Cherrelle Skeete

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.

In the gaming world she is best known for her voice work as the guardian omnic Orisa in the award-winning video game Overwatch.

On screen, she most recently played CIA agent Terri Miller, a series regular in season two of Amazon Prime’s thriller Hanna.

In Summer 2020, Cherrelle received her first writing commission from We Burn Bright as part of the Better In Person writers festival. She is in the process of writing her debut play with the Soho Writers Lab 2019/2020.