Cherrelle Skeete

Acting

Cherrelle Skeete

Born 1988-07-25 · Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Cherrelle Skeete is a British actress, writer, cultural producer and co-founder of Blacktress UK. She moved to London from her home town of Birmingham to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, specialising in Collaborative and Devised Theatre. She has steadily been building her career with credits that range across stage, screen, radio, video games and audio books. Cherrelle is best known for originating the role of Rose Granger-Weasley in the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened at the Palace Theatre, London in 2016. She has appeared on stage at the National Theatre, the Hampstead Theatre and the Young Vic, as well as the Lyceum Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East, amongst others.

Acting credits

Danny & the Human Zoo poster
6.4

A dramatised account of the early life and career of impressionist, comedian and actor Lenny Henry.

Danny & the Human Zoo

2015

Magpie poster
6.5

A couple's lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star.

Magpie

2024

National Theatre Live: The Authenticator poster
NR

Soon after inheriting her family's stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity. Joined by Marva’s brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi, the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined. A gripping gothic psychological thriller, The Authenticator reunites writer Winsome Pinnock ("Leave Taking") with director Miranda Cromwell ("Death of a Salesman") following their acclaimed production, "Rockets and Blue Lights".

National Theatre Live: The Authenticator

2026

Snowflakes poster
1.0

As two women are forcibly deported from the United Kingdom, they discover that the experimental drug meant to pacify them has a unique and spectacularly deadly side effect when injected into their oppressors.

Snowflakes

2019

Rushed poster
NR

A chance encounter between a black woman and a South Asian man in Birmingham forces them to confront life changing events they are desperately trying to escape.

Rushed

2022

There Can Only Be One poster
4.0

A woman tracks down and kills those who share the same name as her.

There Can Only Be One

2019

National Theatre Live: Alterations poster
NR

Walker Holt has big dreams for his tailor's shop, and an even bigger order to complete. Over the course of 24 hours he must work tirelessly to satisfy his new client's impossible tailoring needs. But as the night goes on, it's not just the trouser hems that start to fray as tensions rise and Walker's friendships and relationships are pushed to their limits. His success comes at a cost, but what price is he willing to pay? Lynette Linton (Blues for an Alabama Sky, Shifters) directs Michael Abbensetts' (Sweet Talk, Empire Road) era-defining drama, with additional material by Trish Cooke, in its largest ever staging. Celebrating this award-winning writer, the reinvigorated version of his seminal work illuminates the Guyanese experience of 1970s London and the aspirations and sacrifices of the Windrush generation.

National Theatre Live: Alterations

2025

Shakespeare Lives: The Works poster
6.0

A short film set in modern times with Shakespeare's language.

Shakespeare Lives: The Works

2016

Ouzo and Blackcurrant poster
7.0

Esta and Jeanie just want to reminisce about the good old days; but they weren’t all good, as something wants them to remember.

Ouzo and Blackcurrant

2020

Black Exodus poster
NR

BLACK EXODUS is a visualisation of what the black community looks separated from the structure of racism. Exploring what the black community needs to do in order to achieve healing and a utopia/community strong enough to combat its internal issues. Its aim is to empower the black community and encourage them to imagine a world where they become their own standard of beauty and aspirations. Using the richness and pain of their past to engineer their futures. Creative activists, who are on the front line of the pursuit, discuss the initial conversations needed to achieve this black utopia, focusing on topics around healing, the role of men and women in the community, Ancestry, Faith an spirituality, the acceptance of black queerness in the community and death and rebirth.

Black Exodus

2021