Carla Henry is a British actress, most famous for her role as Donna in '' Queer As Folk''. She trained at

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. 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 ''

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'' alongside

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, Joe Armstrong and

Liam Gerrard Liam Gerrard is a British-Irish film, television and theatre actor. He is also an acclaimed voice-over artist and audiobook narrator. He is best known for his BAFTA-nominated work: '' Walter Tull: Britain's First Black Officer'', ''Peterloo'' a ...

at the

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and was nominated for a best supporting actress award in the

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She played Castiza in

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's film ''

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'' and also appeared in his television film ''

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''. In 2013 she appeared in the

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drama series ''

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''.

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 ''Our Town'' is a 1938 metatheatrical three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 thro ...

'' ( Royal Exchange, Manchester) (2017) * ''Birth'' ( Royal Exchange, Manchester) (2017)

Selected television and film credits

* '' Moving On'' * '' Scott and Bailey'' * ''Home Front'' * ''Frankie'' * ''

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'' * '' I'm A juvenile delinquent jail me''

References

External links

* Alumni of Bretton Hall College British actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-actor-stub