Lisa Coleman (actress)

Lisa Coleman
Born
Lisa Jacqueline Coleman

(1970-07-10) 10 July 1970
Hammersmith, London, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • therapist
Years active1977–present
Parent(s)Francis Coleman
Ann Beach
RelativesCharlotte Coleman (sister)

Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970) is an English actress. She is best known for her television roles as Jude Korcanik in Casualty (1994–1997) and Cam Lawson in The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2005). She later reprised the role of Cam Lawson in Tracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012), My Mum Tracy Beaker (2021), and The Beaker Girls (2021–2023).[1]

Early life

Lisa Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London, on 10 July 1970.[2][3] She is the younger daughter of actress Ann Beach and television producer Francis Coleman, and the sister of actress Charlotte Coleman.[2] Coleman attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of six before completing her secondary education and A-levels.[4]

She made her first television appearance as a child actress in a 1977 episode of Crown Court at the age of six.[4][5][6] Her first film role was a minor appearance in the 1981 film Loophole.

Career

Coleman appeared in single episodes of the BBC television drama series Casualty and EastEnders in 1990.[7] By the mid-1990s, she had begun a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK Open University.[8]

In 1993, she started modelling for Euan Uglow's painting Articulation, posing nude.[9][10] It was her first experience as a model.[11][12] Coleman recalled travelling to Uglow's studio one to three times a week[13] and described how, despite initially feeling "prudish",[14] she later felt relaxed during the sessions, found them "liberating", and came to regard Uglow as a friend.[13]

She began a three-year run on Casualty in September 1994, portraying staff nurse Jude Korcanik. Coleman left the series in February 1997, when her character moved to Crete.[15]

Her radio work includes the six-part BBC series Old Dog and Partridge (1999).[16]

After studying for more than a decade, she graduated from the Open University in June 2005.[8] In a subsequent interview for the Open University's alumni magazine Sesame, she expressed a desire to continue working with the National Health Service and a long-term ambition to earn a Master of Arts degree.[8]

Coleman has also volunteered as an occupational therapist in a psychiatric unit.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1981 Loophole Daniel's Daughter
1991 The Hottest Day of the Year Maja
1996 Vol-au-vent Christine

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1977 Crown Court Leonie Klein Episodes: "Down Will Come Baby" (parts 1-3) [18][5]
1980 Play for Today Zoe Clements Episode: "A Walk in the Forest" [18]
1981 BBC2 Playhouse Jennifer Episode: "Elizabeth Alone" (parts 1-3) [18]
1985 Travellers by Night Belle TV mini-series [18]
1990 London's Burning Nurse Series 3, episode 6 [18]
Casualty Sharon Dobbs Episode: "Salvation"
1991 Screenplay Jesse Dealing Episode: "Redemption"
1992 A Fatal Inversion Office Girl Series 1, episode 3
Absolutely Fabulous Joanna Episode: "ISO Tank" [19]
1993 Press Gang Phillipa Prescott Episode: "Food, Love and Insecurity" [18]
The Chief Jo Series 3, episode 5
Scarlet and Black Elisa Series 1, episode 1 [18]
The Bill Episode: "Shock to the System" [18]
1993, 1996 French and Saunders Shirley 2 episodes
1994 Scene Veronica Episode: "SAB"
1994–1997 Casualty Jude Korcanik Series regular, 70 episodes [18]
1995 Bottom Doreen Hedgehog Episode: "Terror" [18]
1997 Attractions Presenter Visits a monkey sanctuary [20]
1997 The Scoop Presenter [21]
1998 Undercover Heart Sarah May [18]
2000 Peak Practice Sharon Willett Episodes: "Ghosts", "A Test of Faith" [18]
The Bill Gayle Tyler Episode: "Catch a Falling Star" [18]
2001 McCready and Daughter Andie Bennett Episode: "No Bed of Roses"
2002–2005 The Story of Tracy Beaker Cam Lawson Series regular, 52 episodes
2003 EastEnders: Perfectly Frank Teri Phillips EastEnders spin-off film [22]
2004 Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me Cam Lawson Television film [18]
2012 Tracy Beaker Returns [18]
2011 Hollyoaks Morag Guest role, 4 episodes
2021 My Mum Tracy Beaker Cam Lawson Series regular
2021–2023 The Beaker Girls Series regular
2025 Call the Midwife Miss Jenkins Series 14, Episode 3

Radio

References

  1. ^ Morris, Lauren (14 October 2020). "BBC reveals first look at Tracy Beaker and her daughter in new CBBC series". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Hayward, Anthony (1996). Who's Who on Television. Boxtree Ltd. ISBN 075221067X.
  3. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. 10 July 2003. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Beating Heart". Wales on Sunday. 27 September 1998. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "The TV Scene". Hull Daily Mail. 7 November 1977. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Taylor, Jeremy (22 February 1997). "Gore Bilmey". Evening Post. Bristol. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Search results for 'Lisa Coleman'". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "BSc for Lisa" (PDF). Sesame. No. 227. The Open University. 2005. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ^ Lampert, Catherine (2007). Euan Uglow: the Complete Paintings: Catalogue Raisonné. London: Yale University Press. p. 185. ISBN 9780300123494.
  10. ^ "Life Modelling for Euan Uglow". Register of Artists' Models. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Life Modelling for Euan Uglow". Register of Artists' Models. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Beating Heart". Wales on Sunday. 27 September 1998. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b Lampert 2007, p. 182.
  14. ^ Burns, Emmma (21 February 1997). "I'm quitting before grisly stories gore me to death". Daily Record. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Character: Jude Korcanik". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Search results for 'old dog and partridge'". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  17. ^ Taylor-Whiffen, Peter (4 October 2005). "How to be a well qualified success". The Independent.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "List Coleman". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Absolutely Fabulous: Episode Guide: 4. Iso Tank". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Channel 5". The Times. 18 April 1997. p. 47.
  21. ^ "Watch out for". The Times. 5 July 1997. p. 3[S4].
  22. ^ "Perfectly Frank BBC One London, 21 September 2003". BBC Genome. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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