Leonie Elliott

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Leonie Samantha Elliott is an English actress, best known for her role as Lucille Anderson in the BBC series Call the Midwife . She is also starred as Cherry Patterson in the Lenny Henry comedy-drama Danny and the Human Zoo . [1]

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Early life

Elliott was born in Brent, London in 1988. [2] Her family emigrated from Jamaica in the 1960s. She began acting at eight years old. She attended the Harris School of speech and drama and trained as an actress at the Identity School of Acting in London. Elliott attended the Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls in Ealing. [1]

Career

Elliott played Fiona in the British anthology series Black Mirror , in 2016. Also in 2016, she appeared in an episode of the BBC Medical series Casualty .

She appeared as Cherry Patterson in the Lenny Henry comedy-drama Danny and the Human Zoo , shown on BBC One in August 2015. Other television appearances include Undercover Heart (1998); Tube Tales (1999); Holby City (2002) and The Bill (2004).

She has appeared in several films, including Wondrous Oblivion (1999), written by Paul Morrison; a rite of passage film about an 11-year-old David Wiseman who is mad about cricket but no good at it. She played Jamaican immigrant Judith Samuels, a shy but gifted cricket player who quickly strikes up a friendship with David. Her stage roles include; The Lion King at Lyceum Theatre, London (1998), Annie , UK Tour (1999). In 2012, Elliott appeared in Concrete Jungle written by Bola Agbaje at the Riverside Studios, London. Between November 2015 and January 2016, she appeared in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in Birmingham.

In 2016, Elliott appeared in "Hated in the Nation", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror .

In January 2018, she made her debut in the hit BBC series Call the Midwife as Jamaican nurse Lucille Anderson, whose character was based on the many Caribbean nurses who moved to the UK to assist the growing demand of the National Health Service in the 1960s. [3] [4]

On 14 September 2019, she appeared on the celebrity edition of The Chase on ITV, where she won £1,000 for the team, before eventually being eliminated in the Final Chase.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Tube Tales Rosebud
2003 Wondrous Oblivion Judy Samuel
2018Boogie ManSophie Cooke
2023Trinidad Remains(TBA)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Undercover Heart Holly Lomas6 episodes
2003 Holby City Josie BondEpisode: "Going It Alone"
2003 The Bill Natasha HarrisEpisode: "135: Sunday Driver"
2013Ones N TwosStephanie
2015 Danny and the Human Zoo Cherry PattersonTelevision film
2016 Black Mirror Fiona, Clara's FlatmateEpisode: "Hated in the Nation"
2016 Casualty Natalie StubbsEpisode: "Not in Holby Anymore"
2017 The Break FeeEpisode: "Scotch Bonnet"
2018 Damned Melanie (Teaching Assistant)Episode #2.5
2018 Killed by My Debt HollieTelevision film
2018 Children in Need Lucille AndersonEpisode dated 16 November 2018
2018–2023 Call the Midwife Nurse Lucille Anderson33 episodes

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References

  1. 1 2 Cox, Emma (2 May 2018). "Call the Midwife's Leonie Elliott on filming "difficult" racism scenes". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  3. Bley Griffiths, Eleanor (4 February 2018). "Call the Midwife newcomer Leonie Elliott was "apprehensive" about how the public would respond to Lucille". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  4. Rutter, Claire (19 May 2017). "Call The Midwife casts first West Indian nurse". Metro. Retrieved 6 May 2018.