Doña Croll

Doña Croll

CountryJamaica Jamaica
GenderFemale
Birthdayaoût 29, 1953
BiographyDoña Croll (born 29 August 1953) is a Jamaican-born British actress. She is best known for her roles in soap operas, playing Pearl McHugh in Channel 5's Family Affairs, Vera Corrigan in Doctors, and Emerald Fox in EastEnders, both on the BBC. 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 Cleopatra on the British Stage in Talawa Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in 1991.

In 2013, Croll returned to the stage with Talawa Theatre Company to play the part of Kate Keller in their production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, starring alongside Don Warrington. Croll received good notices for her portrayal. All My Sons was revived by Talawa Theatre Company 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".

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