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Klariza Clayton
Born (1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–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), 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. She has three older brothers. She attended Riddlesdown High School in Purley.

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. In 2009, she landed a recurring role in the E4 teen drama Skins as Karen Mclair, the older sister of Freddie Mclair (Luke Pasqualino) and made her film debut with a minor role in Harry Brown. 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.

From 2016 to 2018, Clayton appeared in the Netflix comedy-drama Lovesick as Holly. She starred in the horror films Fox Trap and Blood Money. 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
Fox Trap Emma

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
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 1 episode
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

See also

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