Louise Delamere

Louise Delamere (born June 17, 1969) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Lia in the Channel 4 comedy drama No Angels and Colette Sheward in the BBC medical drama Holby City.

Career Delamere appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot, in the episode Evil Under the Sun, where she played Arlena Stuart-Marshall, an actress who is murdered on a beach. She was featured in the Cadfael episode "The Holy Thief" and appeared in the BBC crime show Waking the Dead as Elaine Ashcroft, again playing a murder victim in the fourth season finale Thin Air.

She also had a role in the television drama The Chatterley Affair and has appeared in Torchwood. She played the recurring character Marion James in the fifth series of Waterloo Road. Delamere appeared as regular character Colette Sheward in BBC medical drama Holby City from 3 December 2013 until 4 November 2014.

She attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) in Glasgow. Personal life Delamere married actor Stephen Mangan in 2007. They have three sons together.

She has three brothers, including director Robert Delamere and actor Matthew Delamere.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1995 Judge Dredd Locker judge Mad Dogs and Englishmen Sandy 1997 Cadfael Dalney Series 4, Episode "The Holy Thief" 1998 Game On Laura Series 3, Episode 52000 Born Romantic Maria Cor, Blimey! Imogen 2001 Agatha Christie's Poirot Arlena Stuart-Marshall Series 8, Episode 1: Evil Under the Sun Offending Angels Lady in pub 2002 Waking the Dead Elaine Ashcroft Thin Air, Parts one and two 2003 I'll Be There Janice 2004 Bullet Boy Probation officer 2004–2006 No Angels Lia Costoya Regular cast member 2005 Stories of Lost Souls Woman Segment: Euston Road2006 Dalziel and Pascoe Tracey Baxter Episode: "Wrong Time, Wrong Place" Torchwood Diane Holmes Episodes: "Out of Time" and "End of Days" Daddy's Girl Liz Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Empress Fausta Episode 5: "Constantine" Blue Murder Lynne Aziz/Paula Hickson Series 3, Episode 3: "The Spartacus Thing" The Chatterley Affair Helena 2007 Doc Martin Carrie Wilson Series 3, Episode 4 2009–2012 Waterloo Road Marion James Series 5, Series 7 2011 Inspector George Gently Margaret Holdaway Series 4, Episode 1 "Gently Upside Down" 2012 Vexed Lucy Finch Series 2, Episode 3 2013–2014 Holby City Colette Sheward Regular role 2014 Son of God Claudia 2016 Houdini & Doyle Touie Doyle 2024 Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story Susanna Reid