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Doña Croll (born 29 August 1953) is a
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playing
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in Channel 5's ''
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'', Vera Corrigan in the
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'', and as
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in ''
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''. She also played the regular role of nurse Adele Beckford in series 8 of Casualty (1993 to 1994). An experienced stage actress, Croll is known most notably as playing the first black
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on the British Stage in
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's production of
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's ''
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'' in 1991. In 2013, Croll returned to the stage with
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to play the part of Kate Keller in their production of
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's '' All My Sons'', starring alongside
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. Croll received good notices for her portrayal. ''All My Sons'' was revived by
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in 2015, and Croll reprised her role of Kate Keller, again receiving good notices for her portrayal of "a woman clutching desperately at shredded delusions".


Early life

Born in Patty Hill, Hanover, Jamaica, to parents who are both preachers, Doña Croll moved to the UK at the age of five.


Career

From 1999 to 2002, Croll played Pearl McHugh in the Channel 5 soap opera ''
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''. From September 1993 to February 1994, she appeared in the eighth series of
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's ''
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'', playing staff nurse Adele Beckford. She also appeared in all three series of
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'' Gimme Gimme Gimme'' as Tom's agent, Norma, and in the film ''
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''. Other roles include Catherine Cooper in
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'' and Matron Casp in the ''
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'' episode " New Earth". Croll also starred in
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's 2003 play ''
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'', which premiered at the National Theatre,
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, and appeared in the West End production of ''
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''. In June 2007, she appeared as Mary Maudlin in
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's
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play, ''The Christ of Coldharbour Lane''. Croll has had four roles in ''
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'': a nurse treating
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in 1988; a glamorous bar worker comforting
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around Christmas 1991; two episodes as Joy Lucas in 2006; and
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in 2017. In the BBC soap opera ''
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'', she played
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from 2007 to 2010. In April 2011, Croll returned to ''Casualty'' in the one-episode guest role of nurse Rachel Culley. In 2012, Croll appeared as Juanita in the original
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production of
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's play ''
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''. Croll is the voice of Leopard in the children's television series ''
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''. In 2013 she appeared as Rachel in all three episodes of the ITV drama ''
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''. That year she also appeared in '' Tula: The Revolt''. In that same year, she also guest starred in ''
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'' in episode "Aunt Marjorie". Also in 2013, Croll played Kate Keller in the
Talawa Theatre Company Talawa Theatre Company is a Black British theatre company founded in 1986.
production of
Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' ( ...
's '' All My Sons'', repriding the role in the 2015 remount which also toured the UK. In 2018, Croll played Old July in the BBC production of
Andrea Levy Andrea Levy (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an English author best known for the novels '' Small Island'' (2004) and ''The Long Song'' (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British ...
's ''
The Long Song ''The Long Song'' is a historical novel by Andrea Levy published in 2010 that was the recipient of the Walter Scott Prize. It was Levy's fifth and final novel, following the 2004 publication of '' Small Island''. In December 2018, a three-part ...
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"Meet the cast of BBC1 drama The Long Song"
''
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''. She played Eleanor Beaumont in '' Death in Paradise'' S9:E7 (2020).


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External links

* * Sophia A. Jackson
"Afridiziak Theatre News Interview with Doña Croll"
15 May 2011. {{DEFAULTSORT:Croll, Dona 1953 births Living people British voice actresses British soap opera actresses Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom Black British actresses 20th-century British actresses 21st-century British actresses British television actresses