Lorraine Stanley
Encyclopedia
Lorraine Stanley is a ALFS Award-nominated English
actress, best known for playing Kelly in the BIFA Award
-winning film London to Brighton
.
, England
; the daughter of June (née
Bukinsky), and David Stanley. She has Scottish
and Polish
ancestry from her father and mother respectively. She was bought up in London
by her parents. Her parents had divorced when Lorraine was ten years old.
She trained at the Arts Educational School.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress, best known for playing Kelly in the BIFA Award
British Independent Film Awards
The Moët British Independent Film Awards is an annual award ceremony celebrating achievement in independently funded British film and cinema. Nominations and jury are announced at the beginning of November with the award ceremony taking place in late November or early December.-History:The British...
-winning film London to Brighton
London to Brighton
London to Brighton is a 2006 award-winning British film. The film was written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams.-Plot:The film opens with a woman and child, Kelly and Joanne, bursting into a London toilet. Joanne is crying and Kelly has a black eye...
.
Early life
Stanley was born in PortsmouthPortsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
; the daughter of June (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Bukinsky), and David Stanley. She has Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
and Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
ancestry from her father and mother respectively. She was bought up in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
by her parents. Her parents had divorced when Lorraine was ten years old.
She trained at the Arts Educational School.
Filmography
- Gangster No. 1Gangster No. 1Gangster No. 1 is a 2000 British crime film. It stars Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis and Paul Bettany and was directed by Paul McGuigan.- Cast :*Malcolm McDowell as Gangster 55*David Thewlis as Freddie Mays*Paul Bettany as Young Gangster...
(2000), Attacker's friend - Royalty (2001), Kelly
- Anybody's NightmareAnybody's NightmareAnybody's Nightmare is a 2001 television film starring Patricia Routledge and Nicola Redmond. It tells the true story of music teacher Sheila Bowler who was falsely arrested, tried and convicted for the murder of her elderly aunt in 1993...
(2001), Prison Officer 2, Holloway - TV - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyNicholas Nickleby; or, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens' third novel....
(2001), Maid - TV - London's BurningLondon's BurningLondon's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.It was broadcast between 1986 and...
(2002), Fran - TV series, 1 episode - Rehab (2003), Sonya - TV
- Making Waves (2004), Wessex Sailor - TV series, 1 episode
- EastEnders: Pat and Mo (2004), Young MoMo HarrisMaureen "Big Mo" Harris is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, who has been in the series since 18 September 2000, played by Laila Morse. Mo is also played by Lorraine Stanley in a soap 'bubble' Pat and Mo, delving into her past with Pat Evans, which aired in 2004...
- TV - London to BrightonLondon to BrightonLondon to Brighton is a 2006 award-winning British film. The film was written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams.-Plot:The film opens with a woman and child, Kelly and Joanne, bursting into a London toilet. Joanne is crying and Kelly has a black eye...
(2006), Kelly - The Life and Times of Vivienne VyleThe Life and Times of Vivienne VyleThe Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle is a British sitcom that was originally aired on BBC 2 in 2007. The programme was written and created by Jennifer Saunders and Tanya Byron...
(2007) - TV series, 1 episode - The Inspector Lynley MysteriesThe Inspector Lynley MysteriesThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a series of BBC television programmes about Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton of Scotland Yard and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers...
(2007), Maggie - TV series, 1 episode - A Class Apart (2007), Mandy - TV
- CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
(2007), Linda Grogan - TV series, 1 episode - Eden LakeEden LakeEden Lake is a 2008 British horror film, written and directed by James Watkins and starring Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender and Jack O'Connell.-Plot synopsis:...
(2008), Woman at party - CassCass-Surnames:* Brian Cass* David Cass , American economist* Elizabeth Cass* Frederick Cass* George Washington Cass* Godfrey Cass* Harriet Cass* John Cass , English politician and philanthropist...
(2008), Linda - Waking the DeadWaking the Dead (TV series)Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
(2008), Susan Carlyle - TV series, 2 episodes - He Kills Coppers (2008), Stan's Wife - TV
- Trail & Retribution XVII: Conviction (2008), Sarah Randal - TV
- Dead Cert (2009)
- Law & Order UK (2010)
External links
- Lorraine Stanley MySpace