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Lauren Drummond | |
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| Born | December 23, 1987 Greater Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–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 .
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 distantly related to former Holby City co-star Tina Hobley. [5]
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Desire | Barista | Short films |
| Life's a Bitch | Monica | ||
| Be Gentle | Charlotte | ||
| 2019 | Secret Santa | Maddy |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Coronation Street | Christie Wells | Guest role; 2 episodes |
| Doctors | Kirsty Matthews | Series 3; Episode 2: "A Twist of Fate" [19] | |
| 2005 | Grange Hill | Lucy | Series 28; Episode 18 |
| 2005–2006 | Heartbeat | Jane Black | Supporting role; 7 episodes |
| 2006–2008, 2024 | Waterloo Road | Mika Grainger | Regular role; 38 episodes |
| 2006 | Blue Murder | Hayley Scott | Series 3; Episode 1: "Steady Eddie" |
| Doctors | Amy Faulkner | Series 8; Episode 42: "Daddy Cool" | |
| 2008 | Charlotte Peel | Series 9; Episode 208: "Out with the Bathwater" [20] | |
| Holby City | Hannah Sharpe | Series 10; Episode 33: "Any Port in a Storm" [21] | |
| Harley Street | Lisa | Series 1; Episode 2 | |
| 2009 | Casualty | Bree | Series 24; Episode 12: "Second Chance" [22] |
| 2009–2011 | The Royal | Student Nurse Faye Clark | Supporting role; 8 episodes |
| 2010 | Doctors | Sophie Stanyard | Series 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 | Receptionist | Series 17; Episode 2: "Broken Biscuits" |
| 2018 | The Dumping Ground | Hilde (Shaz) | Series 6; Episode 1: "Jody on the Ropes" |
| Unforgotten | Kelly Jones | Series 3; Episodes 1 & 2 | |
| Press | Belle Hicks | Mini-series; Episode 2: "Pure" | |
| 2019 | Silent Witness | Tamsin Nelson | Series 22; Episode 1: "Two Spirits: Part 1" |
| Coronation Street | Jane Bestwick | Recurring role; 5 episodes | |
| 2022 | I Hate Suzie | Georgina Kaplan | Series 2; Episodes 1 & 3 |
| 2023 | Hapless | Sandy | Series 2; Episode 2: "The Wedding Planner" |
| 2024 | DI Ray | Suzie Chapman | Series 2; Episodes 1–6 |
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