Cherrelle Skeete
Birthday: Born in 1988-07-25 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Cherrelle Skeete is a British actress, writer, cultural producer and co-founder of Blacktress UK. She moved to London from her home town of Birmingham to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, specialising in Collaborative and Devised Theatre. She has steadily been building her career with credits that range across stage, screen, radio, video games and audio books. Cherrelle is best known for originating the role of Rose Granger-Weasley in the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened at the Palace Theatre, London in 2016. She has appeared on stage at the National Theatre, the Hampstead Theatre and the Young Vic, as well as the Lyceum Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East, amongst others.
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Ordinary Lies
Character: Viv
Exploring what happens when a bunch of white lies spiral out of control and the effect it has on an ordinary group of colleagues and friends....
The Midwich Cuckoos
Character: Bryony Cummings
A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant....
Call the Midwife
Character: Abigail Bissette
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth....
Hanna
Character: Terri Miller
This thriller and coming-of-age drama follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is. Based on the 2011 Joe Wright film....
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There Can Only Be One
Character: Milo Valaska
A woman tracks down and kills those who share the same name as her....
Rushed
Character: Loretta
A chance encounter between a black woman and a South Asian man in Birmingham forces them to confront life changing events they are desperately trying to escape....
Magpie
Character: Emily
A couple's lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star....
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Character: Portia
A short film set in modern times with Shakespeare's language....
Ouzo and Blackcurrant
Character: Esta
Esta and Jeanie just want to reminisce about the good old days; but they weren’t all good, as something wants them to remember....
Snowflakes
Character: Miriam
As two women are forcibly deported from the United Kingdom, they discover that the experimental drug meant to pacify them has a unique and spectacularly deadly side effect when injected into their oppressors....
Black Exodus
Character: Narrator
BLACK EXODUS is a visualisation of what the black community looks separated from the structure of racism. Exploring what the black community needs to do in order to achieve healing and a utopia/community strong enough to combat its internal issues. Its aim is to empower the black community and encourage them to imagine a world where they become their own standard of beauty and aspirations. Using the richness and pain of their past to engineer their futures. Creative activists, who are on the fr...