Lauren Drummond

Lauren Drummond
Born (1987-12-23) December 23, 1987 (age 37)
Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
TelevisionWaterloo 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.

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 distantly related to 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

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Desire Barista Short films
Life's a Bitch Monica
Be Gentle Charlotte
2019 Secret Santa Maddy

Television

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

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. ^ a b "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.