Lauren O'Neil

Lauren O'Neil is a British stage, screen and radio actor.

Early life

O'Neil was born Lauren Frances Rogers in Liverpool, England, the eldest daughter of two dentists. She left Liverpool to attend The University of Glasgow, before returning to Liverpool to complete an English degree. It was here that she first took up acting.^[1]

O'Neil attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2009.

Career

On graduating, O'Neil was awarded the Spotlight Award for Outstanding Graduate.^[2]

O'Neil's professional debut was as the character Kirsty in a Series 2 episode of BBC drama Being Human. Her stage debut came at the Royal National Theatre where she played Bianca in Marianne Elliot's revival of Women Beware Women.^[3] Her first feature film lead was as Nina in the Abominable Snowman (originally Deadly Descent).^[4]

In July 2011 she became the face of the Match.com advertising campaign, in The Girl On The Platform.

In 2012 Lauren O'Neil appeared in two premieres at the Royal National Theatre - in Nicholas Wright's Travelling Light and James Graham's This House.^[5]

In 2014 O'Neil appeared in King Lear ^[6] alongside Frank Langella and in Richard III ^[7] with Martin Freeman.

In 2015 she is appearing in a 2 part episode 'Squaring the Circle' in Series 18 of the BBC One's Silent Witness as young City DI Sarah Parks.^[8]

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