Carla Henry is a British actress, most famous for her role as Donna Clarke in ''
Queer as Folk''. She trained at
Bretton Hall College.
Her performances in stage productions such as ''Storm'' (Contact Theatre) and ''Habitat'' (Royal Exchange) and ''On the Shore of the Wide World'' have seen her tackle a wide variety of roles. She played Kristin in the 2012 production of ''
Miss Julie'' alongside
Maxine Peake
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,
Joe Armstrong and
Liam Gerrard at the
Royal Exchange Theatre in
Manchester
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and was nominated for a best supporting actress award in the
Manchester Theatre Awards
She played Castiza in
Alex Cox
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's film ''
Revengers Tragedy'' and also appeared in his television film ''
I'm A Juvenile Delinquent - Jail Me!''. In 2013 she appeared in the
BBC One
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drama series ''
Frankie''.
Selected theatre credits
*''Romeo & Juliet'' (Birmingham Rep)
*''On the Shore of the Wide World'' (Manchester Royal Exchange/National Theatre) (2005)
*''Wedding Cane'' (Manchester Royal Exchange)
*''Habitat'' (Manchester Royal Exchange)
*''Thérèse Raquin'' (Glasgow Citizens)
*''The Storm'' (Contact Theatre)
*''Hansel and Gretel'' (Lyric Hammersmith)
*''The Pleasure Man'' (Glasgow Citizens)
* ''Miss Julie'' (Manchester Royal Exchange) (2012)
* ''
Our Town'' (
Royal Exchange, Manchester) (2017)
* ''Birth'' (
Royal Exchange, Manchester) (2017)
Selected television and film credits
* ''
Moving On''
* ''
Scott and Bailey''
*
''Home Front''
* ''Frankie''
* ''
Revenger's Tragedy''
* ''
I'm A juvenile delinquent jail me''
* Black Work
References
External links
*
Alumni of Bretton Hall College
British actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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