She is best known for her roles in soap operas, playing Pearl McHugh in Channel 5's Family Affairs, Vera Corrigan in Doctors, and Emerald Fox in EastEnders, both on the BBC.
[1][2][3] In 2013, Croll returned to the stage with Talawa Theatre Company to play the part of Kate Keller in their production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, starring alongside Don Warrington.
[4][5][6][7][8] All My Sons was revived by Talawa Theatre Company in 2015, and Croll reprised her role of Kate Keller, again receiving good notices for her portrayal of "a woman clutching desperately at shredded delusions".
Croll also starred in Kwame Kwei-Armah's 2003 play Elmina's Kitchen, which premiered at the National Theatre, London,[15] and appeared in the West End production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.
Croll has had four roles in EastEnders: a nurse treating Angie Watts in 1988; a glamorous bar worker comforting Frank Butcher around Christmas 1991; two episodes as Joy Lucas in 2006; and Emerald Fox in 2017.
Also in 2013, Croll played Kate Keller in the Talawa Theatre Company production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, reprising the role in the 2015 remount which also toured the UK.