Pauline Quirke

July 8, 1959 · Hackney, London, England, UK

Pauline Perpetua Quirke is a retired English television and film actress, best known for her role as Sharon in the long-running BBC comedy series "Birds of a Feather".

In 2025, Quirke's husband announced that she would be retiring from all professional and commercial duties due to a diagnosis of dementia which she had received in 2021.

Notable work

8.1
The Elephant Man (1980)
as 2nd Whore
8.1
Skins (2007)
as DS Blunt
7.9
Broadchurch (2013)
as Susan Wright

Often works with

John Gielgud
2 titles together
The Elephant Man, Getting It Right
Freddie Jones
2 titles together
The Elephant Man, Emmerdale
Michael Elphick
2 titles together
The Elephant Man, David Copperfield
Lesley Dunlop
2 titles together
The Elephant Man, Emmerdale
Diana Rigg
2 titles together
You, Me and the Apocalypse, Murder in Mind
Ian Bleasdale
2 titles together
Casualty, Celebrity Masterchef

Full filmography · 55

You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Paula
20156.8
Broadchurch
as Susan Wright
20137.9
Missing
cast
2009
Skins
as DS Blunt
20078.1
Celebrity Masterchef
cast
2006
North & South
as Dixon
20048.1
Being April
as April
2002
Murder in Mind
as Jane Saunders
2001
Office Gossip
cast
2001
Down to Earth
as Faith Addis
2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
cast
2000
David Copperfield
as Peggotty
19997.1