Ellen Thomas

Ellen Thomas

1964-02-03 Sierra Leone 26 Credits

Biography

Ellen Thomas (born 3 February 1956) is a Sierra Leonean-British actress, known for her roles as Liz Webbe in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers and Claudette Hubbard in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

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Gardening

Gardening

2024

as Lady O'Inspiri Pajis

Acting

In the aftermath of sexual assault, a woman retreats into the garden of her mind. Searching for answers and struggling to do 'the right thing', she re...

Such a Lovely Day

Such a Lovely Day

2023

as Claude

6.0
Acting

Seen through the eyes of Sam, we are taken on a journey through the loveliest of days. A glorious family gathering in a perfect English summer garden....

National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden

National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden

2022

as Aunty P/Old Wife

Acting

A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there’s no shame in her...

The Pay Day

The Pay Day

2022

as Ms Boomer

4.1
Acting

A broke and frustrated IT technician decides to embark on a one woman heist to steal valuable data worth millions on the black market.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

2022

as Vi Butterfield

7.3
Acting

A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

A Birthday Party

A Birthday Party

2022

as Aunty Fatou

Acting

The close relationship between twin sisters is broken down irrevocably, when one insists on keeping up the tradition of circumcision of her young daug...

Can I Live?

Can I Live?

2021

as Grandma

Acting

Part of the group Global Majority, actor Fehinti Balogun's path and priorities have been changed by what he's learned about planet Earth.

Cinderella: After Ever After

Cinderella: After Ever After

2019

as Fairy Godmother

7.1
Acting

Cinderella weds her Prince Charming, only to find married life isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Brain in Gear

2019

as Mother

Acting

Remi is struggling with her stress levels, not to mention her running feud with the woman across the street and her incontinent dog. Life is made so m...

The Queen and I

The Queen and I

2018

as Philomena Troussaint

6.4
Acting

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council esta...

Golden Years

Golden Years

2016

as Thelma

6.3
Acting

Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and M...

The Love Punch

The Love Punch

2014

as Doreen

6.0
Acting

Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on ...

Ashes

Ashes

2012

as Susie

5.2
Acting

One-time hard man Frank Barron is barely recognisable now he’s been afflicted with Alzheimer's, but when his estranged son Jamie visits him in hospita...

Johnny English Reborn

Johnny English Reborn

2011

as Tucker's Mum

6.2
Acting

The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives ...

The Future WAGs of Great Britain

2010

as Auntie Deborah

Acting

Two sisters - Kim, a student, and Missy, an aspiring WAG - hatch a plan to make money from their insider football knowledge.

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

2009

as Carmen

7.5
Acting

A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like plane...

The Marchioness Disaster

2008

as Linda Hunt

Acting

A factual reconstruction of the events leading up to, during and after the Marchioness was struck by the Bow Belle Dredger on the river Thames in Augu...

Breaking and Entering

Breaking and Entering

2006

as Judge

6.0
Acting

Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape a...

Basic Instinct 2

Basic Instinct 2

2006

as Prosecutor

5.0
Acting

Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, l...

Cherps

Cherps

2005

as Reggie's Mother

Acting

Cherps is a fresh and charming romantic comedy that draws equally on traditions of British story telling and New York independent filmmaking. Reggie ...

South West 9

South West 9

2001

as Mrs Ashwara

4.2
Acting

Five very different characters are thrown together in one weird, mashed up day. It started out like any other, but 24 hours later everything had chang...

Buried Treasure

Buried Treasure

2001

as Martha

5.3
Acting

Harry Jenkins is a self-made business man, who one day receives a message that his only daughter has died in a car crash. Last time he saw his daughte...

The Secret Laughter of Women

The Secret Laughter of Women

1999

as Bitter Leaf

4.7
Acting

Oscar-winner Colin Firth stars in this heart-warming cross-cultural romantic comedy set in the idyllic South of France. Nimi, a beautiful Nigerian si...

Wonderland

Wonderland

1999

as Donna

6.6
Acting

There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, p...

Not Even God Is Wise Enough

Not Even God Is Wise Enough

1993

as Aunt Mafe

Acting

Sometimes Busi is a champion boxer, sometimes a rock star. But when he escapes from court, where he is facing a charge of assault, he embarks on an od...

Home Away from Home

Home Away from Home

1993

as Miriam

Acting

To ease her homesickness Miriam recreates an aspect of home in her suburban British garden. Cultural memory exerts a healing power, combatting cultura...