Creator / Vinette Robinson

Vinette Robinson (born 1981) is a British actress. She played Police Sergeant Sally Donovan in Sherlock and has made two appearances in Doctor Who: as Abi Lerner in "42" and (more memorably) as Rosa Parks in "Rosa".

Her roles include:

Film

• Vera Drake (2004) — Jamaican Girl
• Imagine Me & You (2005) — Zina
• Morgan (2016) — Dr. Brenda Finch
• The Rise of Skywalker (2019) — Pilot Tyce
• Boiling Point (2021) — Carly

TV

• Doctors:
  • 2 episodes^{show list} "In Deep", "In Too Deep" (2000) — Cath Bickerstaff
  • "Daddy's Girl" (2004) — Melanie
  • "Hero" (2007) — Katie Waters
• Between The Lines: 6 episodes (2003) — Tracy Ellis
• CASUAL+Y: "Truth Will Out" (2005) — Kirsty Evans
• Party Animals: 2 episodes (2007) — Kerry
• Hustle: "A Designers Paradise" (2007) — Tina
• Doctor Who:
  • "42" (2007) — Abi Lerner
  • "Rosa" (2018) — Rosa Parks
• Waterloo Road: 8 episodes (2009) — Helen Hopewell
• Sherlock: 4 episodes^{show list} "A Study in Pink", "The Great Game", "The Reichenbach Fall", "The Sign of Three" (2010-14) — Police Sergeant Sally Donovan
• Vera: "Castles in the Air" (2013) — Corinne Franks
• Death in Paradise: "An Artistic Murder" (2014) — Lauren Campese
• Black Work: 2 episodes (2015) — Zoe Nash
• Black Mirror: "Hated in the Nation" (2016) — Liza Bahar

Video Game

• Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014) — Sister Tanner

Audio Play

• Big Finish Doctor Who:
  • You Are The Doctor and Other Stories: "Dead to the World" (2015) — Cynthia Quince