Lauren Phillips

{{Short description|Welsh actress}}

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Lauren Phillips (born 1981) is a Welsh television actress from Bridgend, Wales.{{cite news|title=Mae'r actores Lauren Phillips|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mae%27r+actores+Lauren+Phillips+%5B...%5D.-a0288645335|work=Western Mail |date=5 May 2012|language=Welsh|accessdate=5 May 2018}}

She is best known for playing the no-nonsense character, Kelly Evans, in the Welsh TV soap Pobol y Cwm. She originally played the character between 2003 and 2007, reprising the role in 2015, covering social issues such as bulimia in the early years.{{cite news|title=Kelly a'r cnoi tu mewn; Lauren Phillips yn siarad e Gwen Griffith am her fwyaf ei gyrfa actio hyd yma wrth i Pobol y Cwm fynd i'r afael e'r pwnc|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/tv+cymru%3A+Kelly+a%27r+cnoi+tu+mewn%3B+Lauren+Phillips+yn+siarad+e+Gwen...-a0150129358|work=Daily Post |date=26 August 2006|language=Welsh|accessdate=5 May 2018}} She has also played the role of art teacher Sara Harries in the S4C dramas Caerdydd{{cite web|title=Actress Lauren Phillips bringing her art to capital drama Caerdydd|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/actress-lauren-phillips-bringing-art-2099569|website=walesonline.co.uk|date=10 June 2009 |accessdate=17 September 2016}}{{cite web|title=Be prepared for a shock|url=http://www.s4c.cymru/drama/e_gwaith_cartref3.shtml|website=s4c.cymru|accessdate=17 September 2016}} and Gwaith/Cartref. She also starred in Series 2 of Torchwood, Dead Man Walking. {{cite web|title=imdb|website=IMDb |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0680576/}}