Laura Aikman

Laura Holly Aikman (born 24 December 1985) is an English actress. She has appeared in television shows including The Mysti Show (2004–2005), Casualty (2009–2010), Lemon La Vida Loca (2012–2013), 4 O'Clock Club (2012–2014), The Job Lot (2014–2015), Waterloo Road and Gavin & Stacey (2019 & 2024)

Early life Aikman was born in the London Borough of Brent in 1985, the daughter of actor and writer Stuart Aikman (known as Stuart St Paul) and actress Jean Heard. She grew up in Northwood, Hertfordshire and attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls in Elstree, Hertfordshire.

Career In 2009, she appeared in the BBC Three series Personal Affairs playing Lucy. On 8 August 2009, it was announced that Aikman would be joining the cast of Casualty, and her role as May Phelps started on 12 September 2009. Aikman appeared in 35 episodes, her final appearance aired on 8 May 2010. Aikman also appeared in the original pilot episode of "The Inbetweeners".

In 2012, Aikman starred alongside Leigh Francis's character Keith Lemon in his TV show Lemon La Vida Loca during the first series. She played the role of his Yorkshire girlfriend, Rosie. Aikman announced that she would not be returning to the show for the second series despite making an appearance in episode 1. In July 2014, it was announced that Aikman would be joining the cast of Waterloo Road for the tenth and final series as deputy headteacher Lorna Hutchinson.

Personal life Aikman has been married to actor Matt Kennard since 2019; they met when she joined the cast for the final season (2015) of Bluestone 42. Aikman volunteered with Shout 85258, providing mental health support throughout 2022. Aikman has Ulcerative colitis. Her father is former stuntman Stuart St. Paul.

Filmography +Key Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1996 Surviving Picasso Maya Widmaier-Picasso 1997 The Usual Children Hela 1998 The Scarlet Tunic Dotty Marlowe 1999 Great Expectations Young Biddy 1999 Virtual Sexuality Lucy Parker 2005 Rude Awakenings Ally Short film 2007 Popcorn Jeannie 2007 Blood Monkey Sydney Maas Direct-to-video 2008 The Trevor Ending Story Sally Short film 2010 Freight Julie Taylor 2011 Six Degrees Student Girl Short film 2012 Keith Lemon: The Film Rosie 2013 Bula Quo! Caroline Guitars, Guns and Paradise! 2014 Cancer Hair Claire Short film 2015 Amar Akbar & Tony Samantha 2016 The Hatching Lucy 2017 Lady M Chloe Short film 2020 Settlers Sam Short film 2021 Milk Lydia Short film 2021 @ Natalie Short film 2022 This Is Christmas Polly 2023 Scrapper Kaye 2024 Time Travel Is Dangerous Young Valerie

Television

Theatre Princess Catherine in Henry V. Rebecca Foley in Pravda. Connie Batsford in Bus. Blousie Brown in Bugsy Malone (musical).

Audio

Video games