Pauline Clothilde Henriques OBE JP (1 April 1914 – 1 November 1998), popularly known as "Paul," was a Jamaican-born English actress.

You see, I couldn't sing or dance, and dramatic roles were non-existent for black actresses, so I had to "white up" to gain experience.

Their daughter Gail (born 26 March 1937) later married Keith Critchlow, artist, author, and professor of architecture in England.

[1] Pauline Henriques was a regular presenter on Caribbean Voices for the BBC's West Indian Service, from the show's inception in 1943.

Cast as Hattie Harris in a 1946 BBC television version of Eugene O'Neill's play All God's Chillun Got Wings,[7] she continued to perform on stage and screen in a variety of roles during the 1950s.

[9] In 1948, she became a founding member of the Negro Theatre Company and directed a variety show called Something Different [10] She acted in the BBC's A Man from the Sun, a television drama documentary that for the first time portrayed the lives of Caribbean settlers in post-war Britain.