Sylvia Clarke works at Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre on special media projects such as DVDs, recordings, plays and radio broadcasts. She is a graduate of Theatre Arts from WA Indigenous Performing Arts and has worked in groundbreaking productions such as the original theatre musical Bran Nue Dae (1990) as Aunty Teresa, and the award-winning SBS series The Circuit (2007–09) as Elder Phyllis.