Klariza Clayton

Klariza Clayton
Born	(1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35) British Hong Kong
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–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

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

Career

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

Film

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

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

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

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2019	Blood & Truth	Michelle Marks

Stage

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

References

1. "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.
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.

External links

• Klariza Clayton at IMDb