Lisa Davina Phillip is a British actress and singer. Phillip began acting in her early teens, when she appeared in various productions for local theatre group Second Wave Centre For Youth Arts. She then studied Drama, Media and Popular Culture at

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, and went on to train as an actress at

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in London, where she was the recipient of the ''Stage'' Scholarship.

Radio

In 2003, she was a runner-up for the

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Fellowship. This led to radio work, including Mrs Wilkes in ''A Kind of Home: James Baldwin in Paris'' (alongside

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), and readings of

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and Tony White for

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’s ''Open Book''. Other roles include Sylvia in ''Madame Tempy'' and Dolly McPherson in ''Maya Angelou’s A Song Flung up To Heaven'' part of ''The Amazing Maya Angelou'', winner of 'Outstanding Contribution' at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020. Other voiceover work includes the lead role of teenage prostitute Macy in Jillian Li-Sue's harrowing, award-winning short film ''Laters'' (

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Theatre

Theatre credits include: Alphonsine in ''The Rwandan Testimonies (World Music)'' (

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), Edna Mitchell in ''Waiting For Lefty'' (

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) and Swing/Understudy for Shenzi and

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in ''

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'' ( Lyceum Theatre). In 2006, she appeared in

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's acclaimed musical production of the Gershwins' ''

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' () is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play '' Porgy'', itse ...

'' (

Savoy Theatre The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England. The theatre was designed by C. J. Phipps for Richard D'Oyly Carte and opened on 10 October 1881 on a site previously occupied by the Savoy Pala ...

), and other theatre roles include Pat in ''Catalysta'' at the (

Oval House Theatre Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, was an Off-West End theatre in the London Borough of Lambeth, located at 52–54 Kennington Oval, London, SE11 5SW. It closed in 2020, and moved to Brixton, becoming the Brixton House theatre (located ...

), alongside

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and

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, and Mrs Phelps in ''

Matilda The Musical ''Roald Dahl's Matilda'', simply known as ''Matilda'' or ''Matilda the Musical'', is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and a book by Dennis Kelly, based on the 1988 novel ''Matilda'' by Roald Dahl. The musical's narrative c ...

'' (

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). She appeared as part of the original London cast of ''

Ghost the Musical ''Ghost'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Bruce Joel Rubin and music and lyrics by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard. Based on the hit 1990 romantic fantasy thriller film of the same name, the musical had its world premiere at the Manche ...

'', which, after a world premiere run in

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, opened in the West End 19 July 2011. Phillip originated the role of Clara in the production, as well as

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ing

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in the principal role of Oda Mae Brown. She has had many opportunities to play Oda Mae, most notably when Clarke suffered a minor knee injury and was away for seven weeks, Phillip shared the role with

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. Phillips has also appeared in the British Christmas tradition of

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in consecutive years since 2015 with appearances including Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon;

Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield The Lyceum is a 1,068-seat theatre in the City of Sheffield, England. History There has been a theatre on the site since 1879 when the Grand Varieties Theatre was built. Made of wood and originally intended to be used as a circus, the theatre w ...

; and the

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Television

Phillip has made number of appearances on television with credits including: Pearl McDonald (series regular) in ''

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;'' Reverend Kathryn Ripley

soap opera ''

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;'' Mrs Barratt ''in

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'' (

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) and an appearance in the BBC hit Sunday night drama ''

Call The Midwife ''Call the Midwife'' is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and 1960s. The principal cast of the show has included Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Hanna ...

''. Phillip often plays comedy roles including: Revd. Susan Walker the

People Just Do Nothing ''People Just Do Nothing'' is a British television mockumentary sitcom, created and performed by Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Asim Chaudhry and Hugo Chegwin. The programme follows the lives of MC Grindah, DJ Beats and their friends, who run K ...

; Nurse Kirwan in This way Up and Head Nurse Bev in Sky TV's Bloods. Phillip returns to

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in 2022 as inmate Pat Pat in the

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'' with

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. Then in March 2023, she appeared in another episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' as Liz Stanton.

Film

In 2020, Phillip made her film debut in the Christmas musical fantasy '' Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey'' playing the character of Ms. Johnston opposite

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. The film was released on

on 13 November 2020. Phillip's plays Auntie Valrie in her Christmas film ''Boxing Day'', the first black British romcom, written, directed, produced and starring

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with

Leigh-Anne Pinnock Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 4 October 1991) is an English singer, actress and songwriter. She rose to prominence in the 2010s as a member of the girl group Little Mix, one of the world's best-selling girl groups ever. With Little Mix, she release ...

and

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