Karla Crome

Karla Crome
Born	Karla Patsy Crome (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 36) London, England
Alma mater	Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation(s)	Actress, screenwriter, playwright
Years active	2009–present

Karla Patsy Crome (born 22 June 1988) is a British actress and writer, best known for her work on Sky Atlantic's Hit & Miss , playing series regular Jess on E4's Misfits , and appearances in a number of other television series and films, mainly in the United Kingdom, including the award-winning Murder . In 2012, Screen International named Crome as one of the "UK Stars of Tomorrow". ^[1]

Early life

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (hons) acting course from the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham, London. ^[2]

Television

Crome played the lead, Coleen, in Birger Larsen's BAFTA Award-winning (2013) production of Murder for BBC2. Alison Graham said in The Radio Times : "...it stayed with me for days, dammit. Every brittle little shard of it, thanks largely to one of the most astounding, affecting acting performances I have ever seen, from rising star Karla Crome as Coleen..." ^[3]

On 22 May 2012, it was announced that Crome would appear in the fourth series of E4 drama Misfits in the regular role of Jess. ^{[4] [5]}

Crome appears in ITV five-part series Lightfields as Clare. ^[6] Again, she has received excellent reviews for her performance with Matt D. saying: "...the standout was definitely Karla Crome, who has shone in everything from Murder to Misfits, here playing the emotionally damaged Claire..." ^[7]

She has also joined the cast of BBC series Prisoners' Wives for the show's second series, playing the role of Aisling. ^[8]

In February 2014, it was revealed that Crome would be joining the cast of CBS' Under the Dome as a series regular for the show's second season. ^[9]

Crome is also a writer. She wrote episode five of Hooten & the Lady for Red Planet Pictures and Sky One. She would also write episodes of Safe , The Stranger and prison drama Screw .

Theatre

She has also appeared on stage in Manchester Royal Exchange's production of Powder Monkey, ^[10] as well as The Royal Court and the National Theatre. In 2016, Crome played Alice in Linda at the Royal Court Theatre, and Constanze in Amadeus at the National Theatre. In 2018, Crome played Amina in Dance Nation at the Almeida Theatre.

Her play, If Chloe Can, was presented by the National Youth Theatre. ^[11] Another play Crome authored, Mush & Me, premiered at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ^{[12] [13]} It later transferred to Holden Street Theatres, Adelaide.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Exposed	Dee	Short film
2012	The Pub	(unknown)	Short film
	Joint Enterprise	Coleen
	Gambit	Vron
2017	National Theatre Live: Amadeus	Constanze Weber/Mozart
2018	Vita & Virginia	Dorothy Wellesley
2019	Nobody's Darling	Girlfriend	Short film
2020	Hayley Alien	Hayley	Short film
2021	Canvas 5	–	Short film. Writer and director
TBA	The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Dog Endz	Hannah	Television film
2010	Casualty	Chloe Parker	Series 24; episode 33: "Clean Slate"
2011	Doctors	Mo'nique	Series 12; episode 196: "Saints and Sinners"
2012	Hit & Miss	Riley	Mini-series; episodes 1–6
	Monroe	Donna Holmes	Series 2; episodes 1, 2 & 6
	Murder	Coleen	Mini-series; pilot episode: "Joint Enterprise"
2012–2013	Misfits	Jess	Main role. Series 4 & 5; 16 episodes
2013	Lightfields	Clare Mullen	Episodes 1–5
	Prisoners' Wives	Aisling	Main role. Series 2; episodes 1–4
2014	Under the Dome	Rebecca Pine	Main role. Season 2; episodes 1–13
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse	Layla, Hawkwind	Series 1; 5 episodes
2016	The Level	Nancy Devlin	Episodes 1–6
	Hooten & the Lady	–	Mini-series; episode 5: "Ethiopia". Writer
2018	Thunderbirds Are Go	Sophie (voice)	Series 3; episode 3: "Path of Destruction"
	Urban Myths	Sade	Series 2; episode 2: "Backstage at Live Aid"
	Safe	–	Mini-series; episode 6. Writer
2019	The Victim	Rebecca Myers	Mini-series; episodes 1–4
2019–2023	Carnival Row	Tourmaline Larou	Main role. Series 1 & 2; 18 episodes [14]
2020	The Stranger	–	Mini-series; episode 3. Writer
2022	Screw	–	Series 1; episode 4. Writer
2022, 2025	Am I Being Unreasonable?	Lucy	Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
2025	Toxic Town	Pattie Walker	Mini-series.
	Lazarus	TBA	Mini-series. Post-production
TBA	Inheritance	–	Mini-series. Writer
	Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen	TBA	Episode 1. In production

References

1. "UK Stars of Tomorrow" (PDF). Screendaily.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
2. "BA (Hons) Acting Programme | Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts". Italiaconti-acting.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
3. Graham, Alison (26 August 2012). "Alison Graham: "Murder is so good I want everyone to watch it"". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
4. Jeffrey, Morgan (22 May 2012). "'Misfits': New cast for series four revealed?". Digital Spy . (Hearst Magazines UK). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
5. Goodacre, Kate (7 July 2012). "Karla Crome: 'My Misfits character is a tough cookie'". Digital Spy . (Hearst Magazines UK). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
6. "Press Centre". ITV . ITV. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
7. "Lightfields review: Dakota Blue Richards & Karla Crome shine in this new spooky Marchlands drama | Unreality TV". Primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk. 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
8. Reilly, Elaine. "Karla Crome: 'I didn't want to go in to prison'". What's On TV. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
9. "Misfits star Karla Crome, CSI: NY's Eddie Cahill join Under the Dome". Digital Spy. 5 February 2014.
10. "Powder Monkey". Royalexchange.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
11. "If Chloe Can". Ideastap.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
12. "Mush and Me". The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
13. "Mush and Me: The Team". Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
14. Petski, Denise (22 September 2017). "'Carnival Row': David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Indira Varma & Tamzin Merchant Join Amazon's Fantasy Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

External links

• Karla Crome at IMDb