Lauren Drummond

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Lauren Drummond
Born (1987-12-23) December 23, 1987 (age 37)
Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
Television Waterloo Road
Holby City
The Royal

Lauren Drummond (born 23 December 1987) is an English actress. [1] She is best known for her roles as Mika Grainger in Waterloo Road , Chantelle Lane in Holby City , and Faye Clark in The Royal .

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Early life and education

Lauren Drummond was born and brought up in Cheadle Hulme in Stockport. [2]

She attended Bramhall High School before completing a performing arts course at Mid Cheshire College. [3] Drummond also studied at Yale University’s Summer Conservatory for Actors and a Laine Theatre Arts Workshop in Manchester. [4]

Drummond is a third cousin of her former Holby City co-star Tina Hobley. [5]

Career

Drummond began her acting career with small roles in Coronation Street , Grange Hill and Heartbeat , however from 2006 until 2008, Drummond played Mika Grainger in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road . [6] [7] [8] She would later return to the series in 2024, appearing in the season finale of the shows thirteenth series. [9] [10] Drummond would go on to tour the UK in a stage production of Billy Liar . [11]

From 2009 until 2011, Drummond played Faye Clark in The Royal , before moving on to join the cast of Holby City as new nurse Chantelle Lane. She appeared in over 100 episodes of Holby City before leaving the show in 2013. [12] She was part of the shows 2013 Children In Need special featuring Catherine Tate. [13] Drummond returned to the role of Lane for a single episode in June 2016. She had previously appeared as a one-off character, Hannah Sharpe, on the show in 2008. [14] [15]

In 2014, she toured the UK in a production of J.B. Priestley’s classic play Dangerous Corner . [16]

In 2019, Drummond appeared as Jane Bestwick in ITV soap opera Coronation Street . [15] She would go on to appear in I Hate Suzie alongside Billie Piper, before joining the cast of DI Ray in 2024. [17] [18]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013DesireBaristaShort films
Life's a BitchMonica
Be GentleCharlotte
2019Secret SantaMaddy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Coronation Street Christie WellsGuest role; 2 episodes
Doctors Kirsty MatthewsSeries 3; Episode 2: "A Twist of Fate" [19]
2005 Grange Hill LucySeries 28; Episode 18
2005–2006 Heartbeat Jane BlackSupporting role; 7 episodes
2006–2008, 2024 Waterloo Road Mika GraingerRegular role; 38 episodes
2006 Blue Murder Hayley ScottSeries 3; Episode 1: "Steady Eddie"
Doctors Amy FaulknerSeries 8; Episode 42: "Daddy Cool"
2008Charlotte PeelSeries 9; Episode 208: "Out with the Bathwater" [20]
Holby City Hannah SharpeSeries 10; Episode 33: "Any Port in a Storm" [21]
Harley Street LisaSeries 1; Episode 2
2009 Casualty BreeSeries 24; Episode 12: "Second Chance" [22]
2009–2011 The Royal Student Nurse Faye ClarkSupporting role; 8 episodes
2010 Doctors Sophie StanyardSeries 12; Episode 11: "Digging for Gold"
2011–2013, 2016 Holby City Chantelle Lane Regular role; 107 episodes [23]
2013 Catherine Tate for Children in Need Children in Need special
2012 Pointless Celebrities Herself - Contestant (with Adam Astill)Series 3; Episode 11: "Daytime 1"
2016 Comedy Playhouse ReceptionistSeries 17; Episode 2: "Broken Biscuits"
2018 The Dumping Ground Hilde (Shaz)Series 6; Episode 1: "Jody on the Ropes"
Unforgotten Kelly JonesSeries 3; Episodes 1 & 2
Press Belle HicksMini-series; Episode 2: "Pure"
2019 Silent Witness Tamsin NelsonSeries 22; Episode 1: "Two Spirits: Part 1"
Coronation Street Jane BestwickRecurring role; 5 episodes
2022 I Hate Suzie Georgina KaplanSeries 2; Episodes 1 & 3
2023 Hapless SandySeries 2; Episode 2: "The Wedding Planner"
2024 DI Ray Suzie ChapmanSeries 2; Episodes 1–6

References

  1. ↑ "Lauren Drummond". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Coronation Street fans stunned as TWO famous stars make debut on same episode". birminghammail.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Students in school drama hit". crewechronicle.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Lauren Drummond". intertalentgroup.com.
  5. ↑ "'Holby City' Lauren Drummond talks emotional Chantelle story". digitalspy.com.
  6. ↑ "'Holby City' welcomes two new regulars". digitalspy.com.
  7. ↑ "Waterloo Road returns for a second term on BBC ONE in January 2007". bbc.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Waterloo Road's Mika Grainger actor shares sad message as show is cancelled". heatworld.com.
  9. ↑ "Waterloo Road, Series 13, Episode 1" . Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Waterloo Road star Lauren Drummond explains return in series finale". digitalspy.com.
  11. ↑ "Waterloo Road's star is on fire in Billy Liar". guardian-series.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "'Holby City': Malick, Chantelle and Gemma to leave show". digitalspy.com.
  13. ↑ "'Holby City', Catherine Tate sketch filmed for Children in Need". digitalspy.com.
  14. ↑ "'It was a lovely, upbeat episode until Arthur's final moments!' Rob Ostlere reacts to his sudden Holby exit". What'sOnTV. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Here's where Coronation Street fans recognised radio host Jane from". digitalspy.com.
  16. ↑ "Review: Dangerous Corner is a 1930s play that is ahead of its time". mylondon.news.
  17. ↑ "di-ray-cast-characters". radiotimes.com.
  18. ↑ "DI Ray series 2 cast list: Who plays who in the returning detective drama". tvguide.co.uk.
  19. ↑ "Doctors BBC One London, 4 September 2001". BBC Genome. 4 September 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Doctors BBC One London, 14 March 2008". BBC Genome. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "Holby City BBC One London, 20 May 2008". BBC Genome. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "Casualty BBC One London, 21 November 2009". BBC Genome. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  23. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (14 May 2011). "Holby City welcomes two new regulars". Digital Spy . Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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