Suzette Llewellyn is an English actress, known for her roles as Sister Cheryl Patching on '' Surgical Spirit'',

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on '' Doctors'' and Sheree Trueman on '' EastEnders'' from 2019 to 2021. During the 2020 lock down she co edited Still Breathing, 100 Black Voices on Racism, 100 Ways to Change the Narrative with fellow actor Suzanne Packer. The book was published by

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in 2021.

Career

Llewellyn studied acting at

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from 1980 to 1983. She made her professional stage debut as Viola in ''

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'' with Northumberland Touring Company in 1983. Her television debut was as Sharon in the 1984 television film ''Stars of the Roller State Disco''. She then made guest appearances in television series such as ''Black Silk'', '' Rockliffe'', '' The New Statesman'', ''

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'' and '' Runaway Bay''. From 1989 to 1995, Llewellyn starred in the ITV sitcom '' Surgical Spirit'' as Sister Cheryl Patching. In 1991 she co-founded BiBi Crew, Britain's first theatre comedy troupe made up entirely of Black women. From 2013 to 2017, Llewellyn played the recurring role of Nina Morrison in the ITV soap opera ''

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''. From 2014 to 2015, Llewellyn starred in the

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series ''

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'', as Wendy Sparks. In 2016, she portrayed the role of

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in the

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soap opera ''

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'' for six episodes. Then in 2017, she played

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in the

comedy series ''

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''. In 2018, she began appearing in the

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medical drama ''

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'' as Nanette Duval, and in 2019, Llewellyn appeared in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as

. Later that year, she began portraying the regular role of Sheree Trueman in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Llewellyn, Suzette 1962 births Living people English people of Nigerian descent Black British actresses Actresses from London English film actresses English television actresses English soap opera actresses People from Hammersmith 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses