16 Facts About Lauren Socha

Lauren Socha rose to prominence during her role as Kelly Bailey in the E4 comedy-drama television series Misfits, for which she won a BAFTA TV Award in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Lauren Socha is known for her role as Lauren in the Channel 4 television film The Unloved.

Lauren Socha has an older brother, Michael Socha, an actor.

Lauren Socha attended St George's RC Primary School, Burton College and St Benedict's Catholic School and Performing Arts College, Derby.

Lauren Socha trained at the Central Junior Television Workshop based in Nottingham.

Lauren Socha was first recognised by agents and casting directors when she attended a local drama workshop, having been inspired by her older brother.

In 2009, Lauren Socha went on to star in Samantha Morton's directorial debut The Unloved in which she played a sixteen-year-old girl in a care home.

Lauren Socha was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role.

In 2010, Lauren Socha starred alongside Tim McInnerny in the short film Missing.

Lauren Socha had a minor role in the television mini-series Five Daughters, based on the Ipswich serial murders.

Lauren Socha was nominated for Outstanding Actress in the fiction category at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in 2011.

Lauren Socha later appeared in the short The Child, playing a version of Marilyn Monroe.

Lauren Socha took part in the BBC learning project "Off By Heart Shakespeare" where she played Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, performing the speech: "Blistered be thy tongue".

Lauren Socha appeared in five episodes of Catastrophe as the babysitter and in 2017 and 2020 played one of the sisters in comedy series The Other One.

On 23 January 2012, it was reported that Lauren Socha had been charged with racially aggravated assault in connection with an incident involving a Derby taxi driver the previous October.

On 2 May 2012, Lauren Socha pleaded guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to four months in prison, suspended for 12 months.