{{Short description|British actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2010}} '''Carla Henry''' is a British actress, most famous for her role as Donna Clarke in ''Queer as Folk''. She trained at Bretton Hall College.
Her performances in stage productions such as ''Storm'' (Contact Theatre) and ''Habitat'' (Royal Exchange) and ''On the Shore of the Wide World'' have seen her tackle a wide variety of roles. She played Kristin in the 2012 production of ''Miss Julie'' alongside Maxine Peake, Joe Armstrong and Liam Gerrard at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalexchangecasting.co.uk/missjulie.pdf|title=''Miss Julie'' Cast List, Royal Exchange Theatre|accessdate=2012-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014143931/http://www.royalexchangecasting.co.uk/missjulie.pdf#|archive-date=14 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and was nominated for a best supporting actress award in the Manchester Theatre Awards<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/bolton/10313398.Manchester_Theatre_Awards___double_win_for_Octagon/|title=Manchester Theatre Awards - double win for Octagon|website=The Bolton News|date=26 March 2013 |language=en|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref>
She played Castiza in Alex Cox's film ''Revengers Tragedy'' and also appeared in his television film ''I'm A Juvenile Delinquent - Jail Me!''. In 2013 she appeared in the BBC One drama series ''Frankie''.<ref name=Frankiepressrelease>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/frankie.html|title=Eve Myles to star in new BBC One drama series, Frankie|work=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|date=6 September 2012|accessdate=22 November 2012|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002211650/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/frankie.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Selected theatre credits==
*''Romeo & Juliet'' (Birmingham Rep) *''On the Shore of the Wide World'' (Manchester Royal Exchange/National Theatre) (2005) *''Wedding Cane'' (Manchester Royal Exchange) *''Habitat'' (Manchester Royal Exchange) *''Thérèse Raquin'' (Glasgow Citizens) *''The Storm'' (Contact Theatre) *''Hansel and Gretel'' (Lyric Hammersmith) *''The Pleasure Man'' (Glasgow Citizens) * ''Miss Julie'' (Manchester Royal Exchange) (2012) * ''Our Town'' (Royal Exchange, Manchester) (2017) * ''Birth'' (Royal Exchange, Manchester) (2017)
== Selected television and film credits == * ''Moving On'' * ''Scott and Bailey'' * ''Home Front'' * ''Frankie'' * ''Revenger's Tragedy'' * ''I'm A juvenile delinquent jail me'' * Black Work
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0377755}}
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