Sharon Small is a Scottish actress acclaimed for her dramatic work in film, radio, theatre and television. Her best-known TV role is that of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers

Barbara Havers

Barbara Havers is a fictional detective in The Inspector Lynley series created by American mystery author Elizabeth George. The character of Detective Sergeant Havers serves as a sidekick and foil to the lead character, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley of Scotland Yard.Their relationship is a...

 in the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 television adaptation of the Inspector Lynley Mysteries by Elizabeth George

Elizabeth George

Susan Elizabeth George is an American author of mystery novels set in Great Britain.Eleven of her novels featuring her lead character Inspector Lynley have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.-Biography:George was born in Warren, Ohio to Robert Edwin and Anne ...

.

Education and personal life

Small was born in the Drumchapel

Drumchapel

Drumchapel , known to locals and residents as 'The Drum', is part of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, having been annexed from Dunbartonshire in 1938. It borders Bearsden to the east and Clydebank to the west . The area is bordered by Knightswood and Yoker in Glasgow. The name derives from the...

 district of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 in 1967, the eldest of five children. She attended Kinghorn Primary School where she was the Kinghorn Gala Queen in her final year. She then attended Balwearie High School

Balwearie High School

Balwearie High School is a non-denominational comprehensive secondary school at the west end of Kirkcaldy in Scotland. Balwearie serves around 1750 pupils aged from 12 to 18 and includes a Department of Additional Support for children with Additional Support Needs.-Rector:The school opened in 1964...

 in Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...

, though she did not take part in any of the school musicals because she was too shy. Small went on to complete a drama course at what is now Adam Smith College

Adam Smith College

Adam Smith College is a Scottish further and higher education college located over various campuses across the county of Fife.-History:The college was formed on August 1, 2005 by the merger of Glenrothes College and Fife College and is named after Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, who...

 in Kirkcaldy, whose graduates include actors Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

 and Dougray Scott

Dougray Scott

-Early life:The son of Elma, a nurse, and Alan Scott, an actor and salesperson, Stephen Dougray Scott was born in Glenrothes, Fife and attended Auchmuty High School...

. After moving to London, Small studied drama at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is an independent drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London. It was founded in 1945 by Peter Coxhead and Ralph Nossek as 'The Mountview Theatre Club', an amateur repertory company staging a new production for a six-day run every second week...

, where she graduated in 1989.

Film

Year	Title	Character	Production	Awards
1997	Bumping the Odds	Terry	-	Best Actress Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival
1997	Bite	Alison	-	-
1998	Driven	Caroline Hall	Dandelion Films	-
2002	About a Boy About a Boy (film) About a Boy is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. The film stars Golden Globe winner Hugh Grant as Will, Nicholas Hoult as Marcus, Academy Award nominee Toni Collette as Fiona, and Academy Award winner Rachel...	Christine	-	-
2004	Dear Frankie Dear Frankie Dear Frankie is a 2004 British drama film directed by Shona Auerbach. The screenplay by Andrea Gibb focuses on a young single mother whose love for her son prompts her to perpetuate a deception designed to protect him from the truth about his father....	Marie	Universal	-
2004	Belly Button	Kika	Satellite Pictures	-
2009	Pop Art short film	-	Forward Films

