Angela Lonsdale (born Angela Smith; 13 October 1967),[1] is an English actress.
Angela Lonsdale | |
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Born | Angela Smith (1967-10-13) 13 October 1967 (age 55) Penrith, Cumbria, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1992–present |
Television | Coronation Street (2000–2003) Doctors (2006–2008, 2011) |
Spouse |
Born to a policeman father,[2] Lonsdale trained at Brewery Youth Theatre at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. She took part in a large number of amateur productions, including plays by local playwrights John Newman-Holden and Tim Bull. After initial rejection,[2] Lonsdale then graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Lonsdale is best known for playing police officer Emma Taylor on Coronation Street, later the wife of Curly Watts. Both characters left the programme in 2003.
She then took a regular part in the long-running television series The Bill. Lonsdale appeared as DI Eva Moore in the daytime BBC series Doctors. She left in October 2008, after her character was shot and presumed dead.[3] She made a brief return to Doctors in September 2011. In 2012 and 2013 Lonsdale played the role of the mother in a family of wolves in children's TV drama Wolfblood.
In 2005 Lonsdale married actor Perry Fenwick, who plays Billy Mitchell in EastEnders. They separated in 2010.[4]
Year | TV Series | Role |
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2000–2003 | Coronation Street | Emma Taylor |
2005 | Holby City | Gina Calder (1 episode) |
2006 | The Bill | Helen Coles |
2006–2008, 2011 | Doctors | DI Eva Moore |
2009 | The Royal | Anna Whenby (1 episode) |
2010 | Joe Maddison's War | Polly Maddison |
2012–2013 | Wolfblood | Emma Smith |
2014 | WPC 56 | Stella Monckton |
2016–2020 | Our Girl | Grace Lane |
2018–2019 | Holby City | "Scary" Sue Buchanan |
2022 | Hollyoaks | Gill Holmes |
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