Lily Laight
{{short description|British actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lily Laight
| image = Lily Laight in May 2015.JPG
| caption = Laight in 2019
| birth_name = Lily May Laight
|
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|12|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Devon, England
| yearsactive = 2008–present
| occupation = Actress, singer, dancer
| spouse =
}}
Lily May Laight is an English actress, singer, dancer from Devon. Laight is known for acting in Love, Rosie, In Secret and Frequencies.
Career
Laight comes from a theatrical family and made her stage debut at the age of two. She first appeared at the Babbacombe theatre, Torquay as part of the supporting act Kidz Aloud troupe aged 7. Following her success in the "Torbay's Got Talent" contest at age 8 she appeared as a soloist at the Babbacombe theatre for their "Christmas Laughter Party". Appearances in London theatre, television, and film have followed.Taken from the bio in the programme for "West End Now"
Laight appeared in a new production of Hairspray at London's Coliseum Theatre 21 June 2021 for a limited run starring alongside Michael Ball and Paul Merton.{{cite web |title=News Babbacombe Theatre |url=https://www.babbacombe-theatre.com/news/detail/lily-laight-returns-to-the-west-end |website=www.babbacombe-theatre.com/news/detail/lily-laight-returns-to-the-west-end |accessdate=29 January 2020}}{{cite web |last1=London Colliseum |title=Hairspray |url=https://www.hairspraythemusical.co.uk/ |website=Hairspray |access-date=28 April 2021}}
Lily returned to the West End in 2022 when she appeared at the Dominion Theatre in Dirty Dancing.
Personal Life
Laight's mother is a retired professional dancer. Rebecca Laight is choreographer for the 2019 production Wonderful Christmastime.{{cite web |last1=Levie |first1=Paul |title=Herald Express |url=https://www.babbacombe-theatre.com/reviews/wonderful-christmastime |accessdate=9 November 2019}} Laight's father is Ellis Laight who was a professional football player with Torquay United and numerous non-league sides including Dorchester, Taunton, Biddeford, and Buckland Athletic, becoming the manager of Buckland until 2017 when he resigned.{{cite web |title=Rushden and Diamond FC |date=19 April 2017 |url=https://rdfc1992.com/2017/04/19/ellis-laight/ |accessdate=9 November 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/6751 |title=1994: Ellis Laight |work=The Grecian Archive |publisher=University of Exeter |access-date=13 April 2024}}
Filmography
= Film and television =
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2|2012 | Comic Strip Presents | Young Anne | Episode: "Five Go to Rehab" |
| Les Misérables{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Lily-lands-Les-Mis-movie-role-Jackman-Crowe/story-15791816-detail/story.html|title=Torquay's Lily lands Les Miserables movie role with Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe|publisher=ThisIsSouthDevon.co.uk|date=13 April 2012|accessdate=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226221044/http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Lily-lands-Les-Mis-movie-role-Jackman-Crowe/story-15791816-detail/story.html|archive-date=26 December 2012|url-status=dead}} | Turning girl | Uncredited | |
| rowspan=3|2013 | In Secret | Young Thérèse Raquin | |
| Doc Martin | Becky Wead | Episode: "The Tameness of the Wolf" | |
| Frequencies | Marie as a child | ||
| 2014 | Love, Rosie | Katie Dunne |
= Theatre =
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=4100318|name=Lily Laight}}
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Category:English child actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Musicians from Torquay
Category:English film actresses
Category:21st-century English singers