Lenora Crichlow

Lenora Isabella Crichlow (born January 4, 1985)[1]  is an English actress best known for her roles as Annie Sawyer in thesupernatural drama series Being Human (2009–2012), Maria "Sugar" Sweet in the International Emmy Award–winningcomedy-drama series Sugar Rush (2005–2006), and Shania Andrews in the sports drama film Fast Girls (2012). In 2010, Crichlow portrayed Ali Redcliffe in the six-part romantic comedy series Material Girl. In 2013, Crichlow played the main role of Victoria Skillane in the episode "White Bear" of the critically acclaimed anthology series Black Mirror. From September to December 2013, she portrayed Lulu Lovette in the American sitcom Back in the Game.



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[hide]  *1 Biography  ==Biography[ edit] == Crichlow was born and raised in Harlesden, London to Frank Crichlow, a community activist and civil rights campaigner originally from the island of Trinidad in theCaribbean, and Lucy Addington, an Englishwoman. Her father opened and ran The Mangrove restaurant in Notting Hill which was frequented by stars such as Jimi Hendrix and Diana Ross.[2]  Frank Crichlow died on September 15, 2010, aged 78. From the age of 12, Crichlow trained and worked with the Young Blood Theatre Company in Hammersmith, West London.[3]  She then went on to study Drama at the University of Sussex. She has two sisters, Amandla and Francesca, and a brother, Knowlton.[4]  Her younger sister, Amandla Crichlow, is also an actress and has appeared in Prime Suspect: The Final Act and The Bill.[5]  ==Acting career[ edit] == ===Career beginnings<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Crichlow's first professional acting role came when she was cast alongside Billie Piper in the television film Bella and the Boys, portraying the character Stacy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]  She made her first feature film appearance in the small-budget UK horror film Wilderness released in 2006,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[7]  and her first television appearance in the ITV police drama series The Bill.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kiss_8-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]
 * 2 Acting career
 * 2.1 Career beginnings
 * 2.2 2008–2012 and Being Human
 * 2.3 2013–present
 * 3 Other work
 * 4 Filmography
 * 4.1 Film
 * 4.2 Television
 * 4.3 Theatre
 * 4.4 Radio
 * 5 Awards and nominations
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Crichlow came to public prominence starring as Maria "Sugar" Sweet in Channel 4's adaptation of the Julie Burchill novel Sugar Rush,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[9]  which won the 2006 International Emmy Award in the Children And Young People category.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[10]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">She then appeared in "Gridlock", a 2007 episode of Doctor Who, as Cheen,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[11]  and BBC One's feature-length drama Kiss of Death in 2008, starring alongside Danny Dyer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kiss_8-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  In March 2010, Crichlow returned to the world of Doctor Who in the audio release of Doctor Who: The Architects of History, playing a new character, Rachel.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[12] ===2008–2012 and Being Human<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In November 2008, the BBC announced she had been cast as Annie Sawyer,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[13]  a ghost in a flat shared with a vampire and a werewolf, in the BBC Three series Being Human,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[14]  replacing Andrea Riseborough who had played the character in the pilot.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[15]  In 2011, Crichlow won the TV Actress of the Year Award at the annual Glamour Awards for her work on the show.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[16]  She continued to play the role of Annie in the programme until deciding to depart following the last episode of the fourth season, which aired in March 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[17]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In November 2009, Crichlow played the part of Alice Jackson in Collision, an ITV1 drama which ran over five consecutive nights.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[18]  From January to February 2010, Crichlow appeared as aspiring fashion designer Ali Redcliffe in the BBC One romantic-comedy series Material Girl.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[19]  In June 2010, she also played the role of Ashley in a BBC Three pilot, Dappers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[20]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2011, Crichlow played the character of Police Sergeant Lily Thomson in the BBC drama Death in Paradise.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[21]  In 2012, Crichlow appeared in an episode of Inspector George Gently<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[22]  and also played the central role of Shania Andrews, a streetwise 200m runner, in the Olympic themed film Fast Girls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[23]  In December 2012, she starred as Laura Stanton in the ITV1 drama Doors Open, an adaptation of the Ian Rankin novel of the same name.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[24] ===2013–present<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In February 2013, Crichlow starred as Victoria Skillane in episode two of the second series of Charlie Brooker's critically acclaimed anthology drama series Black Mirror.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[25]  The following month, it was announced that she had landed a main cast role in US sitcom Back in the Game for the ABC network, starring alongside James Caan and Maggie Lawson.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[26]  In July 2013, Crichlow played the role Chen Sam in the well-received film Burton & Taylor for BBC Four. The film also starred Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor and Dominic West as Richard Burton.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[27]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Crichlow will portray the character of Mel in the upcoming 2014 independent film Electricity. She will appear opposite model and actress Agyness Deyn.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[28]  In February 2014, it was announced that Crichlow had been cast in the romantic comedy pilot A to Z for the American television network NBC.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[29]  Crichlow will play the role of Stephie.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[30] ==Other work<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In June 2010, Crichlow presented Nelson Mandela: One Incredible Life on BBC Three. For the documentary, Crichlow travelled to South Africa to learn more aboutNelson Mandela's story.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[31] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[32]  Crichlow played the role of Portia in a performance of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, for the BBC's educational platform,Bitesize.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[33]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Since January 2011, Crichlow has hosted The Tudors on BBC America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[34]  Crichlow narrated The Gatwick Baby: Abandoned at Birth, shown on BBC Three on April 13, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[35]  In April 2013, Crichlow narrated the audiobook version of Simon Guerrier's Being Human tie-in novel The Road.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[36] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Film<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Television<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Theatre<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==