Actor profile

Lesley Sharp

3rd April 1960 Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK Acting

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'.

46 Movies 43 TV Shows 89 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Pillion poster

Pillion 28th November 2025 as Peggy

MH17: The Plane Crash That Shook The World poster

MH17: The Plane Crash That Shook The World 20th July 2024 as Narrator - (Voice)

Prime Suspect: Murder In Suburbia poster

Prime Suspect: Murder In Suburbia 1st April 2024 as Narrator

Frank Bough: National Treasure, National Disgrace poster

Frank Bough: National Treasure, National Disgrace 11th February 2023 as Narrator

Catherine Called Birdy poster

Catherine Called Birdy 23rd September 2022 as Morwenna

Help poster

Help 16th September 2021 as Gaynor

National Theatre Live: Paradise poster

National Theatre Live: Paradise 2nd September 2021 as Philoctetes

Toxic Town: The Corby Poisonings poster

Toxic Town: The Corby Poisonings 1st February 2020 as Narrator (voice)

Brighton poster

Brighton 28th September 2019 as Doreen

Dusty and Me poster

Dusty and Me 28th September 2018 as Lil Springfield

Spoon Fed poster

Spoon Fed 28th May 2018 as Ellie

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away poster

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away 1st August 2017 as Alice

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light poster

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light 13th June 2016 as Self

Peekaboo 24th April 2015 as Emily

National Theatre Live: A Taste of Honey poster

National Theatre Live: A Taste of Honey 30th April 2014 as Helen

Married to the Moonies 31st May 2012 as Narrator

Shirley poster

Shirley 29th September 2011 as Eliza Bassey

Whistle and I'll Come to You poster

Whistle and I'll Come to You 24th December 2010 as Hetty

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 poster

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 11th November 2009 as Joan Hunter

In Passing poster

In Passing 1st January 2009 as Fay Travers

Inkheart poster

Inkheart 11th December 2008 as Mortola

Our Hidden Lives 3rd October 2005 as Edie Rutherford

Born With Two Mothers poster

Born With Two Mothers 21st April 2005 as Laura Mayfield

Planespotting poster

Planespotting 20th February 2005 as Lesley Coppin

Vera Drake poster

Vera Drake 22nd October 2004 as Jessie Barnes

Carrie's War poster

Carrie's War 1st January 2004 as Louisa Evans, aka 'Aunty Lou'

Carla poster

Carla 15th September 2003 as Helen North

Cheeky poster

Cheeky 8th September 2003 as Kath

The Second Coming poster

The Second Coming 9th February 2003 as Judith Roach

Paul Gascoigne "Gazza" in China poster

Paul Gascoigne "Gazza" in China 1st January 2003 as Self - Narrator

From Hell poster

From Hell 8th February 2001 as Kate Eddowes

Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations 12th April 1999 as Mrs. Joe

The Full Monty poster

The Full Monty 13th August 1997 as Jean Horsefall

The Moonstone poster

The Moonstone 29th December 1996 as Rosanna Spearman

Priest poster

Priest 24th March 1995 as Mrs. Unsworth

Speaking In Tongues poster

Speaking In Tongues 27th July 1994 as Susan

Syrup poster

Syrup 1st May 1994 as Ms. James

Naked poster

Naked 6th August 1993 as Louise

Close My Eyes poster

Close My Eyes 22nd November 1991 as Jessica

Top Girls poster

Top Girls 2nd November 1991 as Dull Gret / Angie

Wedded poster

Wedded 29th August 1990 as Woman

Night Voice 25th July 1990 as Marion Parkin

The Rachel Papers poster

The Rachel Papers 12th May 1989 as Jenny

The Love Child poster

The Love Child 22nd September 1988 as Bernadette

Road poster

Road 7th October 1987 as Valerie

Rita, Sue and Bob Too poster

Rita, Sue and Bob Too 20th May 1987 as Michelle

Bergerac poster

Bergerac 27th February 2025 as Monica

Red Eye poster

Red Eye 21st April 2024 as Director General Madeline Delaney

The Full Monty poster

The Full Monty 14th June 2023 as Jean Horsefall

Art That Made Us poster

Art That Made Us 7th April 2022 as Self - Actrice (Scott & Bailey)

Heaven Made poster

Heaven Made 12th December 2021 as Narrator

Before We Die poster

Before We Die 26th May 2021 as Hannah Laing

Fate: The Winx Saga poster

Fate: The Winx Saga 22nd January 2021 as Rosalind

Inside the Bank of England poster

Inside the Bank of England 2nd July 2019 as Narrator (Voice)

Living the Dream poster

Living the Dream 2nd November 2017 as Jen Pemberton

Three Girls poster

Three Girls 16th May 2017 as DC Margaret Oliver

Paranoid poster

Paranoid 22nd September 2016 as Lucy Cannonbury

Capital poster

Capital 24th November 2015 as Mary

Starlings poster

Starlings 13th May 2012

Scott & Bailey poster

Scott & Bailey 29th May 2011 as DC Janet Scott

The Shadow Line poster

The Shadow Line 5th May 2011

Angela and Friends poster

Angela and Friends 9th November 2009

Doctor Who Greatest Moments poster

Doctor Who Greatest Moments 20th August 2009 as Self

Moving On poster

Moving On 18th May 2009 as Sylvie

Keep It In The Family 7th May 2009

The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank 5th January 2009 as Petronella Van Daan

The Children poster

The Children 1st September 2008 as Anne

Cranford poster

Cranford 18th November 2007 as Mrs Bell

Afterlife poster

Afterlife 24th September 2005 as Alison Mundy

Monkey Trousers poster

Monkey Trousers 20th May 2005

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Sky Silvestry

Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are? 12th October 2004 as Self

The Second Coming poster

The Second Coming 9th February 2003 as Judith Roach

Bob & Rose poster

Bob & Rose 10th September 2001 as Rose Cooper

Aqua Teen Hunger Force poster

Aqua Teen Hunger Force 30th December 2000 as Glorfinoid (voice)

Nature Boy poster

Nature Boy 14th February 2000 as Martha

Clocking Off poster

Clocking Off 23rd January 2000 as Trudy Graham

Daylight Robbery poster

Daylight Robbery 9th September 1999 as Carol Murphy

Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations 12th April 1999 as Mrs Joe

Playing the Field poster

Playing the Field 8th March 1998 as Theresa Mullen

Dandelion Dead poster

Dandelion Dead 30th October 1994 as Constance 'Connie' Martin, nee Davies

Common As Muck poster

Common As Muck 7th September 1994 as Christine Stranks

Frank Stubbs Promotes poster

Frank Stubbs Promotes 12th July 1993 as Petra Dillon

Nights 10th February 1993

Performance poster

Performance 5th October 1991 as Angie

Prime Suspect poster

Prime Suspect 7th April 1991 as Anne Sutherland

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot 8th January 1989 as Miss Martindale

This Morning poster

This Morning 3rd October 1988 as Self

A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas 24th December 1971 as Hetty