Lorraine Burroughs

Lorraine Burroughs (born 22 January 1981) is a British actress of stage and screen. She was born in Birmingham and attended Bishop Challoner RC School there. She later trained at RADA.

Burroughs is best known for her role in the play The Mountaintop for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in 2010.{{cite news|title=Olivier awards nominations|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/feb/08/olivier-awards-nominations-full-list|access-date=2017-09-22|work=The Guardian|agency=Press Association|date=2010-02-09}}

Her TV appearances include DCI Banks, Lip Service, Top Boy, Spooks: Code 9, All About George, and Butterfly. Burroughs also starred in the New Tricks episode Good Morning Lemmings in 2010.List of New Tricks episodes#Series 7 .282010.29 She played Trix Warren in the 2012 film Fast Girls. She had lead roles as Serena Farley (Gorringe) in the 2013 three part drama The Ice Cream Girls and as DI Gina Conroy in Silent Witness episode Protection in 2015. In 2016, she appeared as Olga in the Christmas two-part special of Last Tango in Halifax on BBC1. In 2022, she recurred as supervillainess Virginia Devereaux / Clayface throughout the third season of Pennyworth.

Her radio drama credits include The Colour Purple and Burned To Nothing.

She currently lives in London.{{Cite Twitter profile|raineyburroughs}}

Filmography

=Film=

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2004 \| Red Rose \| Monique \|
2006 \| Wide Sargasso Sea \| Amelie \| Television film
2007 \| This Is What It Is \| Kelly \|
2010 \| Excluded \| Belinda \| Television film
2011 \| The Glass Man \| Janie \|
2012 \| Fast Girls \| Trix Warren \|
2017 \| Trendy \| Olivia Latham \|
rowspan="2"\|2020 \| Muscle \| Crystal \|
Spell \| Veora Woods \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2004

| Red Rose

| Monique

2006

| Wide Sargasso Sea

| Amelie

| Television film

2007

| This Is What It Is

| Kelly

2010

| Excluded

| Belinda

| Television film

2011

| The Glass Man

| Janie

2012

| Fast Girls

| Trix Warren

2017

| Trendy

| Olivia Latham

rowspan="2"|2020

| Muscle

| Crystal

Spell

| Veora Woods

=Television=

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2003 \| Doctors \| Macy Holyoake \| Episode: "A Red Light Means Stop"
rowspan="3"\|2004 \| Casualty \| Wendy Collins \| Episode: "Fallen Hero"
Down to Earth \| Kelly \| Episode: "Unfinished Business"
Hex \| Sinead \| Episode: "Pilot: The Story Begins"
2005 \| All About George \| Jess \| Series regular; 6 episodes
2007 \| Casualty \| Tracey Cowley \| Episode: "The Miracle on Harry's Last Shift"
rowspan="2"\|2008 \| Doctor Who \| Thalina \| Episode: "The Fires of Pompeii"
Spooks: Code 9 \| Sarah Yates \| Series regular; 6 episodes
rowspan="2"\|2010 \| Identity \| Sophie Curtis \| Episode: "Second Life"
New Tricks \| Gail Shaw \| Episode: "Good Morning Lemmings"
2010–2012 \| Lip Service \| Fin \| Recurring role; 4 episodes
2010–2012 \| DCI Banks \| DS Winsome Jackman \| Recurring role; 14 episodes
rowspan="2"\|2011 \| The Shadow Line \| WPC Drewe \| Miniseries; 1 episodes
Law & Order: UK \| Marci Wade \| Episode: "Deal"
rowspan="2"\|2013 \| The Ice Cream Girls \| Serena Farley \| Miniseries; 3 episodes
Top Boy \| Rhianna Parkes \| Recurring role; 4 episodes
2015 \| Silent Witness \| DI Gina Conroy \| Episode: "Protection"
rowspan="2"\|2016 \| The Five \| Jennifer Kenwood \| Miniseries; 5 episodes
Last Tango in Halifax \| Olga \| Recurring role; 2 episodes
2017 \| Fortitude \| Spindoe \| Recurring role; 2 episodes
rowspan="4"\|2018 \| Hard Sun \| Simone Hicks \| Miniseries; 5 episodes
Moving On \| Michelle \| Episode: "Neighbour"
Midsomer Murders \| Freya Ferabbee \| Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
Butterfly \| Paula \| Miniseries; 3 episodes
2019 \| Carnival Row \| Magrite \| Episode: "Some Dark God Wakes"
rowspan="3"\|2020 \| Death in Paradise \| Shonelle Delport \| Episode: "Pirates of the Murder Scene"
Strike Back \| Carolyn Fortier \| Episode: "Vendetta"
Maxxx \| Tanisha \| Episode: "Death"
rowspan="3"\|2021 \| Close to Me \| Helen \| Miniseries; 4 episodes
Red Election \| Etta Cornwell \| Series regular; 8 episodes
On the Edge \| Frankie \| Episode: "Superdad"
2022 \| Pennyworth \| Virginia Devereaux \| Recurring role; 4 episodes
2024 \| Sweetpea \| Claudia \| Recurring role; 6 episodes

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2003

| Doctors

| Macy Holyoake

| Episode: "A Red Light Means Stop"

rowspan="3"|2004

| Casualty

| Wendy Collins