Klariza Clayton

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Klariza Clayton
Born (1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35)
British Hong Kong
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

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. ^ 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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