Laura Checkley, born 18 July 1980, is an English actress and comedian known for playing the regular character Louise throughout three series of Detectorists on BBC Four,[1] Monica in Action Team on ITV2, Terri King in the BBC One sitcom King Gary[2] and Mrs Blocker in BAFTA award winning Drama In My Skin. She has also appeared in guest roles on other programmes including Brassic, Wanderlust, Red Dwarf, Enterprice, Porters,[3] W1A[4] and This Country.[5] She played Jackie Stokes in the drama Screw on Channel Four.
In 2009, she started a comedy duo, Checkley Bush, with Victoria Bush. They had a residency at the Leicester Square Theatre. They performed the Edinburgh Festival, Latitude Festival and Manchester Comedy Festival. In 2011, they reached the final of The Funny Women Awards.[citation needed]
On film, she appeared as Susan, the floor manager of Hard News in Bridget Jones's Baby,[6] and Maz in Military Wives.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Detectorists - BBC4 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "'King Gary - BBC1 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Porters Series 2, Episode 3". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "W1A Series 3, Episode 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "This Country Series 1, Episode 4 - King Of The Nerds". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Hunter, Allan (11 September 2019). "'Military Wives': Toronto Review". Screen. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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