Kate Lamb

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Kate Lamb
Born
Kate Thuli Lamb

18 January 1988 (1988-01-18) (age 35) [1]
Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2009-present

Kate Lamb (born 18 January 1988) is a Welsh actress best known for playing Nurse Delia Busby in the BBC drama series Call the Midwife from 2015 to 2017.

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Early life

Lamb was born in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom [2] Lamb grew up in Tenby, Pembrokeshire where she attended Greenhill School. [3] Lamb's first acting role was at the age of four, in a Tenby production of Toad of Toad Hall. [4]

Education

Lamb attended the United World College in Swaziland before returning to the UK to study for a degree in English and Drama at Bristol University. [3] [4] She also trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Career

Lamb successfully auditioned for her role in Call the Midwife and, when asked to give herself a regional identity, decided to play nurse Delia Busby with a Pembrokeshire accent. [3] Lamb's character has a lesbian relationship with Nurse Patsy (Emerald Fennell). After her character was knocked off her bicycle and left with an uncertain future at the end of her first series, she returned to the role in December 2015. [4] In May 2017, however, it was announced that Lamb wouldn't return for the seventh series. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Hearts & MindsSallyAs Kate Thuli Lamb
2011Red HeartMacyAs Kate Thuli Lamb
2014A Quiet CourageChasShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Doctors Gwen PayneEpisode "High-Flyer"
2012 Silk Earnest Female CandidateEpisode #2.4
2012 Switch Louise2 episodes
2013 Mayday Tina2 episodes
2014 Endeavour Daisy WeissEpisode "Nocturne"
2015-2017 Call the Midwife Nurse Delia Busby
2016 Siblings KatieEpisode "Golden Aunt"
2018 Agatha Raisin LisaEpisode "Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham"
2020 Roadkill Lindsay Storm

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011How To Be HappyDaisyCompany: Orange Tree Theatre
2012deadkidsongsMirandaCompany: Ustinov Studio
2012After the PartyNatalie/CarmelaCompany: Criterion Theatre
2012Summer and SmokeCompany: Southwark Playhouse
2013The Taming of the ShrewKatherinaCompany: Shakespeare's Globe
2013Smack Family RobinsonCoraCompany: Rose Theatre, Kingston
2018Much Ado About NothingHeroCompany: Rose Theatre, Kingston
2018Lord of the FliesJackCompany: Theatr Clwyd

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References

  1. "Kate Lamb on Instagram: "Flying home on the last day of my passport's 10 year validity. Now that's getting your money's worth. #goinghome #thrifty #passport #pleaseletmeontheplane #friends #alps #grenoble #snowmuchfun"".
  2. "Will Call The Midwife's Delia and Patsy have a happy ending? Welsh actress Kate Lamb on her important role", Wales Online, 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. 1 2 3 "West Wales actress to star in BBC1's Call the Midwife", Carmarthen Journal, 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. 1 2 3 "Tenby actress Kate's return to TV's Call the Midwife", Western Telegraph, 28 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  5. "Call the Midwife series 7: Bryony Hannah, Emerald Fennell and Kate Lamb have all quit the seventh series of BBC1 drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 August 2017.