Karla Patsy Crome (born 22 June 1988) is a British actress and writer, best known for her work on Sky Atlantic's Hit & Miss, playing series regular Jess on E4's Misfits, and appearances in a number of other television series and films, mainly in the United Kingdom, including the award-winning Murder. In 2012, Screen International named Crome as one of the "UK Stars of Tomorrow".[1]

Early life

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (hons) acting course from the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham, London.[2]

Television

Crome played the lead, Coleen, in Birger Larsen's BAFTA Award-winning (2013) production of Murder for BBC2. Alison Graham said in The Radio Times: "...it stayed with me for days, dammit. Every brittle little shard of it, thanks largely to one of the most astounding, affecting acting performances I have ever seen, from rising star Karla Crome as Coleen..."[3]

On 22 May 2012, it was announced that Crome would appear in the fourth series of E4 drama Misfits in the regular role of Jess.[4][5]

Crome appears in ITV five-part series Lightfields as Clare.[6] Again, she has received excellent reviews for her performance with Matt D. saying: "...the standout was definitely Karla Crome, who has shone in everything from Murder to Misfits, here playing the emotionally damaged Claire..."[7]

She has also joined the cast of BBC series Prisoners' Wives for the show's second series, playing the role of Aisling.[8]

In February 2014, it was revealed that Crome would be joining the cast of CBS' Under the Dome as a series regular for the show's second season.[9]

Crome is also a writer. She wrote episode five of Hooten & the Lady for Red Planet Pictures and Sky One. She would also write episodes of Safe, The Stranger and prison drama Screw.

Theatre

She has also appeared on stage in Manchester Royal Exchange's production of Powder Monkey,[10] as well as The Royal Court and the National Theatre. In 2016, Crome played Alice in Linda at the Royal Court Theatre, and Constanze in Amadeus at the National Theatre. In 2018, Crome played Amina in Dance Nation at the Almeida Theatre.

Her play, If Chloe Can, was presented by the National Youth Theatre.[11] Another play Crome authored, Mush & Me, premiered at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[12][13] It later transferred to Holden Street Theatres, Adelaide.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Exposed Dee Short film
2012 The Pub (unknown) Short film
Joint Enterprise Coleen
Gambit Vron
2017 National Theatre Live: Amadeus Constanze Weber/Mozart
2018 Vita & Virginia Dorothy Wellesley
2019 Nobody's Darling Girlfriend Short film
2020 Hayley Alien Hayley Short film
2021 Canvas 5 – Short film. Writer and director
TBA The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde TBA Post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Dog Endz Hannah Television film
2010 Casualty Chloe Parker Series 24; episode 33: "Clean Slate"
2011 Doctors Mo'nique Series 12; episode 196: "Saints and Sinners"
2012 Hit & Miss Riley Mini-series; episodes 1–6
Monroe Donna Holmes Series 2; episodes 1, 2 & 6
Murder Coleen Mini-series; pilot episode: "Joint Enterprise"
2012–2013 Misfits Jess Main role. Series 4 & 5; 16 episodes
2013 Lightfields Clare Mullen Episodes 1–5
Prisoners' Wives Aisling Main role. Series 2; episodes 1–4
2014 Under the Dome Rebecca Pine Main role. Season 2; episodes 1–13
2015 You, Me and the Apocalypse Layla, Hawkwind Series 1; 5 episodes
2016 The Level Nancy Devlin Episodes 1–6
Hooten & the Lady – Mini-series; episode 5: "Ethiopia". Writer
2018 Thunderbirds Are Go Sophie (voice) Series 3; episode 3: "Path of Destruction"
Urban Myths Sade Series 2; episode 2: "Backstage at Live Aid"
Safe – Mini-series; episode 6. Writer
2019 The Victim Rebecca Myers Mini-series; episodes 1–4
2019–2023 Carnival Row Tourmaline Larou Main role. Series 1 & 2; 18 episodes[14]
2020 The Stranger – Mini-series; episode 3. Writer
2022 Screw – Series 1; episode 4. Writer
2022, 2025 Am I Being Unreasonable? Lucy Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
2025 Lazarus TBA Mini-series. Post-production
TBA Inheritance – Mini-series. Writer
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen TBA Episode 1. In production

References

  1. ^ "UK Stars of Tomorrow" (PDF). Screendaily.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  2. ^ "BA (Hons) Acting Programme | Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts". Italiaconti-acting.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ^ Graham, Alison (26 August 2012). "Alison Graham: "Murder is so good I want everyone to watch it"". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. ^ Jeffrey, Morgan (22 May 2012). "'Misfits': New cast for series four revealed?". Digital Spy. (Hearst Magazines UK). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. ^ Goodacre, Kate (7 July 2012). "Karla Crome: 'My Misfits character is a tough cookie'". Digital Spy. (Hearst Magazines UK). Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Press Centre". ITV. ITV. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Lightfields review: Dakota Blue Richards & Karla Crome shine in this new spooky Marchlands drama | Unreality TV". Primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk. 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  8. ^ Reilly, Elaine. "Karla Crome: 'I didn't want to go in to prison'". What's On TV. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Misfits star Karla Crome, CSI: NY's Eddie Cahill join Under the Dome". Digital Spy. 5 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Powder Monkey". Royalexchange.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  11. ^ "If Chloe Can". Ideastap.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Mush and Me". The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Mush and Me: The Team". Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  14. ^ Petski, Denise (22 September 2017). "'Carnival Row': David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Indira Varma & Tamzin Merchant Join Amazon's Fantasy Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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