Flo Wilson

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Flo Wilson
Born (1963-02-11) 11 February 1963 (age 61)
Manchester, England
OccupationActress
Years active1991–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.

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Life and career

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] Wilson appeared in television shows less frequently throughout the early 2000s, however maintained a stage career appearing in productions such as Fences (2000), Black Love (2001), Lisa's Sex Strike (2007), 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 introcuded 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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Brief Encounters at Bradford InterchangeAnjFilm
2019Birthday GirlJackieShort film
2021 Help VelmaFilm
2021The KnockAudreyShort film
2023Jellyfish and LobsterGraceShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Out of the Blue WomanEpisode: "Death Friday"
1996 Cardiac Arrest On-Call AdministratorEpisode: "The Red Queen"
1996King GirlMrs. JeffreysTelevision film
1998, 2008–2010, 2014 Coronation Street Kerry Matthews / Nurse / MidwifeVarious roles
1999 The Last Train MidwifeRecurring role
2000 That Peter Kay Thing CustomerEpisode: "That Ice Cream Man Cometh"
2000 Fat Friends AnitaRecurring role
2001 A Touch of Frost Nursing SisterEpisode: "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 2"
2001 Bob & Rose Laura Thane1 episode
2007, 2012 Emmerdale Nurse BradshawGuest role
2008 Survivors Helen Crawley1 episode
2009 Shameless MariaEpisode: "Haunted by the Past"
2010 Waterloo Road Receptionist1 episode
2010 DCI Banks NurseEpisode: "Aftermath: Part 1"
2011 Hollyoaks Nurse Jennings Guest role
2011 Scott & Bailey ObstreticianEpisode: "Personal"
2011 Sirens NeighbourEpisode: "Up, Horny, Down"
2011 The Body Farm Nurse1 episode
2012 Eternal Law Magistrate1 episode
2012 The Syndicate Nurse1 episode
2012LeavingHead of Housekeeping1 episode
2012 Hebburn Doctor Abineri1 episode
2012 Monroe Michelle Gainsford1 episode
2013 Moving On Ward SisterEpisode: "Blood Ties"
2013 The Mill Mary Prince1 episode
2013 All at Sea Mrs. GraingerEpisode: "Gymnast"
2014 Vera Social WorkerEpisode: "The Deer Hunters"
2014 From There to Here Midwife1 episode
2015 From Darkness Dr. Lawson1 episode
2015 After Hours JillRecurring role
2014–2016 In the Club Senior NurseRecurring role
2017 In the Dark Magistrate1 episode
2017OvershadowedSarah1 episode
2021 Death in Paradise Lulu DeloitteEpisode: "Chain Reaction"
2022 Mood MelroseMain role
2023LaggingDorothyEpisode: "Sidequests"
2022–2023 Sanditon Mrs. WheatleyMain role
2023 Brassic Lavender IyesEpisode: "Sweet Sixteen"
2023–presentEmmerdale Claudette Anderson Regular role

Radio

YearTitleRoleNetwork
1998Shells on a Woven ChordHodan/Ong Bad BBC
1998Daily Service SingersSoloistBBC
1999Listen to Your ParentsMotherBBC
2014DadTracyBBC
2015RevelationsTracyBBC

Stage

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