Suzette Llewellyn


Suzette Llewellyn is an English actress, known for her roles as Sister Cheryl Patching on Surgical Spirit, Estelle Vere on Doctors and Sheree Trueman on EastEnders from 2019 to 2021. During the 2020 lockdown she co-edited Still Breathing, 100 Black Voices on Racism, 100 Ways to Change the Narrative with fellow actor Suzanne Packer. The book was published by HarperCollins in 2021.

Career

Llewellyn studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 1980 to 1983. She made her professional stage debut as Viola in Twelfth Night with Northumberland Touring Company in 1983. Her television debut was as Sharon in the 1984 television film Stars of the Roller State Disco. She then made guest appearances in television series such as Black Silk, Rockliffe, The New Statesman, Screen One and Runaway Bay. From 1989 to 1995, Llewellyn starred in the ITV sitcom Surgical Spirit as Sister Cheryl Patching.
In 1991 she co-founded BiBi Crew, Britain's first theatre comedy troupe made up entirely of Black women. From 2013 to 2017, Llewellyn played the recurring role of Nina Morrison in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. From 2014 to 2015, Llewellyn starred in the CBBC series Rocket's Island, as Wendy Sparks. In 2016, she portrayed the role of Margaret Smith in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks for six episodes. Then in 2017, she played Doria Ragland in the Channel 4 comedy series The Windsors. In 2018, she began appearing in the BBC medical drama Holby City as Nanette Duval, and in 2019, Llewellyn appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Estelle Vere. Later that year, she began portraying the regular role of Sheree Trueman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985Stars of the Roller State DiscoSharonTV movie
1985WidowsCarlaEpisode #2.2
1985Black SilkJasmineMain role
1987Rockliffe's BabiesMarian WilliamsEpisode: "Extra Curricular"
1987FloodtideElla TideEpisode: "Four – The Trial"
1988Menace UnseenPoppyRecurring role
1989The New StatesmanGeorginaEpisode: "Fatal Attraction"
1989–1995Surgical SpiritCheryl PatchingMain role
1991Desmond'sCarol BrathwaiteEpisode: "Smokeless Fuming"
1992Screen OneCarolEpisode: "Running Late"
1992CasualtyFrancesEpisode: "One Step Forward"
1993Runaway BayTamara GaborEpisode: "Turtles Rule"
1998BabymotherRoseTV movie
2000–2001BrooksideYvonne JohnsonRecurring role
2000Hope and GloryClare JensenEpisode #3.5
2001DoctorsEllie WilliamsEpisode: "Telling Time"
2002Oscar CharlieHilary Canning4 episodes
2002Night and DayJoEpisode: "Means to an End"
2003–2004EastEndersP.C. Cady, P.C. SandersonGuest role
2003CasualtyDonnaEpisode: "Friend or Foe"
2003Magic GrandadCarmenEpisode: "Toys: in 1969"
2004DoctorsJanet MarshallEpisode: "Mother's Pride"
2006The BillRachel MatembeEpisode: "365: Breaking Point"
2006Holby CityAbina Da SilvaEpisode: "Into Your Own Hands"
2006Inside the Twin TowersOperator #2TV movie
2013Inspector LewisSusan SmithEpisode: "Down Among the Fearful: Part 1"
2013, 2015, 2017Coronation StreetNina MorrisonGuest role
2013DoctorsMavis BlaketonEpisode: "With or Without You"
2013Playhouse PresentsWoman in LiftEpisode: "The Call Out"
2014–2015Rocket's IslandWendy SparksRecurring role
2015CatastropheDoctorEpisode #2.2
2015DoctorsMari BeckfordEpisode: "In the Presence of Beauty"
2015–2016EastEndersClerk of the CourtGuest role
2016Lucky ManNurseEpisode: "More Yang Than Yin"
2016ThirteenAngela Hill3 episodes
2016Scott & BaileyDI Hollister2 episodes
2016The CoronerHelen BoydEpisode: "The Foxby Affair"
2016HollyoaksMargaret SmithRecurring role
2017FearlessDelilah Hamlin3 episodes
2017DoctorsSarah BarnettEpisode: "The Longest Day"
2018The WindsorsDoria RaglandEpisode: "The Windsors Royal Wedding Special"
2018–2019Holby CityNanette DuvalRecurring role
2019The Dumping GroundMelanieEpisode: "A Mother's Love"
2019DoctorsEstelle VereRecurring role
2019–2021EastEndersSheree TruemanSeries regular
2019Hold the SunsetRegistrarEpisode: "Doing a Bunk"
2024Mr LovermanOdette De La Roux