Laura Bryant

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Laura Bryant
Image:PC Laura Bryant.jpg
Melanie Kilburn as PC Laura Bryant
First appearance Episode 278
(13/01/2005)
Last appearance Episode 415
(25/05/2006)
Cause/reason Transferred To Barton Street
Portrayed by Melanie Kilburn
Information
Occupation Police Officer
Title Police Constable
Call sign 217

Laura Bryant is a fictional police officer in the long running ITV drama The Bill. She was played by Melanie Kilburn from 2005-2006.

[edit] Biography

She first appeares on The Bill as a resident on the Cole Lane estate which, at that time, is being patrolled by PC Gabriel Kent. She is unhappy with his tendency to ignore protocol and issue his own brand of justice and subsequently reports him to the Criminal Investigations Department.[1]

She applies for a position at Sun Hill as a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) and her potential to become a police constable is then recognised by Sergeant Dale Smith. Despite several mistakes and lapses in judgement, Smith encourages her to consider training at Hendon to become a full time police officer. Eventually she chooses to undertake the training and returns to Sun Hill as a PC, where she soon realises that the job is causing her to neglect her relationship with her two sons. Inspector Gold insists that she continue being a police officer instead of resigning and transfer to a unit at Barton Street where her hours will better suit her being a single parent. She puts in for a transfer from Sun Hill to Barton Street.

[edit] References

  1. ^ PC Laura Bryant, The Bill Biographies