Cherrelle Skeete

For the National:

Cherrelle Skeete is an actress, writer, cultural producer and co-founder of Blacktress UK.

Training

Cherrelle Skeete trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: Alterations, Three Days in the Country and Amen Corner

In London’s West End: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace (original cast)

Other theatre includes: Beneatha’s Place and Fun Home at the Young Vic; The Fellowship and The Phlebotomist at Hampstead; The 47th at the Old Vic; The High Table at the Bush; King Hedley II at Stratford East; A Small Place at the Gate; The Seagull and Jack and the Beanstalk at the Lyric Hammersmith; Wind in the Willows at Royal & Derngate; and And I and Silence at Finborough

Slow Horses, Black Cake, The Midwich Cuckoos, Hanna (seasons two and three), Silent Witness, Doctors, Danny and the Human Zoo, The Five, Ordinary Lies and Call the Midwife (season four)

Film

Magpie

Awards

The High Table – 2020 British Black Theatre Award for Best Supporting Female Actor

(Published February 2025)