Lauren Patel

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Lauren Patel (born 2001) [1] is a British actress. Her roles include Pritti Pasha in Everyone's Talking About Jamie (2021), Mukherjee in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024) and Jas Sharma in Waterloo Road (2025).

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Biography

Patel was born in and grew up in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and attended Smithills School and The Sixth Form Bolton. [1] [2] She was cast as Pritti Pasha in the 2021 Amazon Prime Video film Everyone's Talking About Jamie, having auditioned when she was 17 after seeing an advertisement requesting an actress of her age and Indian origin; [3] in the same month as being cast, all her applications to London theatre schools were rejected. [4] Patel's father had a cameo as her on-screen father in the film. [5]

In June 2021, Patel was announced in the voice cast for Lloyd of the Flies, produced by Aardman Animations and airing on CITV in September of the following year. [6] She voiced young police officer Mukherjee in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024), with fellow Boltonian Peter Kay voicing Chief Inspector Mackintosh. [1] [7]

Patel has opined that there are too few roles for British Asians in proportion to their population, [8] and said that she was unaware of South Asian Americans in her childhood as they were rarely shown in film and television. [3] [9]

In January 2025, Patel was announced as the role of teacher Jas Sharma in series 15 of BBC school drama Waterloo Road . [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Everybody's Talking About Jamie Pritti Pasha
2022White Pudding SupperKirstyShort film
KiddoPeggyShort film
2023The Effects of LyingSimranTelevision movie
2024 Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl PC Mukherjee

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022-2023Lloyd of the FliesPB47 episodes
2023Adventures of ArachnoFlyPea-Bean16 episodes
2025 Waterloo Road Jas Sharma9 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 Milton, Liam (19 November 2024). "Wallace and Gromit film to feature Bolton's Lauren Patel". The Bolton News . Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Former B6 Student Starring in new Wallace and Gromit Film". The Sixth Form Bolton . Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 George, Tom (16 September 2021). "Lauren Patel". Revamp. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Smither, Tanis (6 October 2021). "Lauren Patel". 1883. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Smith, Ellie (8 March 2022). "Lauren Patel on Everybody's Talking About Jamie". Country & Town House. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (29 June 2021). "Aardman, CITV Set Buzzworthy Voice Cast for 'Lloyd of the Flies'". Animation Magazine . Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  7. ↑ Chaudhari, Salqa (25 December 2024). "Wallace and Gromit stars Peter Kay, Lauren Patel and Diane Morgan". The Bolton News . Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  8. ↑ Agarwal, Mihika (31 March 2022). "Lauren Patel of Everybody's Talking About Jamie is calling for more brown representation in Hollywood". Vogue India . Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  9. ↑ Vraljal, Alicia (27 September 2021). "Lauren Patel Of Everybody's Talking About Jamie: My Character Is More Than Just The 'Hijabi Muslim'". Refinery29 . Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Anderson, Hayley (29 January 2025). "Waterloo Road return date: Everything to know about BBC drama's comeback including EastEnders icon's debut". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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