Lorna Laidlaw (born 1 February 1963) is an English actress. She has appeared on television as Mrs Tembe in the BBC medical soap opera Doctors and as Aggie Bailey in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street between 2019 and 2023. Laidlaw won the Royal Television Society award for Best Actress and Best Daytime Star at the Inside Soap Awards for her role in Doctors.
Lorna Laidlaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 February 1963 Birmingham, England[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Television | Tikkabilla Grandpa in My Pocket Doctors Coronation Street |
| Children | 2 |
Career
editLaidlaw began her television career in 1994, with various guest appearances in series such as Blue Heaven, Playing the Field, Emmerdale and The Afternoon Play.[1] In 2009, Laidlaw began portraying the recurring role of Miss Smiley in the CBeebies series Grandpa in My Pocket.[2][3] Laidlaw left the series in 2014.[4] Alongside these acting roles, she was also a co-presenter on the BBC children's series Tikkabilla from 2002 to 2007.[5] From 2011 to 2019, Laidlaw portrayed the role of Mrs Tembe in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She was nominated for several awards for this role; including Best Actress for three years at The British Soap Awards.[1] She also won the Royal Television Society award for Best Actress in 2012,[6] as well as the award for Best Daytime Star at the Inside Soap Awards in 2017.[7] In 2016, Laidlaw made her directorial debut when she directed three episodes of Doctors. On 8 January 2019, it was announced that she had left the role of Mrs Tembe, stating "the character was just fantastic but I think I'd done as much as I possibly could with her at that moment".[8][9] In April 2019, it was announced that Laidlaw would be joining the cast of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.[10] She made her first appearance as Aggie Bailey on 12 June 2019.[11][12]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Blue Heaven | Ursula | |
| 2002 | Playing the Field | Receiver | |
| 2002–2007 | Tikkabilla | Herself | Co-presenter |
| 2004 | Emmerdale | Gaynor Hayes | Episode #3743 |
| 2006 | The Afternoon Play | Nurse | 1 episode |
| 2009–2014 | Grandpa in My Pocket | Miss Smiley | Recurring role |
| 2009 | Doctors | Gloria Dixon | Episode: "Bad Hair Day" |
| 2011–2019 | Mrs Tembe | Series regular | |
| 2017 | Rambling On | Leonie | Short film |
| Brokenhead | Stella | Film | |
| 2019–2023 | Coronation Street | Aggie Bailey | Series regular (257 episodes) |
| 2020 | Fortune Cookie | Mum | Voice role |
| 2021 | Hair Ties | Granny Rose | Film |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | RTS Midlands Awards | Best Actress | Doctors | Won | [13] |
| 2013 | Black International Film Festival and Screen Awards | Won | [14] | ||
| The British Soap Awards | Longlisted | [15] | |||
| Inside Soap Awards | Best Daytime Star | Nominated | [16] | ||
| 2014 | Nominated | [17] | |||
| The British Soap Awards | Best Actress | Longlisted | [18] | ||
| 2015 | Longlisted | [19] | |||
| Best Dramatic Performance | Nominated | [19] | |||
| Screen Nation Film and Television Awards | Favourite Female TV Star | Nominated | [20] | ||
| Female Performance in TV | Nominated | [20] | |||
| 2016 | National Television Awards | Serial Drama Performance | Longlisted | [21] | |
| Inside Soap Awards | Best Daytime Star | Nominated | [22] | ||
| The British Soap Awards | Best Actress | Longlisted | [23] | ||
| 2017 | Longlisted | [24] | |||
| Inside Soap Awards | Best Daytime Star | Won | [25] | ||
| RTS Midlands Awards | Best Acting Performance of the Year | Nominated | [26] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Meet the Brummie actress Lorna Laidlaw joining Coronation Street in soap's first-ever black family". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Miss Smiley's Summer Show, Series 1, Grandpa In My Pocket - Credits - BBC - CBeebies". BBC. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Cole, Paul (24 August 2016). "Ten more celebs join all-star cast of The Brummies 2016". birminghammail. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Doctors Celebrating 3,000 Episodes – Lorna Laidlaw Interview". btvfloc. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Lorna - Tikkabilla (UK) Characters - ShareTV". sharetv.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (28 November 2012). "'Doctors': Lorna Laidlaw celebrates RTS success". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ McGrath, Rachel (22 August 2017). "The Inside Soap Awards 2017 Longlist Is In! Find Out Who's Nominated". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ Seddon, Dan (7 April 2019). "Corrie newcomer Lorna Laidlaw explains surprise move from Doctors". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Doctors bosses reveal departure of this ICONIC character". What' s on TV. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Coronation Street introduces first black family – meet the Baileys". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Corrie casts first black family as part of new football homophobia story". Metro. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel; Harp, Justin (6 April 2010). "Coronation Street boss teases fifth member of new Bailey family". Digital Spy. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (28 November 2012). "'Doctors': Lorna Laidlaw celebrates RTS success". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "MVSA Winners". MVSA. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ "British Soap Awards 2013 voting opens, nominations revealed". Digital Spy. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Inside Soap Awards 2013 - longlist nominees in full". Digital Spy. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Inside Soap Awards 2014 longlist revealed". Digital Spy. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "British Soap Awards 2014 – longlist announced". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b "British Soap Awards 2015 voting opens, longlist nominees revealed". Digital Spy. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b "LORNA LAIDLAW NOMINATED AT THE SCREEN NATION FILM & TV AWARDS". Amber. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "National Television Awards". National Television Awards. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Inside Soap Awards 2016 longlist revealed: Which of your soap favourites are up for prizes?". Digital Spy. 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "British Soap Awards 2016 Nominations Long-List Announced". Huffington Post. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "British Soap Awards 2017 nominations: Find out which Corrie, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars are up". Digital Spy. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Emmerdale big winner at Inside Soap Awards". ITV News. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "RTS MIDLANDS CENTRE AWARDS 2017". Royal Television Society. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.