Lauren Drummond

Lauren Emma Drummond (born 23 December 1987) is an English actress.

Lauren Drummond
Born
Lauren Emma Drummond

(1987-12-23) 23 December 1987
Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
TelevisionWaterloo Road
Holby City

Education

Drummond was born and brought up in Cheadle Hulme in Stockport and attended Bramhall High School before completing a Performing Arts Course at Mid Cheshire College. She attended the college at the same time as Adam Thomas, who played Donte Charles in Waterloo Road.

Career

Drummond played the role of Mika Grainger in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road from its inception on 9 March 2006. Her last appearance was at the end of Series 3 in March 2008.

She has made other TV appearances, with roles on shows including Coronation Street, Doctors and Grange Hill. In 2005 she won two roles – Mika Grainger in Waterloo Road and Jane Black in Heartbeat. However, Drummond left Heartbeat in early 2006 after being written out. On 20 May 2008 she appeared in an episode of Holby City playing diabetic teenager Hannah Sharpe.

In 2008, Drummond appeared in an episode of Harley Street as Lisa Foster. Drummond starred as Princess Mika in a modern version of the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk at The Sands Centre in Carlisle over Christmas 2008. She then starred in a new stage production of Billy Liar. She has been filming in Scarborough for her role as Faye in The Royal.

In 2009, she played the role of Bree in Casualty. In April 2010 she appeared in BBC soap Doctors.

In 2011, she joined the cast of Holby City as new nurse Chantelle Lane, but departed the show in November 2013. She had previously appeared as a one-off character, Hannah Sharpe, back in 2008. Drummond returned in June 2016 for one episode as a farewell to character Arthur Digby.[1]

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

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Doctors Kirsty Matthews 1 episode, "A Twist of Fate"[2]
2005 Grange Hill Lucy 1 episode, #28.18
2005–2006 Heartbeat Jane Black 7 episodes
2006–2008 Waterloo Road Mika Grainger Regular role; 30 episodes
2006 Blue Murder Hayley Scott 1 episode, "Steady Eddie"
Doctors Amy Faulkner 1 episode, "Daddy Cool"
2008 Doctors Charlotte Peel 1 episode, "Out with the Bathwater"[3]
Holby City Hannah Sharpe 1 episode, "Any Port in a Storm"[4]
Harley Street Lisa 1 episode, #1.2
2009 Casualty Bree 1 episode, "Second Chance"[5]
2009–2011 The Royal Student Nurse Faye Clark
2010 Doctors Sophie Stanyard 1 episode, "Digging for Gold"
2011–2013 Holby City Chantelle Lane Regular role[6]
2016 Guest role, one episode "I'll Walk You Home"
Comedy Playhouse Receptionist 1 episode, "Broken Biscuits"
2018 The Dumping Ground Hilde Guest role, Episode: "Jody on Ropes".
Unforgotten Kelly Jones 2 episodes
Press Belle Hicks 1 episode, "Pure"
2019 Silent Witness Tamsin Nelson Series 22, Episode One "Two Spirits"
Coronation Street Jane Bestwick

References
  1. "'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.
  2. "Doctors BBC One London, 4 September 2001". BBC Genome. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  3. "Doctors BBC One London, 14 March 2008". BBC Genome. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. "Holby City BBC One London, 20 May 2008". BBC Genome. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. "Casualty BBC One London, 21 November 2009". BBC Genome. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. Kilkelly, Daniel (14 May 2011). "Holby City welcomes two new regulars". Digital Spy. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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