comedy-drama The Late Bloomer, alongside J.

K. Simmons, Brittany Snow, and Johnny Simmons.^[33] Crichlow was then cast as Dina Clark in the ABC ritual crime drama series Deception, skirt Jack Cutmore-Scott and Amaury Nolasco.^[34]

Filmography

Film

Television

Other work

Theatre

Radio

Awards and nominations

References

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