# Lisa Coleman (actress)

Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970) is an English actress, best known for her television roles as Jude Korcanik in Casualty (1994–1997) and Cam Lawson in The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2005). She later reprised the role of Cam Lawson in Tracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012), My Mum Tracy Beaker (2021), and The Beaker Girls (2021–2023).

## Early life

Lisa Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London, on 10 July 1970. She is the younger daughter of actress Ann Beach and television producer Francis Coleman and the sister of actress Charlotte Coleman. Coleman attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of six before completing her secondary education and A-levels.
She made her first television appearance as a child actress in a 1977 episode of Crown Court at the age of six. Her first film role was a minor appearance in the 1981 film Loophole.

## Career

Coleman appeared in single episodes of the BBC television drama series Casualty and EastEnders in 1990. By the mid-1990s, she had begun a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK Open University.
In 1993, she started modelling for Euan Uglow's painting Articulation, posing nude. It was her first experience as a model. Coleman recalled travelling to Uglow's studio one to three times a week and described how, despite initially feeling "prudish", she later felt relaxed during the sessions, found them "liberating", and came to regard Uglow as a friend.
She began a three-year run on Casualty in September 1994, portraying staff nurse Jude Korcanik. Coleman left the series in February 1997, when her character moved to Crete.
Her radio work includes the six-part BBC series Old Dog and Partridge (1999).
After studying for more than a decade, she attended her graduation ceremony in June 2005. In a subsequent interview for the Open University's alumni magazine Sesame, she expressed a desire to continue working with the National Health Service and a long-term ambition to earn a Master of Arts degree.
Coleman has also volunteered as an occupational therapist in a psychiatric unit.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1981 | Loophole | Daniel's Daughter |
| 1991 | The Hottest Day of the Year | Maja |
| 1996 | Vol-au-vent | Christine |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Crown Court | eonie | Episodes: "Down Will Come Baby" (parts 1-3) |
| 1980 | Play for Today | Zoe Clements | Episode: "A Walk in the Forest" |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Jennifer | Episode: "Elizabeth Alone" (parts 1-3) |
| 1985 | Travellers by Night | Belle | TV mini-series |
| 1990 | London's Burning | Nurse | Series 3, episode 6 |
| 1990 | Casualty | Sharon Dobbs | Episode: "Salvation" |
| 1991 | Screenplay | Jesse Dealing | Episode: "Redemption" |
| 1992 | A Fatal Inversion | Office Girl | Series 1, episode 3 |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | Joanna | Episode: "ISO Tank" |
| 1993 | Press Gang | Phillipa Prescott | Episode: "Food, Love and Insecurity" |
| 1993 | The Chief | Jo | Series 3, episode 5 |
| 1993 | Scarlet and Black | Elisa | Series 1, episode 1 |
| 1993 | The Bill | | Episode: "Shock to the System" |
| 1993, 1996 | French and Saunders | Shirley | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Scene | Veronica | Episode: "SAB" |
| 1994–1997 | Casualty | Jude Korcanik | Series regular, 70 episodes |
| 1995 | Bottom | Doreen Hedgehog | Episode: "Terror" |
| 1997 | Attractions | Presenter | Visits a monkey sanctuary |
| 1997 | The Scoop | Presenter | |
| 1998 | Undercover Heart | Sarah May | |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Sharon Willett | Episodes: "Ghosts", "A Test of Faith" |
| 2000 | The Bill | Gayle Tyler | Episode: "Catch a Falling Star" |
| 2001 | McCready and Daughter | Andie Bennett | Episode: "No Bed of Roses" |
| 2002–2005 | The Story of Tracy Beaker | Cam Lawson | Series regular, 52 episodes |
| 2003 | EastEnders: Perfectly Frank | Teri Phillips | EastEnders spin-off film |
| 2004 | Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me | Cam Lawson | Television film |
| 2012 | Tracy Beaker Returns | Cam Lawson | |
| 2011 | Hollyoaks | Morag | Guest role, 4 episodes |
| 2021 | My Mum Tracy Beaker | Cam Lawson | Series regular |
| 2021–2023 | The Beaker Girls | Cam Lawson | Series regular |
| 2025 | Call the Midwife | Miss Jenkins | Series 14, Episode 3 |

## Radio

* Lisa in Afternoon Theatre: A Home of Our Own (1980, BBC Radio 4)
* Emily in No Commitments
* Nicola in Old Dog and Partridge