Lorraine Burroughs

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Lorraine Burroughs
Born (1981-01-22) 22 January 1981 (age 44)
Birmingham, England
OccupationActress
Years active2003-present

Lorraine Burroughs (born 22 January 1981) is a British actress of stage and screen. She was born in Birmingham and attended Bishop Challoner RC School there. She later trained at RADA.

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Burroughs is best known for her role in the play The Mountaintop for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in 2010. [1]

Her TV appearances include DCI Banks , Lip Service , Top Boy , Spooks: Code 9 , All About George, and Butterfly . Burroughs also starred in the New Tricks episode Good Morning Lemmings in 2010. [2] She played Trix Warren in the 2012 film Fast Girls . She had lead roles as Serena Farley (Gorringe) in the 2013 three part drama The Ice Cream Girls and as DI Gina Conroy in Silent Witness episode Protection in 2015. In 2016, she appeared as Olga in the Christmas two-part special of Last Tango in Halifax on BBC1. In 2022, she recurred as supervillainess Virginia Devereaux / Clayface throughout the third season of Pennyworth .

Her radio drama credits include The Colour Purple and Burned To Nothing.

She currently lives in London. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Red RoseMonique
2006 Wide Sargasso Sea AmelieTelevision film
2007This Is What It IsKelly
2010ExcludedBelindaTelevision film
2011The Glass ManJanie
2012 Fast Girls Trix Warren
2017TrendyOlivia Latham
2020 Muscle Crystal
Spell Veora Woods

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Doctors Macy HolyoakeEpisode: "A Red Light Means Stop"
2004 Casualty Wendy CollinsEpisode: "Fallen Hero"
Down to Earth KellyEpisode: "Unfinished Business"
Hex SineadEpisode: "Pilot: The Story Begins"
2005 All About George JessSeries regular; 6 episodes
2007 Casualty Tracey CowleyEpisode: "The Miracle on Harry's Last Shift"
2008 Doctor Who ThalinaEpisode: "The Fires of Pompeii"
Spooks: Code 9 Sarah YatesSeries regular; 6 episodes
2010 Identity Sophie CurtisEpisode: "Second Life"
New Tricks Gail ShawEpisode: "Good Morning Lemmings"
2010–2012 Lip Service FinRecurring role; 4 episodes
2010–2012 DCI Banks DS Winsome JackmanRecurring role; 14 episodes
2011 The Shadow Line WPC DreweMiniseries; 1 episodes
Law & Order: UK Marci WadeEpisode: "Deal"
2013 The Ice Cream Girls Serena FarleyMiniseries; 3 episodes
Top Boy Rhianna ParkesRecurring role; 4 episodes
2015 Silent Witness DI Gina ConroyEpisode: "Protection"
2016 The Five Jennifer KenwoodMiniseries; 5 episodes
Last Tango in Halifax OlgaRecurring role; 2 episodes
2017 Fortitude SpindoeRecurring role; 2 episodes
2018 Hard Sun Simone HicksMiniseries; 5 episodes
Moving On MichelleEpisode: "Neighbour"
Midsomer Murders Freya FerabbeeEpisode: "Send in the Clowns"
Butterfly PaulaMiniseries; 3 episodes
2019 Carnival Row MagriteEpisode: "Some Dark God Wakes"
2020 Death in Paradise Shonelle DelportEpisode: "Pirates of the Murder Scene"
Strike Back Carolyn FortierEpisode: "Vendetta"
Maxxx TanishaEpisode: "Death"
2021 Close to Me HelenMiniseries; 4 episodes
Red Election Etta CornwellSeries regular; 8 episodes
On the EdgeFrankieEpisode: "Superdad"
2022 Pennyworth Virginia DevereauxRecurring role; 4 episodes
2024 Sweetpea ClaudiaRecurring role; 6 episodes

References

  1. "Olivier awards nominations". The Guardian. Press Association. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. List of New Tricks episodes#Series 7 .282010.29
  3. " @raineyburroughs " on Twitter

Lorraine Burroughs at IMDb