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Lorraine Stanley
Born (1976-06-28) 28 June 1976 (age 48)
EducationArts Educational School
Years active1999–present
PartnerMark Perez (2014–)
Children1

Lorraine Stanley (born 28 June 1976) is an English actress, known for playing Kelly in the 2006 film London to Brighton and Karen Taylor in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Personal life

Stanley was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the daughter of June (née Bukinsky), and David Stanley. She has Scottish and Polish ancestry from her father and mother respectively.[1] She was brought up in Portsmouth by her parents, who divorced when she was ten years old.[2] She then trained at London's Arts Educational School.[3]

Stanley and her partner Mark Perez have been together since 2014, and welcomed a daughter together in 2015.[4]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Gangster No. 1 Attacker's Friend
2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Maid TV film
2001 Anybody's Nightmare Prison Officer 2, Holloway TV film
2001 Royalty Kelly Short film
2003 Rehab Sonya TV film
2004 EastEnders: Pat and Mo Young Mo Harris TV special
2006 London to Brighton Kelly Lead role
Nominated—2006 London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year[5]
2007 A Class Apart Mandy TV film
2008 Eden Lake Nat
2008 Cass Linda
2009 Three Moments in Heaven Woman Short film
2009 In Passing Maureen Short film
2010 Rough Cut Prison councillor Short film
2010 Dead Cert Chelle
2010 Made in Dagenham Monica
2011 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Flossy Straight-to-DVD film
2012 The Devil's Dosh Gertrude Short film
2013 The Gift Cyclist Short film
2014 He Who Dares Marie
2014 Top Dog Julie
2014 The Hooligan Factory Sharon
2014 The Guvnors Cheryl
2014 The Hooligan Wars Cookie
2014 Essex Boys Retribution Regina
2015 Riot Drake's mother
2015 Suffragette Mrs. Coleman
2015 Legend Blind Beggar Barmaid
2016 No Reasons Simone
2016 Wee King of Nowhere Mum Short film
2016 100 Streets Tina
2016 The Receptionist Helen
2018 Trigger Finger! Tanya Short film
2019 Break Clause Christy
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Bill Michelle Piper Episode: "Happy and Glorious"
2002 London's Burning Fran Season 14, Episode 8
2004 Pat and Mo Young Mo Harris EastEnders spin-off
2004 Making Waves Wessex Sailor Season 1, Episode 1
2007 Casualty Linda Grogan Episode: "No Return"
2007 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle Season 1, Episode 4
2007 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Maggie Episode: "Know Thine Enemy"
2008 Trial & Retribution Sarah Randal 2 episodes
2008 He Kills Coppers Stan's wife
2008 Waking the Dead Susan Carlyle 2 episodes
2008 The Bill Kim Yates Episode: "Lifesaver"
2010 Casualty Izzy McQueen Episode: "Last Roll of the Dice"
2010 Law & Order: UK Julie Reid Episode: "Broken"
2011 Coming Up Episode: "Home"
2012 Call the Midwife Pearl Winston Season 1, Episode 1
2012 Casualty Janel Abel Episode: "The Blame Game"
2013 Way to Go Betty with Dog Episode: "The Bitter End"
2013 Mayday Angie TV miniseries; 3 episodes
2013 The Tunnel Dean Atkinson's mother Season 1, Episode 6
2014 Doctors Liz McWhinnie 3 episodes
2014 Chasing Shadows Kay Amos TV miniseries; 2 episodes
2014 Babylon Sandy Season 1, Episode 3
2015 Holby City Casey Williams Episode: "Infallible"
2015 Cradle to Grave Jean Season 1, Episode 6
2016 EastEnders Thelma Bragg 8 episodes
2017–present EastEnders Karen Taylor Series regular
2018 British Soap Award for Best Newcomer[6]
2019 Inside Soap Award for Funniest Female[7]
Shortlisted—2018 Inside Soap Award for Funniest Female[8]
Shortlisted—2019 British Soap Award for Best Actress[9]
Shortlisted—2019 TV Choice Award for Best Soap Actress[10]
Longlisted—2019 Inside Soap Award for Best Actress[11]

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Widowers' Houses National Theatre, UK tour
2004 To Kill A Mockingbird Scout Mercury Theatre, Colchester
2008 Days of Significance Tricycle Theatre
2008 The Frontline Val Shakespeare's Globe
2008 Mine Shared Experience
2014 Wildefire Gail Wilde Hampstead Theatre

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Sophie (22 April 2007). "Tipped for the top". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  2. ^ "2007's next big things". The Independent. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Former South Downs College student joins Eastenders cast". Havant & South Downs College | HSDC. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ Knox, Miranda (14 March 2018). "EastEnders Karen Taylor actress Lorraine Stanley: BBC star's real life uncovered, from family and former fame". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  5. ^ "London critics give seven nominations to The Queen". ScreenDaily.com.
  6. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (2 June 2018). "British Soap Awards 2018 winners: Find out which of your favourite shows and stars won a trophy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. ^ Lee, Jess (7 October 2019). "Hollyoaks achieves a historic win at the Inside Soap Awards 2019". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  8. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (15 October 2018). "Coronation Street tops Inside Soap Awards 2018 shortlist with 18 nominations". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (30 April 2019). "British Soap Awards 2019 shortlist revealed as EastEnders and Hollyoaks top the nominations". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 Winners". TV Choice. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  11. ^ Harp, Justin (1 July 2019). "Inside Soap Awards 2019 longlist revealed – which Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars are up?". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 23 August 2019.