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14 Facts About Lauren Drummond

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Lauren Drummond was born on 23 December 1987 and is an English actress.

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Lauren Drummond is best known for her roles as Mika Grainger in Waterloo Road, Chantelle Lane in Holby City, and Faye Clark in The Royal.

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Lauren Drummond was born and brought up in Cheadle Hulme in Stockport.

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Lauren Drummond attended Bramhall High School before completing a performing arts course at Mid Cheshire College.

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Lauren Drummond is a third cousin of her former Holby City co-star Tina Hobley.

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Lauren Drummond began her acting career with small roles in Coronation Street, Grange Hill and Heartbeat, however from 2006 until 2008, Lauren Drummond played Mika Grainger in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road.

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Lauren Drummond would go on to tour the UK in a stage production of Billy Liar.

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From 2009 until 2011, Lauren Drummond played Faye Clark in The Royal, before moving on to join the cast of Holby City as new nurse Chantelle Lane.

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Lauren Drummond appeared in over 100 episodes of Holby City before leaving the show in 2013.

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Lauren Drummond was part of the shows 2013 Children In Need special featuring Catherine Tate.

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Lauren Drummond returned to the role of Lane for a single episode in June 2016.

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Lauren Drummond had previously appeared as a one-off character, Hannah Sharpe, on the show in 2008.

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In 2019, Lauren Drummond appeared as Jane Bestwick in ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

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Lauren Drummond would go on to appear in I Hate Suzie alongside Billie Piper, before joining the cast of DI Ray in 2024.