Laura Haddock

Laura Haddock
Born 1985
Years active 2007–present

Laura Jane Haddock (born 1985) is an English actress, known for portraying Kacie Carter in Honest, Bethan in The Colour of Magic, Natasha in Monday Monday, Sam in How Not to Live Your Life and Alison in The Inbetweeners Movie.

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Background

Raised in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, where she attended St. George's School,[1] Haddock left school at the age of seventeen and moved to London to study drama.[2] She trained at Arts Educational School in Chiswick.[3]

Career

Haddock made her television debut in the television pilot Plus One, part of the Comedy Showcase 2008.[2] Her other television credits include The Palace, My Family, The Colour of Magic, Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye and Honest, playing the lead role of Kacie Carter. She also appeared in the pilot episode of Life Is Wild, the American version of Wild at Heart.[4]

Haddock played the lead role of Natasha in the ITV1 comedy drama Monday Monday, and appears in series two and three of How Not to Live Your Life, replacing previous female lead Sinéad Moynihan.[4]

In 2011 she appeared in the Cinemax/Sky TV drama 'Strike Back - Project Dawn' for two episodes playing the kidnapped daughter of an illegal arms dealer.

Haddock's theatre credits include Famous Last, opposite Pauline Collins, which formed part of the 2009 Sky Arts Theatre Live! project,[5] and Rutherford & Son at Northern Stage.[6]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2007 My Family Melanie
- Life Begins at Fifty (2007)		 Situation comedy
Plus One Nicky Television pilot
2008 Honest Kacie Carter Comedy drama
The Palace Lady Arabella Worthesley Wolsey
- Episode 1.7 (2008)
- Episode 1.8 (2008)		 Drama
The Colour of Magic Bethan Television film
2009 Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye Miss Grosvenor Television film
Monday Monday Natasha Comedy drama
How Not to Live Your Life (series 2) Samantha Situation comedy
2010 How Not to Live Your Life (series 3) Samantha Situation comedy
2011 Strike Back: Project Dawn Claire Somersby TV Drama series
The Inbetweeners Movie Alison Feature film
How Not to Live Your Life (Christmas special) Samantha Situation comedy

Theatre

Year Title Venue Role Notes
2009 Famous Last Orange Tree Theatre / Sky Arts Theatre Live! studio Treena Televised on Sky Arts 1 on 22 July 2009[5]
Rutherford & Son Northern Stage Mary 21 September–3 October 2009

References

  1. ^ Barham, Alexandra (18 March 2008). "Magical chance for actress". Times Series. http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/2126438.print/. Retrieved 2009-09-28. 
  2. ^ a b Wilde, Jon (7 March 2008). "What a catch: How a girl called Laura Haddock is becoming a very big fish indeed". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-522919/What-catch-How-girl-called-Laura-Haddock-big-fish-indeed.html. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 
  3. ^ "Food: Laura Haddock and Eleanor Wylde". OK!. 29 January 2008. http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/351/Laura-Haddock-and-Eleanor-Wyld. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 
  4. ^ a b "Monday Monday Press Pack" (PDF). ITV / Talkback Thames. http://www.itv.com/documents/pdf/Monday_Mondayl.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 
  5. ^ a b Sky Arts - Sky Arts Theatre Live! - The Plays Retrieved on 2009-08-13.
  6. ^ Blagden, Jane (5 August 2009). "North East Premiere for Rutherford & Son". What's On Stage. http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/Northeast/E8831249507962/North+East+Premiere+for+Rutherford+&+Son.html. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 

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