Ellen Thomas

Actor Feb 3 (age 62) Sierra Leone 1980–2024 (44 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Ellen Thomas (born 3 February 1956) is a Sierra Leonean-British actress, known for her roles as Liz Webbe in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers and Claudette Hubbard in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Known For

Film

Johnny English Reborn

Tucker's Mum

Film

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Vi Butterfield

Film

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

Carmen

Film

The Love Punch

Doreen

Film

Basic Instinct 2

Prosecutor

Film

Breaking and Entering

Judge

Film

Teachers

Liz Webb

Film

Rev.

Adoha

Filmography

Acting (55)

Movies (26)

Gardening

2024

as Lady O'Inspiri Pajis

Such a Lovely Day

2023

as Claude

3.5

A Birthday Party

2022

as Aunty Fatou

National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden

2022

as Aunty P/Old Wife

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

as Vi Butterfield

The Pay Day

as Ms Boomer

Can I Live?

as Grandma

Brain in Gear

2019

as Mother

Cinderella: After Ever After

2019

as Fairy Godmother

7.1

The Queen and I

2018

as Philomena Troussaint

Golden Years

as Thelma

The Love Punch

as Doreen

Ashes

as Susie

Johnny English Reborn

2011

as Tucker's Mum

6.2

The Future WAGs of Great Britain

2010

as Auntie Deborah

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

2009

as Carmen

7.5

The Marchioness Disaster

as Linda Hunt

Basic Instinct 2

as Prosecutor

Breaking and Entering

2006

as Judge

6.0

Cherps

2005

as Reggie's Mother

South West 9

as Mrs Ashwara

Buried Treasure

as Martha

Wonderland

as Donna

The Secret Laughter of Women

1999

as Bitter Leaf

4.7

Not Even God Is Wise Enough

1993

as Aunt Mafe

Home Away from Home

1993

as Miriam

Television (29)

Arcane

2021

as Ambessa Medarda (voice)

The Cleaner

as Jennifer

Murder, They Hope

as Nanny

Dark Money

as Maggie Mensah

Summer Comedy Shorts

as Mother

The Coopers vs The Rest

as First Gran

Humans

as Lindsey Kiwanuka

Critical

as Sister Constance Campbell

Father Brown

as Adelaide Jenks

Death in Paradise

as Georgine Perault

Rev.

as Adoha

Live from Studio Five

as Self

Off the Hook

as Angela

Moses Jones

as Libby Jones

Coming of Age

as Principal

Doctor Who

as Carmen

Strange

as Mrs. Andoh

Judge John Deed

Teachers

as Liz Webb

Ultraviolet

Midsomer Murders

as Ruth Crane

Trial & Retribution

Holding On

as Florrie

Cardiac Arrest

Cardiac Arrest

Casualty

as Stephanie Mellor

EastEnders

as Pearl Chadwick

Dalgliesh

as Staff Nurse

The Gentle Touch