Ellen Thomas (born 3 February 1956) is a Sierra Leonean-British actress, known for her roles as Liz Webbe in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers and Claudette Hubbard in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Filmography

• 2024Gardening — Lady O'Inspiri Pajis
• 2023Such a Lovely Day — Claude
• 2022A Birthday Party — Aunty Fatou
• 2022Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — Vi Butterfield
• 2022National Theatre Live: The Wife of Willesden — Aunty P/Old Wife
• 2022The Pay Day — Ms Boomer
• Arcane — Ambessa Medarda (voice)
• 2021Can I Live? — Grandma
• Murder, They Hope — Nanny
• The Cleaner — Jennifer
• 2019Brain in Gear — Mother
• 2019Cinderella: After Ever After — Fairy Godmother
• Dark Money — Maggie Mensah
• 2018Once an Old Lady Sat On My Chest — Grandma
• 2018The Queen and I — Philomena Troussaint
• Summer Comedy Shorts — Mother
• 2016Golden Years — Thelma
• The Coopers vs The Rest — First Gran
• Critical — Sister Constance Campbell
• Humans — Lindsey Kiwanuka
• 2014The Love Punch — Doreen
• Father Brown — Adelaide Jenks
• 2012Ashes — Susie
• Death in Paradise — Georgine Perault
• 2011Johnny English Reborn — Tucker's Mum
• Rev. — Adoha
• 2010The Future WAGs of Great Britain — Auntie Deborah
• 2009Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead — Carmen
• Moses Jones — Libby Jones
• Off the Hook — Angela
• Coming of Age — Principal
• 2008The Marchioness Disaster — Linda Hunt
• 2006Basic Instinct 2 — Prosecutor
• 2006Breaking and Entering — Judge
• 2005Cherps — Reggie's Mother
• Doctor Who — Clockwork Woman
• Strange — Mrs. Andoh
• The Jury — Ruby Thomas
• 2001Buried Treasure — Martha
• Judge John Deed
• 2001South West 9 — Mrs Ashwara
• Teachers — Liz
• 1999The Secret Laughter of Women — Bitter Leaf
• 1999Wonderland — Donna
• Ultraviolet — Maria
• Holding On — Florrie
• Midsomer Murders — Ruth Crane
• Cardiac Arrest — Sister Jackie Landers
• 1993Home Away from Home — Miriam
• 1993Not Even God Is Wise Enough — Aunt Mafe
• The Lenny Henry Show — Rose
• Casualty — Stephanie Mellor, Florence Asike
• ScreenPlay — Aunt Mafe
• EastEnders — Pearl Chadwick
• Shroud for a Nightingale — Staff Nurse
• Dalgliesh — Staff Nurse
• Sunday Night Thriller — Assistant
• The Gentle Touch

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Live from Studio Five — Self