Laura Checkley

Laura Checkley, born 18 July 1980, is an English actress and comedian known for playing the regular character Louise throughout three series of Detectorists on BBC Four, ^[1] Monica in Action Team on ITV2, Terri King in the BBC One sitcom King Gary ^[2] and Mrs Blocker in BAFTA award winning Drama In My Skin . In 2025, she played the regular character of Theresa, the third ‘Eel Sister’, in Season 2 of The Change on Channel 4. She has also appeared in guest roles on other programmes including Brassic, Wanderlust, Red Dwarf, Enterprice, Porters , ^[3] W1A ^[4] and This Country . ^[5] She played Jackie Stokes in the drama Screw on Channel Four.

In 2009, she started a comedy duo, Checkley Bush, with Victoria Bush. They had a residency at the Leicester Square Theatre. They performed the Edinburgh Festival, Latitude Festival and Manchester Comedy Festival. In 2011, they reached the final of The Funny Women Awards.^{[ citation needed ]}

On film, she appeared as Susan, the floor manager of Hard News in Bridget Jones's Baby, ^[6] and Maz in Military Wives. ^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Girls? Eugh!	(unknown)	Short film
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Susan, Floor Manager
2017	Oh Be Joyful	Security Guard	Short film
2019	Military Wives	Maz
2024	Movember - You Can Do It Here Too	Office Grow	Short film
	Our Father	Gemma	Short film. Also associate producer
	Bilby	Teagan
2025	Solers United	Commentator	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Rosemary & Thyme	Librarian	Series 3; episode 1: "The Cup of Silence"
2009	Criminal Justice	PC Hawes	Series 2; episode 1
2014	Edge of Heaven	Ann-Marie	Episodes 1–6
	Coronation Street	Phil	1 episode
2015	Cradle to Grave	Lil	Episodes 1, 2, 7 & 8
2014–2022	Detectorists	Louise	Series 1–3; 17 episodes
2016	Raised by Wolves	Laura	Series 2; episode 2: "Hairy Poppins"
	Morgana Robinson's The Agency	Policewoman	Episodes 4 & 7
2017	This Country	Shaz Gallacher	Series 1; episode 4: "King of the Nerds"
	W1A	Paramedic	Series 3; episode 4
	Red Dwarf	Areto / Hugh Jass	Series 12; episode 2: "Siliconia"
	Hailmakers	Pam	(unknown episodes)
2018	Action Team	Monica	Episodes 1–6
	Wanderlust	Paula	Episodes 2–4
2018–2021	King Gary	Terri King	Series 1 & 2; 14 episodes
	In My Skin	Mrs. Blocker	Series 1 & 2; 7 episodes
2019	Porters	WPC Newman	Series 2; episode 3: "Halloween"
2021	Brassic	Ruth	Series 3; episode 1
2022–2023	Screw	Jackie Stokes	Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
2024	The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin	Sandra	Series 1; episode 3: "Run Wilde"
	Mojo Swoptops	Nori (voice)	Series 1; episode 1: "Mojo Mail"
	The Day of the Jackal	Paddy Denham	Series 1; episodes 1 & 3
2025	Dope Girls	Sarah Fisher	Episodes 1–6
	The Change	Theresa	Series 2; episodes 1–6
TBA	What It Feels Like for a Girl	TBA	Post-production

References

1. "Detectorists - BBC4 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
2. "'King Gary - BBC1 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
3. "Porters Series 2, Episode 3". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
4. "W1A Series 3, Episode 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
5. "This Country Series 1, Episode 4 - King Of The Nerds". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
6. "Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
7. Hunter, Allan (11 September 2019). "'Military Wives': Toronto Review". Screen. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

External links

• Laura Checkley at IMDb