Lisa Coleman (actress)

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Early life

Lisa Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London, on 10 July 1970.[2][3] She is the younger daughter of actress Ann Beach and television producer Francis Coleman, and the sister of actress Charlotte Coleman.[2] Coleman attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of six before completing her secondary education and A-levels.[4]

She made her first television appearance as a child actress in a 1977 episode of Crown Court at the age of six.[4][5][6] Her first film role was a minor appearance in the 1981 film Loophole.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Career

Coleman appeared in single episodes of the BBC television drama series Casualty and EastEnders in 1990.[7] By the mid-1990s, she had begun a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK Open University.[8]

In 1993, she started modelling for Euan Uglow's painting Articulation, posing nude.[9][10] It was her first experience as a model.[11][12] Coleman recalled travelling to Uglow's studio one to three times a weekTemplate:Sfn and described how, despite initially feeling "prudish",[13] she later felt relaxed during the sessions, found them "liberating", and came to regard Uglow as a friend.Template:Sfn

She began a three-year run on Casualty in September 1994, portraying staff nurse Jude Korcanik. Coleman left the series in February 1997, when her character moved to Crete.[14]

Her radio work includes the six-part BBC series Old Dog and Partridge (1999).[15]

After studying for more than a decade, she graduated from the Open University in June 2005.[8] In a subsequent interview for the Open University's alumni magazine Sesame, she expressed a desire to continue working with the National Health Service and a long-term ambition to earn a Master of Arts degree.[8]

Coleman has also volunteered as an occupational therapist in a psychiatric unit.[16]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1981 Loophole Daniel's Daughter
1991 The Hottest Day of the Year Maja
1996 Vol-au-vent Christine

Television

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1977 Crown Court Leonie Klein Episodes: "Down Will Come Baby" (parts 1-3) [17][5]
1980 Play for Today Zoe Clements Episode: "A Walk in the Forest" [17]
1981 BBC2 Playhouse Jennifer Episode: "Elizabeth Alone" (parts 1-3) [17]
1985 Travellers by Night Belle TV mini-series [17]
1990 London's Burning Nurse Series 3, episode 6 [17]
Casualty Sharon Dobbs Episode: "Salvation" Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1991 Screenplay Jesse Dealing Episode: "Redemption" Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1992 A Fatal Inversion Office Girl Series 1, episode 3 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Absolutely Fabulous Joanna Episode: "ISO Tank" [18]
1993 Press Gang Phillipa Prescott Episode: "Food, Love and Insecurity" [17]
The Chief Jo Series 3, episode 5 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Scarlet and Black Elisa Series 1, episode 1 [17]
The Bill Episode: "Shock to the System" [17]
1993, 1996 French and Saunders Shirley 2 episodes Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1994 Scene Veronica Episode: "SAB" Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1994–1997 Casualty Jude Korcanik Series regular, 70 episodes [17]
1995 Bottom Doreen Hedgehog Episode: "Terror" [17]
1997 Attractions Presenter Visits a monkey sanctuary [19]
1997 The Scoop Presenter [20]
1998 Undercover Heart Sarah May [17]
2000 Peak Practice Sharon Willett Episodes: "Ghosts", "A Test of Faith" [17]
The Bill Gayle Tyler Episode: "Catch a Falling Star" [17]
2001 McCready and Daughter Andie Bennett Episode: "No Bed of Roses" Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2002–2005 The Story of Tracy Beaker Cam Lawson Series regular, 52 episodes Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2003 EastEnders: Perfectly Frank Teri Phillips EastEnders spin-off film [21]
2004 Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me Cam Lawson Television film [17]
2012 Tracy Beaker Returns [17]
2011 Hollyoaks Morag Guest role, 4 episodes Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2021 My Mum Tracy Beaker Cam Lawson Series regular Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2021–2023 The Beaker Girls Series regular Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2025 Call the Midwife Miss Jenkins Series 14, Episode 3

Radio

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