Lorraine Stanley

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.

Lorraine Stanley
Born (1976-06-28) 28 June 1976
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
EducationArts Educational School
Years active1999–present
Partner(s)Mark Perez (2014–)
Children1

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, named Nancy, together in 2015.[4]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Gangster No. 1 Attacker's Friend
2001 Royalty Kelly Short film
2006 London to Brighton Kelly Lead role
Nominated—2006 London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year[5]
2008 Eden Lake Nat
Cass Linda
2009 Three Moments in Heaven Woman Short film
In Passing Maureen
2010 Rough Cut Prison councillor
Dead Cert Chelle
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
2014 He Who Dares Marie
Top Dog Julie
The Hooligan Factory Sharon
The Guvnors Cheryl
The Hooligan Wars Cookie
Essex Boys Retribution Regina
2015 Riot Drake's mother
Suffragette Mrs. Coleman
Legend Blind Beggar Barmaid
2016 Wee King of Nowhere Mum Short film
100 Streets Tina
The Receptionist Helen
2018 Trigger Finger! Tanya Short film
2019 Break Clause Christy
2021 No Reasons Simone Feature Film
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Maid Television film
The Bill Michelle Piper Episode: "Happy and Glorious"
Anybody's Nightmare Prison Officer 2, Holloway Television film
2002 London's Burning Fran Season 14, Episode 8
2003 Rehab Sonya Television film
2004 EastEnders: Pat and Mo Young Mo Harris TV special
EastEnders spin-off
Making Waves Wessex Sailor Season 1, Episode 1
2007 Casualty Linda Grogan Episode: "No Return"
A Class Apart Mandy Television film
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle Unnamed Season 1, Episode 4
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Maggie Episode: "Know Thine Enemy"
2008 Trial & Retribution Sarah Randal 2 episodes
He Kills Coppers Stan's wife Television film
Waking the Dead Susan Carlyle 2 episodes
The Bill Kim Yates Episode: "Lifesaver"
2010 Casualty Izzy McQueen Episode: "Last Roll of the Dice"
Law & Order: UK Julie Reid Episode: "Broken"
2011 Coming Up Mary Episode: "Home"
2012 Call the Midwife Pearl Winston Season 1, Episode 1
Casualty Janel Abel Episode: "The Blame Game"
2013 Way to Go Betty with Dog Episode: "The Bitter End"
Mayday Angie TV mini-series; 3 episodes
The Tunnel Dean Atkinson's mother Season 1, Episode 6
2014 Doctors Liz McWhinnie 3 episodes
Chasing Shadows Kay Amos TV mini-series; 2 episodes
Babylon Sandy Season 1, Episode 3
2015 Holby City Casey Williams Episode: "Infallible"
Cradle to Grave Jean Season 1, Episode 6
2016 EastEnders Thelma Bragg 8 episodes
2017–present Karen Taylor Series regular
2018 British Soap Award for Best Newcomer[6]
2019 Inside Soap Award for Funniest Female[7]
2020 Inside Soap Award for Funniest Performance[8]
Shortlisted—2018 Inside Soap Award for Funniest Female[9]
Shortlisted—2019 British Soap Award for Best Actress[10]
Shortlisted—2019 TV Choice Award for Best Soap Actress[11]
Longlisted—2019 Inside Soap Award for Best Actress[12]

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
The Frontline Val Shakespeare's Globe
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. "EastEnders wins big at Inside Soap Awards". BBC News. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. "2019 Winners". TV Choice. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  12. 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.
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