Television

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
1994	Taggart Taggart Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...	Michelle Gibson	SMG Productions	1 episode
1996	Doctor Finlay Doctor Finlay Doctor Finlay is a British television series based on A. J. Cronin's stories about the fictional hero, Dr. Finlay. It is a follow-up to Dr. Finlay's Casebook, the successful BBC series. It takes place in the 1940s after John Finlay returns from war service...	Irene Gallagher	-	1 episode
1997	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Gina Nash	ITV	-
1997	Hamish Macbeth Hamish Macbeth (TV series) Hamish Macbeth is a television series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton . The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the north coast of Scotland. The titular...	WPC Anne Patterson	-	1 episode
1997	No Child of Mine	Linda	-	-
1999–2000	Sunburn	Carol Simpson	-	14 episodes
2000	Glasgow Kiss	Cara Rossi	-	6 episodes
2003	Cutting It Cutting It Cutting It was a popular BBC television programme set in Manchester, England, which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005.- Series 1 :...	Boo Wiberley	-	-
2001–2007	Inspector Lynley Mysteries	DS Barbara Havers	-	nominated for Most Popular Actress and the Golden Satellite Award
2005	A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...	Titania	BBC's Shakespeare Retold ShakespeaRe-Told ShakespeaRe-Told is the umbrella title for a series of four television adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays broadcast on BBC One during November 2005. In a similar manner to the 2003 production of The Canterbury Tales, each play is adapted by a different writer, and relocated to the present day...  season	-
2006	Rebus Rebus (TV series) Rebus is the title of the detective drama based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh produced by STV Productions for the ITV Network.... '	Miranda Masterson	-	-
2007	Nina and the Neurons Nina and the Neurons Nina and the Neurons is a programme shown on the CBeebies channel aimed at four to six-year-olds to help them understand basic science. Nina is a neuroscientist who enlists the help of her Neurons in her brain to answer a scientific question.The show is produced by Lucille McLaughlin, who has also...	Bud the Taste Neuron	-	7 episodes
2009	Murderland Murderland Murderland is a three part British television series created by David Pirie and directed by Catherine Morshead. The series also marks a return to ITV for Robbie Coltrane...	Dr Laura Maitland	ITV	3 episodes
2008–2010	Mistresses Mistresses (TV series) Mistresses is a British serial drama television programme that follows the lives of four female friends and their involvement in an array of illicit and complex relationships...	Trudi Malloy	BBC	-
2010	Masterpiece Mystery!	Mary Pritchard	ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...  adaptation of "Miss Marple: The Blue Geranium", aired on PBS	-
2011	Downton Abbey Downton Abbey Downton Abbey is a British television period drama series, produced by NBC Universal-owned British media company Carnival Films for the ITV network. The series is set during the late Edwardian era and the First World War on the fictional estate of Downton Abbey in Yorkshire, and features an...	Marigold Shore	-	1 episode

Theatre

Small has appeared in 35 plays to date, her credits include;

Year	Title	Character	Production
1994	The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist critique...  by Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...	Polly	London Donmar Theatre
1996	The Nun The Nun The Nun may refer to:* La Religieuse , an 18th century French novel by Denis Diderot, called The Nun in English* La Religieuse , a 1966 Drama movie directed by Jacques Rivette, based on the Diderot novel...	-	Greenwich Studio Theatre
1998	London Cuckolds by Edward Ravencroft	-	Royal National Theatre Royal National Theatre The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
2004	When Harry Met Sally	Marie	Theatre Royal Haymarket
2005	Lear Lear Lear or Leir can refer to:* Leir of Britain, a legendary king of the Britons* King Leir, an anonymous play based on the legend of Leir of Britain, published in 1605...  by Edward Bond Edward Bond Edward Bond is an English playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of some fifty plays, among them Saved , the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of theatre censorship in the UK...	Fortanelle	Sheffield Crucible Theatre
2009	Life Is A Dream	-	Donmar Warehouse Donmar Warehouse Donmar Warehouse is a small not-for-profit theatre in the Covent Garden area of London, with a capacity of 251.-About:Under the artistic leadership of Michael Grandage, the theatre has presented some of London’s most memorable award-winning theatrical experiences, as well as garnered critical...
2010	Spur of the Moment Spur of the Moment (play) Spur of the Moment is the debut play from Anya Reiss who wrote it at age 17. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre London in 2010 and was directed by Jeremy Herrin.-Plot:...  by Anya Reiss Anya Reiss Anya Reiss is an award-winning British playwright who has also voiced ambitions to become an actress. She is the youngest playwright ever to have had a play staged in London....	Vicky Evans	Royal Court Theatre Royal Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
2010	Men Should Weep Men Should Weep Men Should Weep is a play by Ena Lamont Stewart, written in 1947. It is set in Glasgow during the 1930s depression with all the action taking place in the household of the Morrison family...  by Ena Lamont Stewart Ena Lamont Stewart Ena Lamont Stewart was a Scottish playwright and the daughter of a Church of Scotland minister whose family was originally from Canada and had settled in Glasgow. She worked as the librarian of Baillie's Reference Library.Ena married the Scottish actor Jack Stewart and had a son, William...	Maggie Morrison	National Theatre Royal National Theatre The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...

