Lauren Drummond
Born
Lauren Emma Drummond

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

Lauren Emma Drummond (born 23 December 1987) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Mika Grainger in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2006–2008, 2024), Chantelle Lane in the BBC One medical drama series Holby City (2011–2013, 2016) and student nurse Faye Clark in the ITV Drama The Royal (2009–2011).

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 opera 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.

In 2024, Drummond returned to Waterloo Road after sixteen years, making an appearance as Mika in the final episode of the show's thirteenth series.[2]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Coronation Street Christie Wells Guest role
Doctors Kirsty Matthews Episode: "A Twist of Fate"[3]
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 Episode: "Steady Eddie"
Doctors Amy Faulkner Episode: "Daddy Cool"
2008 Charlotte Peel Episode: "Out with the Bathwater"[4]
Holby City Hannah Sharpe Episode: "Any Port in a Storm"[5]
Harley Street Lisa Series 1: Episode 2
2009 Casualty Bree Episode: "Second Chance"[6]
2009–2011 The Royal Student Nurse Faye Clark Supporting role; 8 episodes
2010 Doctors Sophie Stanyard Episode: "Digging for Gold"
2011–2013, 2016 Holby City Chantelle Lane Regular role; 107 episodes[7]
2013 Catherine Tate for Children in Need Children in Need special
2012 Pointless Celebrities Self, together with Holby City co-star Adam Astill Episode: "Daytime 1"[8]
2016 Comedy Playhouse Receptionist Episode: "Broken Biscuits"
2018 The Dumping Ground Hilde (Shaz) Episode: "Jody on Ropes".
Unforgotten Kelly Jones 2 episodes
Press Belle Hicks Episode: "Pure"
2019 Silent Witness Tamsin Nelson Episode: "Two Spirits"
Coronation Street Jane Bestwick Recurring role; 5 episodes

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. ↑ "Waterloo Road, Series 13, Episode 1". Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Doctors BBC One London, 4 September 2001". BBC Genome. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Doctors BBC One London, 14 March 2008". BBC Genome. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Holby City BBC One London, 20 May 2008". BBC Genome. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Casualty BBC One London, 21 November 2009". BBC Genome. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (14 May 2011). "Holby City welcomes two new regulars". Digital Spy. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  8. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8135560
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