Lesley Sharp

Sharp was born as Karen Makinson in Manchester, England, to Elsie Makinson and Norman Patient, a married tram driver. The two were carrying on an extramarital affair. She was adopted at six weeks old by Roberta and William Henry John Sharp, a tax inspector. Sharp grew up in Merseyside. Sharp has stated that she started acting because, as a child, she felt "invisible" and did not "quite fit in". She has said that her inspiration to act came from watching Dick Emery on television. Sharp attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the class of 1982. ==Career==

Sharp's screen debut was in Alan Clarke's Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987), Further film roles in From Hell, starring Johnny Depp, and Cheeky (1993), which was directed by Naked co-star David Thewlis, preceded another television drama written by Russell T. Davies. She starred in The Second Coming (2003). In early 2009 Sharp played Petronella van Daan in the BBC's new version of The Diary of Anne Frank. which ran from October to the following January. Between 2011 and 2016, Sharp co-starred with Suranne Jones, playing Janet Scott for the five series comprising ITV1's crime drama series Scott & Bailey. In May 2012 she starred in the Sky1 comedy series Starlings as Jan Starling. In 2015, Sharp played the part of Mary, the daughter of Petunia Howe, in the three-part BBC series Capital based on John Lanchester's novel of the same name. She appeared in several episodes of the 2021 Netflix original Fate: The Winx Saga as Rosalind but was replaced in this role with Miranda Richardson after the first season. In 2021 she took the lead role in Kae Tempest’s Philoctetes at the National Theatre. In 2022 she narrated the police documentary This Cop Life. ==Personal life==

Sharp married Nicholas Gleaves in 1994, ==Filmography==

Theatre In October 2005, Sharp starred in her first theatre role for a decade in the play The God of Hell at the Donmar Warehouse, London. In 2008, she played the lead character in the play Harper Regan at Royal National Theatre. In 2014, she played the character Helen in the play A Taste of Honey at Royal National Theatre. ==Awards and nominations==