Laura Carter (actress)

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Laura Carter
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Carter in 2022
Born (1985-09-13) 13 September 1985 (age 40)
Bingley, England
Education Intake Performing Arts College
Occupation(s)Actress, media personality, model, reality TV star
Years active2008-present
Television Big Brother UK
Partner Anthony Lewis (2007–2014)

Laura Carter, born 13 September 1985, is an English actress, media personality, model and reality television star. She is best known for her appearance on the seventeenth series of Big Brother UK. [1]

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Acting career

Carter is from Bingley, West Yorkshire, she studied drama at Intake Performing Arts College in Leeds in 2004. [2]

Her first television credit was in 2008, in The Royal Today. She went on to have minor roles in multiple different television series including; Benidrom, Casualty, Doctors,Emmerdale, Holby City, Red Riding and The Syndicate. She also appeared in the Clean & Clear and Mentos advertisements. [1]

In 2019 she landed a role in the crime drama film, Once Upon a time in London , playing Daisy. Carter claimed in a 2022 YouTube video, that her acting career ended after appearing on Big Brother. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Modelling career

Carter appeared in multiple tabloids as a glamour model, mainly posing for Daily Star . [8] She opened an OnlyFans account, but closed the page down in 2025, after opening her own business.

In 2020 Carter was on the cover and posed nude for Playboy magazine. [9]

Television career

In 2015 Carter appeared as a cast member in E4's reality television series, Young, Free & Single. [1]

In 2016 Carter entered the seventeenth series of Big Brother UK. [1] During her time on the show, she had sex with controversial media personality, Marco Pierre White Jr. whom she had met prior to entering the house. [10] [11] [12] She also got in to a verbal altercation with British media personality and former escort, Natalie Rowe. [13] [14] She was evicted on day 46, placing ninth overall. [15] Following her appearance on Big Brother, she appeared as a guest on daytime talk show Loose Women, to discuss her time on the show. In 2022 Carter spoke out publicly, claiming Big Brother, had ruined her life. She claimed she suffered from Insomnia due to fear of being watched years after the show finished. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 The Royal Today Charlotte Winters1 episode
2009 Red Riding Yorkshire Post Receptionist
2010 Emmerdale Beth1 episode
2012 The Syndicate Chloe1 episode
2013Make it PlumbCarole SayerTV film
Benidorm Prostitute1 episode
Holby City Katie Clements1 episode
Casualty Angie Taylor1 episode
2015Young, Free & SingleSelf; cast member8 episodes
2016 Big Brother UK series 17 Self; housemate9th place, 47 episodes
Big Brother's Bit on the Side Self; ex-housemate1 episode
Loose Women Self; guest1 episode
2017 Doctors Laura Barton1 episode
2018Dead RingerJacquie
2019 Once Upon a time in London Daisy
2025The DollKelly
Love Island: Aftersun Self; audience member1 episode

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Who is Laura Carter? Big Brother 2016 housemate profiled". Daily Mirror. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Laura Carter". Cre8Talent. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Big Brother's Laura Carter claims the show "ruined" her life". Digital Spy. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 Staff, A. O. L. (4 November 2022). "Big Brother's Laura Carter claims the show "ruined" her life". www.aol.com. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 Rodger, James (2 November 2022). "Big Brother star breaks down in tears over show 'ruining' her life". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 Archer, Katie (9 November 2023). "Big Brother star says show 'ruined my life' as she opens up on her 'humiliation'". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  7. 1 2 Luckhurst, Josh (3 November 2022). "Big Brother star says reality show 'ruined her life' after dropping to six stone". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Star, Daily (16 November 2016). "Laura Carter goes topless". Daily Star. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Red Goddess Immaculate – Playboy" . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  10. ↑ McGrath, Rachel (6 March 2016). "Big Brother's Marco Pierre White Jr And Laura Carter Met Before Series, Instagram Picture Reveals". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Plunkett, John (20 June 2016). "Big Brother sex scenes spark investigation after over 600 complain". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Sound The 'BB' Showmance Klaxon! Who Has Laura Set Her Sights On?". HuffPost UK. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Powell, Emma (23 June 2016). "Big Brother: Natalie given formal warning after swiping at Laura". The Standard. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "BB: Natalie fumes at Laura upon return to the house". Digital Spy. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "Big Brother: Laura misses the final as she gets evicted". Digital Spy. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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