Laura Aikman facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Laura Aikman
Aikman in 2013
Born	Laura Holly Aikman (1985-12-24) 24 December 1985 (age 39) Brent, London
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Employer	BBC ITV
Television	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 (2015) Gavin & Stacey (2019)
Spouse(s)	Matt Kennard

Laura Holly Aikman (born 24 December 1985) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Debbie in Not Going Out and Gavin and Stacey as Sonia.

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 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.

In 2012, Aikman starred alongside Leigh Francis's alter ego 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. In 2014-15, Aikman had a leading role in the second and third series of The Job Lot.

In 2018, Aikman joined 26 other celebrities at Metropolis Studios, to perform an original Christmas song called "Rock With Rudolph", which was written and produced by Grahame and Jack Corbyn. The song was released in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital and was released digitally on independent record label Saga Entertainment on 30 November 2018 under the artist name The Celebs. The music video debuted exclusively with The Sun on 29 November 2018 and had its first TV showing on Good Morning Britain on 30 November 2018. The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart.

Personal life

Aikman is married to fellow actor Matt Kennard. Aikman volunteered with Shout 85258, providing mental health support throughout 2022.

Filmography

Key

Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Surviving Picasso	Maya Widmaier-Picasso
1997	The Usual Children	Hela
1998	The Scarlet Tunic	Dotty Marlowe
1999	Great Expectations	Young Biddy
2004	Tracy Beaker Parties with Pudsey	Mysti	TV film
2005	Rude Awakenings	Ally	Short film
2006	The Best Man	Alison Poley	TV film
2007	Popcorn	Jeannie
	Blood Monkey	Sydney Maas	Direct-to-video
2008	Dis/Connected	Paula	TV film
	The Trevor Ending Story	Sally	Short film
2010	The Adventures of Daniel	Suzie	TV film
	Freight	Julie Taylor
	Rules of Love	Receptionist	TV film
2011	Six Degrees	Student Girl	Short film
2012	Keith Lemon: The Film	Rosie
2013	Bula Quo!	Caroline	Alternative title: "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
	@	Natalie	Short film
2022	This is Christmas	Polly
2023	Scrapper	Kaye
TBC	Primary Debates	Miss	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Casualty	Rebecca Bright	Episode: "Choked:Part One"
2004	Doctors	Katy Harding	Episode: "Inner Circles"
2004-2005	The Mysti Show	Mysti	Series regular, 27 episodes
2007	Trial & Retribution	Kelly Hobson	Episode: "Closure"
	The Bill	Tanya Murphy	Episode: "Copy Cat Killer"
2008	Teenage Kicks	Milly Heath	Series regular, 8 episodes
2008-2009	That Mitchell and Webb Look	Various roles	4 episodes
2009	Demons	Alice	Episode: "Smitten"
	FM	Sky	Episode: "Blinded by the Light"
	Personal Affairs	Lucy Baxter	Mini-series, 5 episodes
2009-2010	Casualty	May Phelps	Series regular, 35 episodes
2010	Identity	Olivia Knighton	Episode: "Chelsea Girl"
	Jack Taylor	Kelly	Episode: "Purgatory"
2011	Not Going Out	Debbie	Episode: "Debbie"
2012-2013	Lemon La Vida Loca	Rosie Parker	Series regular, 7 episodes
2012-2014	4 O'Clock Club	Mrs Melanie Poppy	Series regular, 28 episodes
2013	Pramface	Jenny	Episode: "Stay at Home Losers"
	Way to Go	Julia	Series regular, 4 episodes
	My Town
2013-2016	Citizen Khan	Debbie	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2014	Siblings	Amanda	Episode: "Burrito Neighbours"
2014-2015	The Job Lot	Natalie Mason	Series regular, 12 episodes
2015	Waterloo Road	Lorna Hutchinson	Series regular, 10 episodes
	Bluestone 42	Ellen	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2016	Comedy Playhouse	Georgy	Episode: "Stop/Start"
	Josh	Amy	1 episode
	Lovesick	Jo	Episodes: "Emma" & "Agata"
2017	Liar	D.I. Charlotte Sullivan	Episode: "The Marshes"
	So Awkward	Ms Vicky Parfitt	Recurring role, 8 episodes
2018	Shane the Chef	Penny	Recurring role, 4 episodes
	Space Chickens in Space	Starley	Series regular, 24 episodes
2019	Sadie Sparks	Val Garcia	Recurring role
	London Kills	Leanne Ponting	Episodes: "The Ultimate Price" & "Turf Wars"
	Gavin & Stacey	Sonia	Episode: "A Special Christmas"
2020	Incredible Ant	Bibi	Series regular
	The Split	Tabby	2 episodes
2021	Death in Paradise	Cherry Jackson	Episode: "Series 10, Episode 3"
	The One	Lucy Bell	2 episodes
	Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas	Ella	Short Film
2022	The Rising	Victoria Sands	Filming
2023	Archie	Dyan Cannon	Main role

Theatre

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

Video games