Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970)[1] is an English actress best known for her television roles as Jude Korcanik in Casualty and Cam Lawson in The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2005). Coleman reprised the role in Tracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012) and again in 2021 for My Mum Tracy Beaker and The Beaker Girls.[2]
Lisa Coleman | |
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| Born | Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (1970-07-10) 10 July 1970 (age 51) Hammersmith, London, England |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
| Parent(s) | Francis Coleman Ann Beach |
| Relatives | Charlotte Coleman (sister) |
Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London, and attended Anna Scher Theatre School at age six, going on to complete secondary education and A-levels. After working in television at various times since the early 1980s, in the mid-1990s she began a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK Open University.[citation needed] She appeared in the BBC television drama series Casualty playing the character of staff nurse Jude Korcanik from September 1994 to February 1997. Her character survived a stabbing by a drug addict before moving to Crete.[3]
In 1993 she modelled for Euan Uglow's painting Articulation, posing nude.[4][5]
Her radio work includes a six-part series for the BBC in 1999, Old Dog and Partridge.[6]
She attended her graduation ceremony in June 2005, and in a subsequent interview for the Open University's alumni magazine Sesame expressed her desire to continue working with the National Health Service and long-term aim to earn a Master of Arts degree.[citation needed]
Coleman is the sister of television and film actress Charlotte Coleman (1968–2001) and the younger daughter of Ann Beach (1938–2017) and Francis Coleman (1924–2008).[7]
Coleman is also a volunteer occupational therapist.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Loophole | Daniel's Daughter | |
| 1991 | The Hottest Day of the Year | Maja | |
| 1996 | Vol-au-vent | Christine |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Crown Court | Leonie Klein | Episode: "Down Will Come Baby" |
| 1980 | Play for Today | Zoe Clements | Episode: "A Walk in the Forest" |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Jennifer | Episode: "Elizabeth Alone" |
| 1985 | Travellers by Night | Belle | TV mini-series |
| 1990 | London's Burning | Nurse | Series 3, episode 6 |
| Casualty | Sharon Dobbs | Episode: "Salvation" | |
| 1991 | Screenplay | Jesse Dealing | Episode: "Redemption" |
| 1992 | A Fatal Inversion | Office Girl | Series 1, episode 3 |
| Absolutely Fabulous | Joanna | Episode: "ISO Tank" | |
| 1993 | Press Gang | Phillipa Prescott | Episode: "Food, Love and Insecurity" |
| The Chief | Jo | Seriea 3, episode 5 | |
| Scarlet and Black | Elisa | Series 1, episode 1 | |
| The Bill | Lisa Carpenter | 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[8] |
| 1997 | Scoop | Presenter | [9] |
| 1998 | Undercover Heart | Sarah May | Series regular |
| 1999 | Home Farm Twins | Angela Baker | Unknown episodes |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Sharon Willett | Episode: "Ghosts" |
| 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 |
| 2010–2012 | Tracy Beaker Returns | Series regular, 21 episodes | |
| 2011 | Hollyoaks | Morag | Guest role, 4 episodes |
| 2021 | My Mum Tracy Beaker | Cam Lawson | Series regular |
| 2021–present | The Beaker Girls | Series regular |