Lorna Laidlaw

Lorna Laidlaw (born 1 February 1963) is an English actress and presenter. She has appeared on television as Mrs Tembe in the BBC medical soap opera Doctors and Aggie Bailey in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street.[2] 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 (1963-02-01) 1 February 1963
Birmingham, England[1]
OccupationActress and presenter
Years active1988–present
TelevisionTikkabilla
Grandpa in My Pocket
Doctors
Coronation Street
Children2

Career

Laidlaw 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 CBBC series Grandpa in My Pocket.[3][4] Laidlaw left the series in 2014.[5] Alongside these acting roles, she was also a co-presenter on the BBC children's series Tikkabilla from 2002 to 2007.[6] 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,[7] as well as the award for Best Daytime Star at the Inside Soap Awards in 2017.[8] 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".[9][10] In April 2019, it was announced that Laidlaw would be joining the cast of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.[11] She made her first appearance as Aggie Bailey on 12 June 2019.[12][9]

Filmography
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–present Coronation Street Aggie Bailey Series regular

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2012 Royal Television Society Midlands Awards Best Actress Won [13]
2013 Black International Film Festival and Screen Awards Won [14]
The British Soap Awards Best Actress Longlisted [15]
Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Nominated [16]
2014 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Longlisted [17]
Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Nominated [18]
2015 Screen Nation Film and Television Awards Favourite Female TV Star Nominated [19]
Screen Nation Film and Television Awards Female Performance in TV Nominated [19]
The British Soap Awards Best Actress Longlisted [20]
Best Dramatic Performance Nominated [20]
2016 National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Nominated [21]
The British Soap Awards Best Actress Longlisted [22]
Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Nominated [23]
2017 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Longlisted [24]
Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Won [25]
Royal Television Society Midlands Awards Best Acting Performance of the Year Nominated [26]

References
  1. "Meet the Brummie actress Lorna Laidlaw joining Coronation Street in soap's first-ever black family". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. Kilkelly, Daniel; Harp, Justin (6 April 2010). "Coronation Street boss teases fifth member of new Bailey family". Digital Spy. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. "Miss Smiley's Summer Show, Series 1, Grandpa In My Pocket - Credits - BBC - CBeebies". BBC. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. Cole, Paul (24 August 2016). "Ten more celebs join all-star cast of The Brummies 2016". birminghammail. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. "Doctors Celebrating 3,000 Episodes – Lorna Laidlaw Interview". btvfloc. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. "Lorna - Tikkabilla (UK) Characters - ShareTV". sharetv.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. Kilkelly, Daniel (28 November 2012). "'Doctors': Lorna Laidlaw celebrates RTS success". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  8. McGrath, Rachel (22 August 2017). "The Inside Soap Awards 2017 Longlist Is In! Find Out Who's Nominated". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  9. Seddon, Dan (7 April 2019). "Corrie newcomer Lorna Laidlaw explains surprise move from Doctors". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  10. TV, What' s on (8 January 2019). "Doctors bosses reveal departure of this ICONIC character". What' s on TV. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  11. "Coronation Street introduces first black family – meet the Baileys". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  12. "Corrie casts first black family as part of new football homophobia story". Metro. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  13. Kilkelly, Daniel (28 November 2012). "'Doctors': Lorna Laidlaw celebrates RTS success". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  14. "MVSA Winners". MVSA. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  15. "British Soap Awards 2013 voting opens, nominations revealed". Digital Spy. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  16. "Inside Soap Awards 2013 - longlist nominees in full". Digital Spy. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  17. "British Soap Awards 2014 – longlist announced". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  18. "Inside Soap Awards 2014 longlist revealed". Digital Spy. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  19. "LORNA LAIDLAW NOMINATED AT THE SCREEN NATION FILM & TV AWARDS". Amber. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  20. "British Soap Awards 2015 voting opens, longlist nominees revealed". Digital Spy. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  21. "National Television Awards". National Television Awards. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  22. "British Soap Awards 2016 Nominations Long-List Announced". Huffington Post. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  23. "Inside Soap Awards 2016 longlist revealed: Which of your soap favourites are up for prizes?". Digital Spy. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  24. "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.
  25. "Emmerdale big winner at Inside Soap Awards". ITV News. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  26. "RTS MIDLANDS CENTRE AWARDS 2017". Royal Television Society. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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