Radio

Title	Character
At The Foot Of The Cross	Narrator
High Table, Lower Orders	Zoe
"Dr. Finlay - The Adventures Of A Black Bag"	Nurse Angus
Angel	Lorraine
The Order of Release	-

Filmography

• Miss Marple: The Blue Geranium - Mary Pritchard (2010) (TV)
• Mistresses
  Mistresses (TV series)
  Mistresses is a British serial drama television programme that follows the lives of four female friends and their involvement in an array of illicit and complex relationships...
  
   - Trudi (2008–2010, 16 episodes)
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
  The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
  The Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a series of BBC television programmes about Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton of Scotland Yard and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers...
  
   — Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers (2001–2007, 23 episodes plus two episodes from an uncompleted sixth season)
• Nina and the Neurons
  Nina and the Neurons
  Nina and the Neurons is a programme shown on the CBeebies channel aimed at four to six-year-olds to help them understand basic science. Nina is a neuroscientist who enlists the help of her Neurons in her brain to answer a scientific question.The show is produced by Lucille McLaughlin, who has also...
  
   — Bud the Taste Neuron (2007, 2 episodes)
• Rebus
  Rebus (TV series)
  Rebus is the title of the detective drama based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin set in and around Edinburgh produced by STV Productions for the ITV Network....
  
   — Miranda Masterson (2006, 1 episode)
• Shakespeare Retold: A Midsummer Night's Dream
  ShakespeaRe-Told
  ShakespeaRe-Told is the umbrella title for a series of four television adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays broadcast on BBC One during November 2005. In a similar manner to the 2003 production of The Canterbury Tales, each play is adapted by a different writer, and relocated to the present day...
  
   (2005) (TV) — Titania
• Belly Button (2004) — Kika
• Dear Frankie
  Dear Frankie
  Dear Frankie is a 2004 British drama film directed by Shona Auerbach. The screenplay by Andrea Gibb focuses on a young single mother whose love for her son prompts her to perpetuate a deception designed to protect him from the truth about his father....
  
   (2004) — Marie
• Cutting It
  Cutting It
  Cutting It was a popular BBC television programme set in Manchester, England, which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005.- Series 1 :...
  
   — Boo Wibberley (2003, 1 episode)
• About a Boy
  About a Boy (film)
  About a Boy is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. The film stars Golden Globe winner Hugh Grant as Will, Nicholas Hoult as Marcus, Academy Award nominee Toni Collette as Fiona, and Academy Award winner Rachel...
  
   (2002) — Christine
• Glasgow Kiss — Cara Rossi (2000, 6 episodes)
• Sunburn
  Sunburn (TV series)
  Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve...
  
   — Carol Simpson (1999–2000, 14 episodes)
• Driven (1998) — Caroline Hall
• Bumping the Odds (1997) (film/TV) — Terry
• The Bill
  The Bill
  The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
  
   — Gina Nash (1997, 1 episode)
• Hamish Macbeth
  Hamish Macbeth (TV series)
  Hamish Macbeth is a television series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton . The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the north coast of Scotland. The titular...
  
   — WPC Anne Patterson (1997, 1 episode)
• No Child of Mine (1997) (TV) — Linda
• Bite (1997) — Alison
• Doctor Finlay
  Doctor Finlay
  Doctor Finlay is a British television series based on A. J. Cronin's stories about the fictional hero, Dr. Finlay. It is a follow-up to Dr. Finlay's Casebook, the successful BBC series. It takes place in the 1940s after John Finlay returns from war service...
  
   — Irene Gallagher (1996, 1 episode)
• Taggart
  Taggart
  Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...
  
   — Michelle Gibson (1994, 1 episode)

Awards and honours

• 2008 TV Choice Awards - Best Actress - NOMINATED
• 2007 Golden Satellite Awards - Best Actress - NOMINATED (for the Inspector Lynley Mysteries)
• 1997 Edinburgh Film Festival - Best Actress Award - WON (for "Bumping the Odds")

External links

• The Inspector Lynley Misteries web site
• Sharon Small at bbc.co.uk
  Bbc.co.uk
  BBC Online is the brand name and home for the BBC's UK online service. It is a large network of websites including such high profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on-demand video and radio services co-branded BBC iPlayer, the pre-school site Cbeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize...