Carmen Munroe

**Dame Carmen Esme Munroe** (an haife ta a ranar 12 ga watan Nuwamba shekara ta 1932)  'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Burtaniya wacce aka haife ta ne a Barbice, British Guiana (yanzu Guyana), kuma ta kasance mazaunin Burtaniya tun farkon shekarun 1950. Munroe ta fara fitowa a West End a 1962 kuma ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ci gaban gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Burtaniya da wakilci a kan karamin allo. Tana da matsayi mai girma a kan mataki da talabijin, watakila mafi sananne daga gidan talabijin na Burtaniya Desmond's a matsayin Shirley, matar mai aski mai suna Norman Beaton.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Carmen Esme Steele a New Amsterdam, Berbice, British Guiana, ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya tara.[1] Babbar 'yar uwarta Daphne Steele ta zama Bakar fata ta farko a Hukumar Lafiya ta Ƙasa a Birtaniya.[2] Mahaifiyarta Maude malamar piano ce kuma mahaifinta yana aiki a matsayin mai sayar da magunguna wanda ke yawo a yankin don yin aiki.[3] Steele ta yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Enterprise.[4] Ta yi ƙaura zuwa Birtaniya a 1951, tare da mahaifiyarta da 'yar uwarta Jeune, suna bin 'yar uwarta Daphne. Bayan ta yi karatun ido na tsawon shekara guda sannan ta yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da laburare a Tooting, kudu maso yammacin London, a 1957 ta fara karatun wasan kwaikwayo tare da wata ƙungiya da ke Cibiyar Ɗaliban Indiya ta Yamma a Collingham Gardens, kudu maso yammacin London.[4]

## Ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo
Munroe ya fara bayyana a matakin West End a 1962 a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Wyndham a Tennessee Williams' Period of Adjustment, kuma yana da matsayi na farko a cikin shirye-shiryen West End na *Baƙi*,  kamar Alun Owen's There'll Be Some Changes Made (1969), Jean Genet's The Blacks (1970), kuma a matsayin Orinthia a cikin George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart (1970).  Ta kuma yi aiki a cikin irin waɗannan wasannin kamar Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Alice Childress's Trouble in Mind da James Baldwin's The Amen Corner . Ta ba da umarnin wasan kwaikwayon James Saunders Alas, Poor Fred don gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Umoja da Remembrance na Derek Walcott a gidan wasan kwaikwayo ya London a shekarar 1987.

Ayyukanta na talabijin sun haɗa da kasancewa mai gabatar da Play School na ɗan lokaci da kuma shirin yara na BBC na lokacin cin abincin rana How Do You Do, da kuma fitowar wasan kwaikwayo iri-iri. Wadannan sun hada da Fariah Neguib a cikin jerin Doctor Who na 1967 The Enemy of the World; Sister Frances Washington a cikin *Babban Asibitin*, a cikin The Persuaders (1971), Barry Reckord's In the Beautiful Caribbean (BBC 1972), Alfred Fagon's Shakespeare Country (BBC 1973), The Fosters (LWT, 1976-77), Michael Abbensetts' Black (BBC, 1977), Kirsimeti Mixed Blessings (1978-80), Horace Ové's A Hole in Babylon (BBC, 1979), da Caryl Phillips' The Hope and the Glory (BBC, 1984). Munroe ta zama sananniya, duk da haka, saboda bayyanarta ta yau da kullun tsakanin 1989 da 1994 a cikin Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (wanda Trix Worrell ya rubuta) a matsayin Shirley, matar mai aski mai suna Desmond Ambrose, wanda Norman Beaton ya buga.

Ayyukan fim dinta sun haɗa da rawar da ta taka a Naked Evil (1966), All Neat in Black Stockings (1968) da The Chain (1984).

Tana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Talawa, babbar kamfanin wasan kwaikwayo na baƙar fata na Burtaniya, wanda ta kafa a 1985 tare da Mona Hammond, Inigo Espegel da Yvonne Brewster . 

A shekara ta 1992, Munroe "ya ba da kyakkyawan aiki a matsayin Essie Robeson a cikin wasan BBC da ake kira A Song at Twilight".

A cikin 2005/06, Munroe ya yi aiki a cikin jerin wasannin Afirka na Afirka guda uku a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Tricycle, Kilburn . Wasanni sune Walk Hard, wanda Abram Hill ya rubuta kuma Nicolas Kent ya ba da umarni, sannan Gem of the Ocean, wanda Agusta Wilson ya rubuta kuma Paulette Randall ya ba da umurni, inda Munroe ya yi aiki a matsayin Aunt Esther Tyler, kuma a ƙarshe Lynn Nottage's Fabulation, wanda Indhu Rubasingham ya ba da jagoranta. A shekara ta 2007, ta yi aiki a wasan kwaikwayo na Allister Bain Catalysta a Ovalhouse, wanda Robert Icke ya jagoranta, tana karɓar ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa don aikinta a matsayin Eartha . [1] A cikin 2013, Munroe ya bayyana a cikin wasan kwaikwayo / wasan kwaikwayo na yara na CBBC The Dumping Ground (wanda ya biyo bayan Tracy Beaker Returns) a matsayin mahaifiyar Gina Hattie . A cikin 2020, ta yi baƙo a Holby City a matsayin mai warkarwa ga Jac Naylor (Rosie Marcel)

## Kyaututtuka
An nada Munroe a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE) a cikin 2007 Birthday Honours   da Dame Commander of the British Daular (DBE) a 2025, duka biyu don hidimomi ga wasan kwaikwayo.

## Manazarta