Laura is best known as a comedy character actor, instantly recognisable for her starring role as Gary’s wife Terri in ‘King Gary’, which was a role written for her. She was nominated for a National Comedy Award in 2021 for this role.
In 2022 she starred in Channel 4's darkly comedic prison drama 'Screw' as tough, no nonsense prison guard 'Jackie', written by 'Killing Eve' writer Rob Williams. The comedy-drama returned for a second series in 2023.
She has also starred in a number of other TV comedies such as Mackenzie Crook’s BAFTA winning ‘Detectorists’, ‘Action Team’ on ITV, ‘Brassic’, ‘This Country’ and Mrs Blocker, the PE teacher, in both series of the BAFTA and RTS winning ‘In My Skin’. In 2024 she had a role in the Apple TV+ spoof comedy series 'The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, which starred Noel Fielding in the title role. She also had a major role in the 2019 movie ‘Military Wives’ with Kristin Scott-Thomas and Sharon Horgan.
She showed her more serious side in 2024 with a role in Sky's hotly anticipated thriller series 'The Day of the Jackal', playing Paddy Denham in the show which starred Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch.
She is the voice of Nori in CBeebies animated pre-schoolers series 'Mojo Swoptops', which launched in 2024.
Laura's native accent is London/Cockney and her capacity for doing multiple UK accents is impressive. Her range covers Yorkshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Leeds (used for Brassic), Welsh (Cardiff - used for In My Skin), Bristol, Cornish, Midlands. Her accent & character montage is coming soon.
Age Range
Accents
Styles
Comedy, Warm, Alluring, Recognisable, Deep, Distinctive, Natural Reads, Energetic, Home Studio, Characterful, Promos
Singing Ability
Credits
The Day of the Jackal (TV, 2024) – 'Paddy Denham', Sky Atlantic/NOW
Mojo Swoptops (Animation, 2024) – 'Nori' (voice), CBeebies/BBC iPlayer
The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (TV, 2024) – 'Sandra', Apple TV+
Screw (TV, 2022-2023) – 'Jackie', Channel 4, Series 1 & 2
Hope has a Happy Meal (Theatre, 2023) – Ensemble cast, Royal Court Theatre
Detectorists (TV, 2014-2017 & 2022) – 'Louise', BBC Four & BBC Two
In My Skin (TV, 2018-2021) – 'Mrs Blocker', BBC One/BBC Three/BBC iPlayer
King Gary (TV, 2018-2021) – 'Terri King', BBC
Brassic (TV, 2020) – 'Ruth', Sky
Military Wives (Film, 2019) – 'Maz', Lionsgate
Porters (TV, 2019) – 'WPC Newman', Dave
Action Team (TV, 2018) – 'Monica', ITV2
Wanderlust (TV, 2018) – 'Paula', BBC One/Netflix
This Country (TV, 2017) – 'Shaz Gallagher', BBC Three, Series One
Hailmakers (TV, 2017) – 'Pam', BBC Three
W1A (TV, 2017) – 'Paramedic', BBC One, Series 3
Bridget Jones's Baby (Film, 2016) – 'Susan', Universal Pictures/Studio Canal/Miramax
Cradle to Grave (TV, 2015) – 'Lil', BBC Two
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