# Flo Wilson

Flo Wilson (born 11 February 1963) is an English actress represented by CiekaBailey Associates, 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 (1993) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1994). 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 (2000) and Black Love (2001). Wilson took a career break from 2001 to mid 2007, returning to the stage in Lisa's Sex Strike (2007) followed by Somebody's Son and Everybody Loves a Winner (2009). 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 introcuded as the mother of established character Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin) and prior to her arrival was described as "force to be reckoned with".

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Brief Encounters at Bradford Interchange | Anj | Film |
| 2019 | Birthday Girl | Jackie | Short film |
| 2021 | Help | Velma | Film |
| 2021 | The Knock | Audrey | Short film |
| 2023 | Jellyfish and Lobster | Grace | BAFTA winning Best British Short Film 2024 (77th British Academy Film Awards) |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Out of the Blue | Woman | Episode: "Death Friday" |
| 1996 | Cardiac Arrest | On-Call Administrator | Episode: "The Red Queen" |
| 1996 | King Girl | Mrs. Jeffreys | Television film |
| 1998, 2008–2010, 2014 | Coronation Street | Kerry Matthews / Nurse / Midwife | Various roles |
| 1999 | The Last Train | Midwife | Recurring role |
| 2000 | That Peter Kay Thing | Customer | Episode: "That Ice Cream Man Cometh" |
| 2000 | Fat Friends | Anita | Recurring role |
| 2001 | A Touch of Frost | Nursing Sister | Episode: "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 2" |
| 2001 | Bob & Rose | Laura Thane | 1 episode |
| 2007, 2012 | Emmerdale | Nurse Bradshaw | Guest role |
| 2008 | Survivors | Helen Crawley | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Shameless | Maria | Episode: "Haunted by the Past" |
| 2010 | Waterloo Road | Receptionist | 1 episode |
| 2010 | DCI Banks | Nurse | Episode: "Aftermath: Part 1" |
| 2011 | Hollyoaks | Nurse Jennings | Guest role |
| 2011 | Scott & Bailey | Obstretician | Episode: "Personal" |
| 2011 | Sirens | Neighbour | Episode: "Up, Horny, Down" |
| 2011 | The Body Farm | Nurse | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Eternal Law | Magistrate | 1 episode |
| 2012 | The Syndicate | Nurse | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Leaving | Head of Housekeeping | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Hebburn | Doctor Abineri | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Monroe | Michelle Gainsford | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Moving On | Ward Sister | Episode: "Blood Ties" |
| 2013 | The Mill | Mary Prince | 1 episode |
| 2013 | All at Sea | Mrs. Grainger | Episode: "Gymnast" |
| 2014 | Vera | Social Worker | Episode: "The Deer Hunters" |
| 2014 | From There to Here | Midwife | 1 episode |
| 2015 | From Darkness | Dr. Lawson | 1 episode |
| 2015 | After Hours | Jill | Recurring role |
| 2014–2016 | In the Club | Senior Nurse | Recurring role |
| 2017 | In the Dark | Magistrate | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Overshadowed | Sarah | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Death in Paradise | Lulu Deloitte | Episode: "Chain Reaction" |
| 2022 | Mood | Melrose | Main role |
| 2023 | Lagging | Dorothy | Episode: "Sidequests" |
| 2022–2023 | Sanditon | Mrs. Wheatley | Main role |
| 2023 | Brassic | Lavender Iyes | Episode: "Sweet Sixteen" |
| 2023–present | Emmerdale | Claudette Anderson | Regular role |

### Radio

| Year | Title | Role | Network |
| 1998 | Shells on a Woven Chord | Hodan/Ong Bad | BBC |
| 1998 | Daily Service Singers | Soloist | BBC |
| 1999 | Listen to Your Parents | Mother | BBC |
| 2014 | Dad | Tracy | BBC |
| 2015 | Revelations | Tracy | BBC |

## Stage

* Angel (1991)
* A Fine Example (1993)
* A Streetcar Named Desire (1994, 2010)
* Frogs (1997) National Theatre
* Bretevski Street (1997)
* Joshua's Egg (1998)
* Fences (2000)
* Black Love (2001)
* Lisa's Sex Strike (2007) Octagon Theatre, Bolton and tour
* Somebody's Son (2009)
* Everybody Loves a Winner (2009) Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
* Love on the Dole (2010)
* After Shock (2011)
* Bag Lady (2013–2014)
* To Kill a Mockingbird (2016) Octagon Theatre, Bolton
* Building the Wall (2017) Theater Drachengasse, Vienna - European Premiere
* The Secret Garden (2017)
* Talking Heads (2018)
* One Hand Tied Behind You (2018) Old Vic
* Oliver Twist (2018) Hull Truck Theatre
* Airplays (2018)
* The Tempest (2019) Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, York
* Henry V (2019) Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, York
* The Visit (2020) National Theatre
* Small Island (2022) National Theatre
* Of All the Beautiful Things in the World (2023) HOME, Manchester