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Lisa Coleman | |
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| Born | Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (1970-07-10)10 July 1970 (age 54) Hammersmith,London, England |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
| Parent(s) | Francis Coleman Ann Beach |
| Relatives | Charlotte Coleman (sister) |
Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970) is an English actress, best known for her television roles asJude Korcanik inCasualty (1994–1997) andCam Lawson inThe Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2005). She later reprised the role of Cam Lawson inTracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012),My Mum Tracy Beaker (2021), andThe Beaker Girls (2021–2023).[1]
Lisa Coleman was born inHammersmith, London, on 10 July 1970.[2][3] She is the younger daughter of actressAnn Beach and television producerFrancis Coleman and the sister of actressCharlotte Coleman.[2] Coleman attended theAnna Scher Theatre School from the age of six before completing her secondary education andA-levels.[4]
She made her first television appearance as a child actress in a 1977 episode ofCrown Court at the age of six.[4][5][6] Her first film role was a minor appearance in the 1981 filmLoophole.[citation needed]
Coleman appeared in single episodes of theBBC television drama seriesCasualty andEastEnders in 1990.[7] By the mid-1990s, she had begun aBachelor's degree inPsychology with the UKOpen University.[8]
In 1993, she started modelling forEuan Uglow's paintingArticulation, posingnude.[9][10] It was her first experience as a model.[11][12] Coleman recalled travelling to Uglow's studio one to three times a week[13] and described how, despite initially feeling "prudish",[14] she later felt relaxed during the sessions, found them "liberating", and came to regard Uglow as a friend.[13]
She began a three-year run onCasualty in September 1994, portraying staff nurseJude Korcanik. Coleman left the series in February 1997, when her character moved toCrete.[15]
Her radio work includes the six-part BBC seriesOld Dog and Partridge (1999).[16]
After studying for more than a decade, she attended her graduation ceremony in June 2005.[8] In a subsequent interview for theOpen University'salumni magazineSesame, she expressed a desire to continue working with theNational Health Service and a long-term ambition to earn a Master of Arts degree.[8]
Coleman has also volunteered as anoccupational therapist in a psychiatric unit.[17]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1981 | Loophole | Daniel's Daughter | |
| 1991 | The Hottest Day of the Year | Maja | |
| 1996 | Vol-au-vent | Christine |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1977 | Crown Court | eonie | Episodes: "Down Will Come Baby" (parts 1-3) | [18][5] |
| 1980 | Play for Today | Zoe Clements | Episode: "A Walk in the Forest" | [18] |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Jennifer | Episode: "Elizabeth Alone" (parts 1-3) | [18] |
| 1985 | Travellers by Night | Belle | TV mini-series | [18] |
| 1990 | London's Burning | Nurse | Series 3, episode 6 | [18] |
| Casualty | Sharon Dobbs | Episode: "Salvation" | [citation needed] | |
| 1991 | Screenplay | Jesse Dealing | Episode: "Redemption" | [citation needed] |
| 1992 | A Fatal Inversion | Office Girl | Series 1, episode 3 | [citation needed] |
| Absolutely Fabulous | Joanna | Episode: "ISO Tank" | [19] | |
| 1993 | Press Gang | Phillipa Prescott | Episode: "Food, Love and Insecurity" | [18] |
| The Chief | Jo | Series 3, episode 5 | [citation needed] | |
| Scarlet and Black | Elisa | Series 1, episode 1 | [18] | |
| The Bill | Episode: "Shock to the System" | [18] | ||
| 1993, 1996 | French and Saunders | Shirley | 2 episodes | [citation needed] |
| 1994 | Scene | Veronica | Episode: "SAB" | [citation needed] |
| 1994–1997 | Casualty | Jude Korcanik | Series regular, 70 episodes | [18] |
| 1995 | Bottom | Doreen Hedgehog | Episode: "Terror" | [18] |
| 1997 | Attractions | Presenter | Visits a monkey sanctuary | [20] |
| 1997 | The Scoop | Presenter | [21] | |
| 1998 | Undercover Heart | Sarah May | [18] | |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Sharon Willett | Episodes: "Ghosts", "A Test of Faith" | [18] |
| The Bill | Gayle Tyler | Episode: "Catch a Falling Star" | [18] | |
| 2001 | McCready and Daughter | Andie Bennett | Episode: "No Bed of Roses" | [citation needed] |
| 2002–2005 | The Story of Tracy Beaker | Cam Lawson | Series regular, 52 episodes | [citation needed] |
| 2003 | EastEnders: Perfectly Frank | Teri Phillips | EastEnders spin-off film | [22] |
| 2004 | Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me | Cam Lawson | Television film | [18] |
| 2012 | Tracy Beaker Returns | [18] | ||
| 2011 | Hollyoaks | Morag | Guest role, 4 episodes | [citation needed] |
| 2021 | My Mum Tracy Beaker | Cam Lawson | Series regular | [citation needed] |
| 2021–2023 | The Beaker Girls | Series regular | [citation needed] | |
| 2025 | Call the Midwife | Miss Jenkins | Series 14, Episode 3 |
