Flo Wilson
Flo Wilson is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Claudette Anderson in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale since 2023. She has a career on stage and screen spanning three decades, appearing in shows such as Coronation Street, In the Club and Sanditon, as well as numerous theatre productions since the 1990s.
Life and career
Flo Wilson was born on 11 February 1963 in Manchester, England. She began working with the Pit Prop Theatre Company in her twenties and made her stage debut in 1991, in a production of Angel. She made further stage appearances in A Fine Example and A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1995, Wilson made her television debut playing a woman in the crime drama Out of the Blue and subsequently went on to appear roles in shows such as Cardiac Arrest, King Girl and Coronation Street. In 2000, she appeared in That Peter Kay Thing and had a recurring role in the first series of the ITV sitcom Fat Friends. as well as appearing on stage in productions such as Fences and Black Love. Wilson took a career break from 2001 to mid 2007, returning to the stage in Lisa's Sex Strike followed by Somebody's Son and Everybody Loves a Winner. In 2010, she appeared in Waterloo Road and DCI Banks. The following year, she had roles in Hollyoaks, Scott & Bailey, Sirens and The Body Farm. In 2012, Wilson appeared in episodes of Eternal Law ''The Syndicate Leaving, Hebburn and Monroe. In 2013, she made appearances in Moving On, The Mill and All at Sea. In 2014, she appeared in an episode of Vera and played a midwife in From There to Here.Between 2014 and 2016, she appeared in the BBC One drama In the Club as a senior nurse. In 2018, she appeared in Oliver Twist at the Hull Truck Theatre. In 2021, she appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise. Between 2022 and 2023, Wilson appeared in the historical drama television series Sanditon. In April 2023, Wilson was announced to be joining the cast of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale'' as Claudette Anderson. Her character was introduced as the mother of established character Charles Anderson and prior to her arrival was described as "force to be reckoned with".