Lenora Isabella Crichlow (born 4 January 1985) is a British actress. She became known for her starring roles as Maria "Sugar" Sweet in the
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
comedy-drama series ''
Sugar Rush'',
Annie Sawyer
Anna Clare "Annie" Sawyer is a fictional character in the comedy-drama television series '' Being Human'', portrayed by Lenora Crichlow. The female lead for the duration of the show's first four series, Crichlow appears as Annie in thirty-one epi ...
in the
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, cov ...
supernatural drama series ''
Being Human'', and Shania Andrews in the 2012 sports drama film ''
Fast Girls
''Fast Girls'' is a 2012 British sports drama film directed by Regan Hall and written by Jay Basu, Noel Clarke and Roy Williams. It stars Lenora Crichlow, Lily James, Bradley James, Clarke and Rupert Graves. The film follows the story of two w ...
''. In 2013, Crichlow portrayed Chen Sam in the television film ''
Burton & Taylor'' and Victoria Skillane in the episode "
White Bear" of the dystopian sci-fi series, ''
Black Mirror''. She has since had regular roles in the
ABC sitcom ''
Back in the Game'' and the
NBC comedy series ''
A to Z''. Since 2020 she has been part of the main cast of the
HBO/
Sky One
Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non- terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1 ...
comedy series ''
Avenue 5'' playing s