Flo Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 February 1963 Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Television | Coronation Street In the Club Sanditon Emmerdale |
Flo Wilson (born 11 February 1963) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Claudette Anderson in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale since 2023. She has a career on stage and screen spanning three decades, appearing in shows such as Coronation Street , In the Club and Sanditon , as well as numerous theatre productions since the 1990s.
Flo Wilson was born on 11 February 1963 in Manchester, England. [1] [2] [3] She began working with the Pit Prop Theatre Company in her twenties and made her stage debut in 1991, in a production of Angel . [4] She made further stage appearances in A Fine Example (1993) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1994). [5] In 1995, Wilson made her television debut playing a woman in the crime drama Out of the Blue and subsequently went on to appear roles in shows such as Cardiac Arrest , King Girl and Coronation Street . [6] In 2000, she appeared in That Peter Kay Thing and had a recurring role in the first series of the ITV sitcom Fat Friends . [7] as well as appearing on stage in productions such as Fences (2000) and Black Love (2001). Wilson took a career break from 2001 to mid 2007, returning to the stage in Lisa's Sex Strike (2007) followed by Somebody's Son and Everybody Loves a Winner (2009). [8] In 2010, she appeared in Waterloo Road and DCI Banks . The following year, she had roles in Hollyoaks , Scott & Bailey , Sirens and The Body Farm . [4] In 2012, Wilson appeared in episodes of Eternal Law The Syndicate Leaving, Hebburn and Monroe . [4] In 2013, she made appearances in Moving On , The Mill and All at Sea . [4] In 2014, she appeared in an episode of Vera and played a midwife in From There to Here . [4]
Between 2014 and 2016, she appeared in the BBC One drama In the Club as a senior nurse. In 2018, she appeared in Oliver Twist at the Hull Truck Theatre. [9] In 2021, she appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise . [10] Between 2022 and 2023, Wilson appeared in the historical drama television series Sanditon . [11] In April 2023, Wilson was announced to be joining the cast of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Claudette Anderson. [12] [13] Her character was introduced as the mother of established character Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin) and prior to her arrival was described as "force to be reckoned with". [14] [15]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Brief Encounters at Bradford Interchange | Anj | Film |
| 2019 | Birthday Girl | Jackie | Short film |
| 2021 | Help | Velma | Film |
| 2021 | The Knock | Audrey | Short film |
| 2023 | Jellyfish and Lobster | Grace | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Out of the Blue | Woman | Episode: "Death Friday" |
| 1996 | Cardiac Arrest | On-Call Administrator | Episode: "The Red Queen" |
| 1996 | King Girl | Mrs. Jeffreys | Television film |
| 1998, 2008–2010, 2014 | Coronation Street | Kerry Matthews / Nurse / Midwife | Various roles |
| 1999 | The Last Train | Midwife | Recurring role |
| 2000 | That Peter Kay Thing | Customer | Episode: "That Ice Cream Man Cometh" |
| 2000 | Fat Friends | Anita | Recurring role |
| 2001 | A Touch of Frost | Nursing Sister | Episode: "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 2" |
| 2001 | Bob & Rose | Laura Thane | 1 episode |
| 2007, 2012 | Emmerdale | Nurse Bradshaw | Guest role |
| 2008 | Survivors | Helen Crawley | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Shameless | Maria | Episode: "Haunted by the Past" |
| 2010 | Waterloo Road | Receptionist | 1 episode |
| 2010 | DCI Banks | Nurse | Episode: "Aftermath: Part 1" |
| 2011 | Hollyoaks | Nurse Jennings | Guest role |
| 2011 | Scott & Bailey | Obstretician | Episode: "Personal" |
| 2011 | Sirens | Neighbour | Episode: "Up, Horny, Down" |
| 2011 | The Body Farm | Nurse | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Eternal Law | Magistrate | 1 episode |
| 2012 | The Syndicate | Nurse | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Leaving | Head of Housekeeping | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Hebburn | Doctor Abineri | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Monroe | Michelle Gainsford | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Moving On | Ward Sister | Episode: "Blood Ties" |
| 2013 | The Mill | Mary Prince | 1 episode |
| 2013 | All at Sea | Mrs. Grainger | Episode: "Gymnast" |
| 2014 | Vera | Social Worker | Episode: "The Deer Hunters" |
| 2014 | From There to Here | Midwife | 1 episode |
| 2015 | From Darkness | Dr. Lawson | 1 episode |
| 2015 | After Hours | Jill | Recurring role |
| 2014–2016 | In the Club | Senior Nurse | Recurring role |
| 2017 | In the Dark | Magistrate | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Overshadowed | Sarah | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Death in Paradise | Lulu Deloitte | Episode: "Chain Reaction" |
| 2022 | Mood | Melrose | Main role |
| 2023 | Lagging | Dorothy | Episode: "Sidequests" |
| 2022–2023 | Sanditon | Mrs. Wheatley | Main role |
| 2023 | Brassic | Lavender Iyes | Episode: "Sweet Sixteen" |
| 2023–present | Emmerdale | Claudette Anderson | Regular role |
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Shells on a Woven Chord | Hodan/Ong Bad | BBC |
| 1998 | Daily Service Singers | Soloist | BBC |
| 1999 | Listen to Your Parents | Mother | BBC |
| 2014 | Dad | Tracy | BBC |
| 2015 | Revelations | Tracy | BBC |