Doña Croll
Encyclopedia
Doña Croll is a Jamaica
n-born British
actress. She is best known for her British soap opera
roles as Pearl McHugh in Family Affairs
and more recently as Vera Corrigan in the BBC
soap, Doctors.
Croll was Pearl McHugh in Family Affairs
, from 1999 to 2002. She also appeared in the eighth series of Casualty
, playing staff nurse Adele Beckford from September 1993 to February 1994. She also appeared in all three series of BBC
sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom's agent, Norma, and in the film Manderlay
. Other roles include Catherine Cooper in William and Mary
and Matron Casp in the Doctor Who
episode "New Earth
". She also appeared in the West End production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
. In June 2007, Croll appeared as Mary Maudlin in Oladipo Agboluaje
's Soho Theatre
play, The Christ of Coldharbour Lane. She appeared in two episodes of EastEnders
, playing Joy Lucas. She played Vera Corrigan in the BBC soap opera, Doctors, from 2007-2010. In April 2011, Croll returned to Casualty
in the one-episode guest role of nurse Rachel Culley.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n-born British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress. She is best known for her British soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
roles as Pearl McHugh in Family Affairs
Family Affairs
Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
and more recently as Vera Corrigan in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
soap, Doctors.
Croll was Pearl McHugh in Family Affairs
Family Affairs
Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
, from 1999 to 2002. She also appeared in the eighth series of Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, playing staff nurse Adele Beckford from September 1993 to February 1994. She also appeared in all three series of BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom's agent, Norma, and in the film Manderlay
Manderlay
Manderlay is the 2005 sequel to the film Dogville. It is the second part of Lars von Trier's projected USA - Land of Opportunities trilogy. Bryce Dallas Howard replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace Mulligan. The film co-stars Willem Dafoe, replacing James Caan...
. Other roles include Catherine Cooper in William and Mary
William and Mary (TV series)
William and Mary is an ITV Scotland-based romantic comedy drama, starring Martin Clunes as William Shawcross, an undertaker, and Julie Graham as Mary Gilcrest, a midwife. Its title refers to its two principal characters and is a cultural reference to the reign of the English monarchs William and...
and Matron Casp in the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
episode "New Earth
New Earth
"New Earth" is the first episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on 15 April 2006. It is a sequel to the first series episode "The End of the World", and brings back its villain who was thought to be destroyed, Lady Cassandra, as...
". She also appeared in the West End production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a 2005 play by American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis first staged off-Broadway at The Public Theater on 2 March 2005 directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.-Plot summary:...
. In June 2007, Croll appeared as Mary Maudlin in Oladipo Agboluaje
Oladipo Agboluaje
Oladipo Agboluaje is a British playwright. He was born in Hackney and educated in Britain and Nigeria, studying theatre arts at the University of Benin...
's Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre is a theatre in the eponymous Soho district of the City of Westminster. It presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret....
play, The Christ of Coldharbour Lane. She appeared in two episodes of EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
, playing Joy Lucas. She played Vera Corrigan in the BBC soap opera, Doctors, from 2007-2010. In April 2011, Croll returned to Casualty
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:*Casualty , a person who is killed or injured in a war or disaster*Disaster, an event resulting in death, injury, or destruction...
in the one-episode guest role of nurse Rachel Culley.