# Lauren Drummond

Lauren Drummond (born 23 December 1987) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Mika Grainger in Waterloo Road, Chantelle Lane in Holby City, and Faye Clark in The Royal.

## Early life and education

Lauren Drummond was born and brought up in Cheadle Hulme in Stockport.
She attended Bramhall High School before completing a performing arts course at Mid Cheshire College. Drummond also studied at Yale University’s Summer Conservatory for Actors and a Laine Theatre Arts Workshop in Manchester.
Drummond is distantly related to former Holby City co-star Tina Hobley.

## Career

Drummond began her acting career with small roles in Coronation Street, Grange Hill and Heartbeat, however from 2006 until 2008, Drummond played Mika Grainger in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road. She would later return to the series in 2024, appearing in the season finale of the shows thirteenth series. Drummond would go on to tour the UK in a stage production of Billy Liar.
From 2009 until 2011, Drummond played Faye Clark in The Royal, before moving on to join the cast of Holby City as new nurse Chantelle Lane. She appeared in over 100 episodes of Holby City before leaving the show in 2013. She was part of the shows 2013 Children In Need special featuring Catherine Tate. Drummond returned to the role of Lane for a single episode in June 2016. She had previously appeared as a one-off character, Hannah Sharpe, on the show in 2008.
In 2014, she toured the UK in a production of J.B. Priestley’s classic play Dangerous Corner.
In 2019, Drummond appeared as Jane Bestwick in ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She would go on to appear in I Hate Suzie alongside Billie Piper, before joining the cast of DI Ray in 2024.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Desire | Barista | Short films |
| 2013 | Life's a Bitch | Monica | Short films |
| 2013 | Be Gentle | Charlotte | Short films |
| 2019 | Secret Santa | Maddy | Short films |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Coronation Street | Christie Wells | Guest role; 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Doctors | Kirsty Matthews | Series 3; Episode 2: "A Twist of Fate" |
| 2005 | Grange Hill | Lucy | Series 28; Episode 18 |
| 2005–2006 | Heartbeat | Jane Black | Supporting role; 7 episodes |
| 2006–2008, 2024 | Waterloo Road | Mika Grainger | Regular role; 38 episodes |
| 2006 | Blue Murder | Hayley Scott | Series 3; Episode 1: "Steady Eddie" |
| 2006 | Doctors | Amy Faulkner | Series 8; Episode 42: "Daddy Cool" |
| 2008 | Doctors | Charlotte Peel | Series 9; Episode 208: "Out with the Bathwater" |
| 2008 | Holby City | Hannah Sharpe | Series 10; Episode 33: "Any Port in a Storm" |
| 2008 | Harley Street | Lisa | Series 1; Episode 2 |
| 2009 | Casualty | Bree | Series 24; Episode 12: "Second Chance" |
| 2009–2011 | The Royal | Student Nurse Faye Clark | Supporting role; 8 episodes |
| 2010 | Doctors | Sophie Stanyard | Series 12; Episode 11: "Digging for Gold" |
| 2011–2013, 2016 | Holby City | Chantelle Lane | Regular role; 107 episodes |
| 2013 | Catherine Tate for Children in Need | Chantelle Lane | Children in Need special |
| 2012 | Pointless Celebrities | Herself - Contestant (with Adam Astill) | Series 3; Episode 11: "Daytime 1" |
| 2016 | Comedy Playhouse | Receptionist | Series 17; Episode 2: "Broken Biscuits" |
| 2018 | The Dumping Ground | Hilde (Shaz) | Series 6; Episode 1: "Jody on the Ropes" |
| 2018 | Unforgotten | Kelly Jones | Series 3; Episodes 1 & 2 |
| 2018 | Press | Belle Hicks | Mini-series; Episode 2: "Pure" |
| 2019 | Silent Witness | Tamsin Nelson | Series 22; Episode 1: "Two Spirits: Part 1" |
| 2019 | Coronation Street | Jane Bestwick | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 2022 | I Hate Suzie | Georgina Kaplan | Series 2; Episodes 1 & 3 |
| 2023 | Hapless | Sandy | Series 2; Episode 2: "The Wedding Planner" |
| 2024 | DI Ray | Suzie Chapman | Series 2; Episodes 1–6 |