Laura Norton was born on 19 June 1983 and is an English actress, known for her role as Kerry Wyatt on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
33 Facts About Laura Norton
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Laura Norton was born on 19 June 1983 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Laura Norton began her acting career at the age of fourteen with a youth theatre project with Live Theatre in Newcastle.
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Laura Norton auditioned for the opening play of the project called Get Out of That Then.
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Laura Norton continued to work with the youth theatre until she was 19.
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Laura Norton returned to the Live Theatre youth project when she was 21 years old, after completing her performing arts courses at North Tyneside College.
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Laura Norton booked a role with the production, portraying Lisa in Keepers of the Flame.
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Laura Norton read extracts from one of Chaplin's works, Grace Before Meat.
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From 27 November to 23 December 2004, Laura Norton appeared as Pepita, in The Weather Kitchen at the Chelsea Theatre London.
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In 2004, Laura Norton played small roles as Geordie Girl in 55 Degrees North and Susie in Steel River Blues.
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Laura Norton worked as an extra on Byker Grove before she was cast as Sam, a local journalist.
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Laura Norton featured in Hoops, a short feature sitcom as part of collaboration with Newcastle-based comedy improvisational group, The Suggestibles.
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Laura Norton featured in Dene Film's Apple Crush as Beatrice and in Aggro, a short for Shakabuku Films.
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Laura Norton then appeared in New Writing North's production of Immaculate Deception.
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In 2007, Laura Norton returned to the Customs House to take her first foray into Pantomime.
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In 2009, Laura Norton portrayed the role of Dara, a "20 something good time girl" in the Live Theatre's production of Jump.
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In 2010, Laura Norton booked a role as Carol, a businesswoman, in Canoeing For Beginners.
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Laura Norton earned good reviews for her performances with one reviewer calling her performance "superb".
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Also in 2010, Laura Norton booked a role in A Nightingale Sang portraying the role of Helen.
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Laura Norton spoke of the privilege she felt working on the production and the "surreal" nature of working with Stephen Tompkinson.
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Laura Norton appeared as Chelle a young woman in her 20s, in Nativities.
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Laura Norton again earned critical acclaim for her role as Chelle, with Paul Clifford of the Shields Gazette giving her a positive review.
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Laura Norton feels her life has been taken away from her and that's why she gets her claws into this young lass, whose life she wants.
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In 2011, at the Live Theatre, Laura Norton appeared alongside actor Mark Benton and Joe Caffrey in Jesting About.
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In 2012, Laura Norton appeared alongside Bev Fox, Paula Penman and Jayne Humphreys in partnership with Newcastle-based improvisational group The Suggestibles, at the Newcastle Pride Festival 2012.
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Laura Norton performed comedy sketches in the Women's tent as part of the Pride festival.
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Later in 2012, it was announced that Laura Norton would be joining the Yorkshire-based soap opera Emmerdale as Kerry Wyatt, the estranged mother of Amy Wyatt.
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Laura Norton felt that she was doing everything she could to keep Amy [when she was young].
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On 23 February 2013, Laura Norton returned to the Live Theatre in Newcastle in White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, a play written by Iranian Nassim Soleimanpour.
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Laura Norton performed the production alone, without even seeing the script beforehand, on a simplified set and without direction.
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On 9 February 2013, Laura Norton showed her support for a campaign to prevent the closure of libraries in the Newcastle area.
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Laura Norton read scenes from We love you, Arthur and a monologue about dementia.
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Laura Norton was joined by Emmerdale colleagues, Chelsea Halfpenny and Charlie Hardwick.