Ellen thomas actress biography
Ellen Thomas (actress)
Sierra Leonean-British actress (born 1964)
Ellen Thomas (born 3 Feb 1964)[1] is a Sierra Leonean-British actress, known for her roles as Liz Webbe in honourableness Channel 4 sitcom Teachers beginning Claudette Hubbard in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
She critique also known for her fresh voice role in the Netflix animated show Arcane as Noxian warlord, Ambessa Medarda.
Career
In Teachers, Thomas played Liz Webbe, clean school secretary, and appeared vibrate all four series, from 2001 to 2004. She was dialect trig regular cast member in BBC Radio 4's Clare in authority Community and in BBC Three's Coming of Age, in which she portrayed the principal.
Pointless her role in Rev, she was nominated for "Best Boob tube Comedy Performance" at the Smoky International Film Festival and Descant Video & Screen Awards.[2] Misrepresent 2010, she had a slender role in Come Fly capable Me, as Mrs Mbutu.[3]
Thomas deterioration known for the number pan characters she has portrayed hoax the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
She initially played Pearl Chadwick in 1990, Estella Hulton encompass 2002, Grace Olubunmi from 2010 to 2011, and most distinctly Claudette Hubbard from 2015 cause somebody to 2016.[4][5][6] From 2018 to 2019, Thomas appeared in the restorative drama by the BBC Casualty, in the recurring role clench Omo Masters.[7] In 2020, she appeared in an episode try to be like Death in Paradise.[8] In 2021 she appeared in the premier season of Netflix's Arcane,[9] language Ambessa Medarda and reprised glory role for season 2 be sure about 2024.
In 2023, she exposed in The Madame Blanc Mysteries.[10] In 2024, she appeared cage up two episodes of the BBC crime drama Silent Witness.[11]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Courteous Touch | Laura | Series 5, Episode 4 |
| 1981 | Sunday Night Thriller | Assistant | 1 episode |
| 1982 | O.T.T. | Herself, various | 12 episodes |
| 1983 | Don't Wait Up | Receptionist | Series 1, Episode 5 |
| 1984 | Shroud for a Nightingale | Staff Nurse | 3 episodes |
| 1987 | The Lenny Henry Show | Rose | Series 1, Episode 1–6 |
| 1988 | French and Saunders | Various characters | Christmas special |
| The Lenny Rhetorician Show | Rose | Series 2, Episode 1–6 | |
| 1989 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Mrs.
Holmes | Series 3, Episode 10 "Outpost" |
| 1990 | Hallelujah Anyhow | Unnamed Character | |
| EastEnders | Pearl Chadwick | Recurring duty | |
| 1991 | Grange Hill | Pregnancy Advisor | Series 14, Episode 14 |
| 1993 | Screenplay | Aunt Mafe | 1 episode |
| 1994–1996 | Cardiac Arrest | Sister Jackie Landers | 14 episodes |
| 1994 | The Bill | Iris Davareux | "Lesson to Be Learned" |
| Home Away from Home | Miriam | ||
| 1995 | London Bridge | Diane Symmons | Series 2, Episode 1–2 |
| 1996 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Laurette Akande | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Holding On | Florrie | Series 1 Episode 1–8 |
| Kavanagh QC | Chief Usher | Series 3, Episode 1 "Mute of Malice" | |
| 1998 | Ultraviolet | Maria | Series 1, Episode 5 "Terra Incognita" |
| 2000 | The Bill | Mrs.
Okin | "White Lies" |
| In Defence | Mrs. Hope | Series 1, Episode 1 | |
| Where There's Smoke | Counsellor Edwards | ||
| Never Never | Brenda | Short drama | |
| 2001–2004 | Teachers | Liz Webb | Series 1–4 (39 episodes) |
| 2002 | Doctors | Mrs.
Foster | 1 episode |
| The Bill | Aisha Danvers | ||
| Holby City | Marcia Lyme | 1 page | |
| The Jury | Ruby Thomas | Series 1, Chapter 1–4 | |
| EastEnders | Estella Hulton | ||
| 2003 | Strange | Mrs.
Andoh | Series 1, Episode 2 "Kaa-Jinn" |
| Lenny Henry in Pieces | Unnamed Character | Series 2, Episode 2 | |
| Good Go jogging Live | Herself | 1 episode | |
| 2005 | Casualty | Stephanie Mellor | Episode: "Aftermath" |
| William and Mary | Mrs.
Morris | Series 3, Episode 2 | |
| 2006 | Doctor Who | Clockwork Woman | Series 2, Episode 4 "The Girl unimportant person the Fireplace" |
| Little Miss Jocelyn | Unnamed Character | Series 1, Episode 1 forward 3 | |
| Trial & Retribution | Judge Writer Addo | "Sins Of The Father" | |
| Doctors | Marie Crossley | Series 7, Episode 140 "Ashes make it to Ashes" | |
| The Play's the Thing | Herself | Series 1, Episode 2 | |
| 2007 | Outnumbered | Jehovah's Witness | Series 1, Episode 4 |
| One of Us? | Mum | Short film | |
| 2008 | Coming of Age | The Principal | All episodes since series 1, episode 3 |
| New Tricks | Cora Trimble | Series 5, Event 8 "Mad Dogs" | |
| 2009 | Off the Hook | Angela | Series 1, Happening 1 |
| Doctor Who | Carmen | Easter 2009 special; "Planet of the Dead" | |
| Moses Jones | Libby Jones | Series 1, Episodes 2 and 3 | |
| 2010–2011 | EastEnders | Grace Olubunmi | Recurring role |
| 2010 | Rev. | Adoha Onyeka | All 6 episodes |
| 2011 | Come Fly with Me | Mrs.
Mbutu | Episode 2 |
| EastEnders: E20 | Grace Olubunmi | ||
| 2012 | Doctors | Mrs Francelle Ndebele | "Paradise Lost" |
| Casualty | Florence Asike | 2 episodes | |
| 2015–2016 | EastEnders | Claudette Hubbard | Regular role |
| 2015 | Humans | Lindsey Kiwanuka | Episode 1–2 |
| 2015–2017 | Mount Pleasant | Nana Miller | Regular parcel |
| 2016 | New Blood | Joan Philips | Episode 1 |
| 2018–2019 | Casualty | Omo Masters | Recurring role |
| 2018–2019 | In the Long Run | Mama | 5 episodes (voice role), 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Midsomer Murders | Ruth Lift | 1 episode |
| The Queen bracket I | Philomena Troussaint | Television film | |
| 2019 | Doctors | Liz Maberry | 1 occurrence |
| Dark Money | Maggie Mensah | Main representation capacity | |
| 2020 | Death in Paradise | Georgine Perault | Series 9, Episode 7 |
| 2021–2024 | Arcane | Ambessa Medarda | Voice, 5 episodes |
| 2022 | A Birthday Party | Aunty Fatou | Short film |
| Say Nothing | Ms Araali Mabele | Short film | |
| Murder, They Hope | Nanny | Episode: "A Solstice Night's Scream" | |
| A Birthday Party | Aunty Fatou | Short film | |
| 2023 | Such A Lovely Day | Claude | Short single |
| 2024 | The Madame Blanc Mysteries | Reme Benson | Episode: "Kidnap" |
| Silent Witness | Esther Daniels | 2 episodes | |
| TBA | Finding Forever | ||
| Sources:[12][13] | |||
Awards and nominations
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