Klariza Clayton

Klariza Clayton
Born (1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35)
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Klariza L. Clayton (born 9 March 1989) is a British actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the CBBC comedy Dani's House (2008–2012), the E4 drama Skins (2009–2010), the Nickelodeon series House of Anubis (2011–2013),[1][2] and the Netflix sitcom Lovesick (2016–2018).

Early life

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Clayton was born in Hong Kong to an English father and a Filipino mother and grew up in South London.[3]

Career

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Clayton began her career in 2007 with a brief role on the CBBC show Young Dracula as Delila. From 2008 to 2012, she played Sam on the comedy Dani's House, also on CBBC, as a series regular for the first four series and a guest star for the fifth series.[1] In 2009, she landed a recurring role in the teen drama Skins as Karen McClair, the older sister of Freddie McClair (Luke Pasqualino)[4] and made her film debut with a minor role in Harry Brown.[5] In 2011, Clayton began starring as Joy Mercer in the Nickelodeon mystery series House of Anubis, going on to appear in 141 episodes of the series.[1]

From 2016 to 2018, Clayton appeared in the Netflix comedy-drama Lovesick as Holly.[6] She starred in the horror films Fox Trap, Blood Money, and Suicide Club. In 2022 played main role in Paramount+ "The Flatshare (TV series)".

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Harry Brown Sharon
Drawn Out Mumtaz Short film
2016 Blood Money Kasey[7]
Fox Trap Emma
2017 Suicide Club Liz

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Young Dracula Delila Episode: "Love Bites"
2008 Holby City Stevie Montague Episode: "The Softest Music"
2008–2012 Dani's House Sam Main role (series 1–4); Guest (series 5)
2009 Parents of the Band Jelly Babe 1 Episode
EastEnders Lian 2 Episode[8]
2009–2010 Skins Karen McClair Recurring Role; cumulative 6 episodes
2010 The Bill Yara Hanoush Episode: "Great Responsibility"
Shelfstackers Alyssa Main role; cumulative 6 episodes
2011–2013 House of Anubis Joy Mercer Recurring role (season 1); Main (seasons 2–3)
2011–2013 Anubis Unlocked Herself 12 episodes
2013 House of Anubis: Touchstone of Ra Joy Mercer TV special
Misfits Chloe 1 Episode
Dani's Castle Sam Episode: "Ghost Tour"
2014 Grass Roots Denise Series
Hieroglyph Zita TV movie
2015 Sun Trap Susie Episode: "Look Who's Talking"
2016 BBC Comedy Feeds Tilly Episode: "Fail"
2016–2018 Lovesick Holly Recurring (series 2), main (series 3); 5 episodes
2019 London Kills Alice Maguire Episode: "Turf Wars"
2020 Bulletproof Tara 1 episode
Maxxx Siren Episode: "Sex, Love 'n' Lyrics"
2022 The Flatshare Kay

Music videos

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Year Song Artist Notes
2013 "Nothing Without Love" Max
2021 "Panic" Alex Sawyer

Video games

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Year Title Voice role Notes
2019 Blood & Truth Michelle Marks

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 Warheads Tena Park Theatre, London[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "All 27 stars of Skins: Whatever happened to E4's teen tearaways?". Hearst Magazines UK, Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ^ Kate Molloy (26 January 2012). Skins A-Z. John Blake Publishing. pp. 94–. ISBN 978-1-85782-698-2.
  3. ^ Klariza Clayton (20 January 2012). "Reminiscing about my Riddlesdown High School days!". Retrieved 26 May 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Skins series three: Meet the new characters". The Guardian. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Harry Brown movie". Harry Brown. britflicks. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "'Fox Trap' Looks to Carry 90's Era Revenge Vibe". Fox Trap. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Blood Money (2016) Review". Blood Money. ukhorrorscene.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  8. ^ "BBC One - Eastenders". Eastenders. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Warheads - Projects". Park Theatre. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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