Laura Pyper

Laura Pyper is a Northern Irish actress, known for portraying Ella Dee in the second season of Hex, Jane Fairfax in Emma and Lexine Murdoch in the video game Dead Space: Extraction. She also played Lesley Howell in The Secret on ITV, which was first broadcast in April and May 2016.

Background Born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, Pyper has two brothers and two sisters. She attended Rainey Endowed School and later studied English and Drama at Trinity College, Dublin. and Jane Fairfax in the 2009 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. She has also guest starred in episodes of Demons, Doctors, Silent Witness, The Bill and Bachelors Walk.

Pyper has also worked as a voice actor in the video game Dead Space: Extraction, playing the character of Lexine Murdoch.

Pyper's theatre credits include Don Juan in Soho at the Donmar Warehouse and Blackwater Angel at the Finborough Theatre. In 2009 she played Cressida in the first full-scale Shakespeare's Globe production of Troilus and Cressida. She played Laurel in Douglas Hodge's production of Torch Song Trilogy at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2012, Mrs Manningham in Gas Light at Salisbury Playhouse in 2014 and Beatrice in A View from the Bridge at York Theatre Royal and Royal & Derngate in 2019.

Filmography + List of television performances Title Year Role Notes Bachelors Walk 2003 Vicki Lester Episodes: 3.1, 3.2 Omagh 2004 Lorraine Wilson TV movie Holby City 2004 Alison Kerman Episode: "Playing With Fire" Hex 2005 Ella DeeTV series, 13 episodes The IT Crowd 2006 Laura Episode: "Yesterday’s Jam" Doctors 2007 Hannah Farmer Episode: "The Big Issue" The Bill 2008 Mandy Glover"Shadow Stalker", "Spilt Blood" Silent Witness 2008 Esther Rubutkin "Judgement" Part 1 & 2 Demons 2009 Grace Episode: "Saving Grace" Vidiotic 2009 TV movie The Bill 2009 Sarah Lawler Episode: "Old Habits" Doctors 2009 Ursula Lenton Episode: “Dummy" Emma 2009 Jane FairfaxTV mini-series, 3 episodes Spooks 2009 Young Woman Episode 8.4 Holby City 2011 Becky Unwin Episode: "The Hand That Bites" Luther 2013 Jodie 1 episode: Series 3, episode 2 The Secret 2016 Lesley Howell Episode 1 & 2 The Missing 2016 Anna Stone 1 episode: Series 2, episode 5: Das Vergessen Father Brown 2019 Phoebe Sims 1 episode: Series 7, episode 2: The Passing Bell

+ List of film performances Title Year Role Notes Reign of Fire 2002 Lin Padraig agus Nadia 2002 Nadia Short film Headrush 2003 Vicky Nobel Tess: A Tale of Love and Darkness 2005 Tess Short film Sam and Jenny Go to a Play 2009 Jenny Short film Isle of Dogs 2010 Kelly Looking for Neil 2011 Lucy Short film

Theatre Blackwater Angel - Finborough Theatre, February - March 2006 (playing Lizzie Maher) Don Juan in Soho - Donmar Warehouse, November 2006 – February 2007 (playing Elvira) Troilus and Cressida - Shakespeare's Globe, July - September 2009 (playing Cressida) Punk Rock - Lyric Hammersmith and tour, September - November 2010 (playing Lily Cahill) Torch Song Trilogy - Menier Chocolate Factory, May 2012 (playing Laurel) Gas Light - Salisbury Playhouse, March 2014 (playing Mrs Manningham) A View from the Bridge - York Theatre Royal and Royal & Derngate, September - October 2019 (playing Beatrice) Dancing at Lughnasa - Crucible and Royal Exchange Theatre, 13 September - 8 November 2025 (playing Agnes)