Lorraine Cheshire

Lorraine Cheshire (born 15 August 1960) is an English actress, known for her roles as Sue Benson in the Sky sitcom Trollied, Fleur Budgen in the BBC One school-based drama Waterloo Road and Lorraine Bird in the Channel 4 school-based drama series Ackley Bridge.

Lorraine Cheshire
Born	(1960-08-15) 15 August 1960 (age 64) Wythenshawe, Manchester, England[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present

Career

Cheshire began acting at the age of 35, after her husband was made redundant from the Army.^[2] She attended the Arden Drama School in Manchester, and later joined the Manchester Actors Company.^[2][3] She made her professional acting debut in two episodes of the BBC series Cranford, portraying the role of Jo Warren.^[4] After that, she made appearances in series such as Clocking Off, Having It Off and Holby City.^[5] In 2003, Cheshire was cast in her first main role, in the BBC series Early Doors. She portrayed the role of Joan Bell for two series.^[6] From 2007 to 2012, she appeared in the BBC drama Waterloo Road in the recurring role of Fleur Budgen.^[7] Then in 2008, Cheshire starred in the BBC Three series Massive as Lorraine Finnegan.^[8]

Cheshire guest starred in a series 25 episode of Casualty in 2011 as Sandra Orr, the relative of a patient.^[9] From 2011 to 2018, Cheshire starred in the Sky sitcom Trollied as customer service representative Sue Benson.^[10] She appeared in all seven series, as well as the specials.^[11] In 2013, she appeared in five episodes of the BBC soap opera Doctors. Between 2014 and 2016, Cheshire also appeared in the BBC series In the Club as Geraldine for 12 episodes.^[2] The actress appeared in a second episode of Casualty in 2015, during the show's twenty-ninth series. In this appearance, she played patient Pam Poole opposite Paul Trussell as Derek Owen.^[12][13] In 2017, Cheshire began portraying the role of Lorraine Bird in the Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge.^[14]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Stanton Blues	Jo Warren	2 episodes
2001	Phoenix Nights	Aerobics Woman	1 episode
2001	Clocking Off	Mad Beryl	1 episode
2001	Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise	Hot Pot	Television film
2002	Having It Off	Pammy Rocket	1 episode
2002	Harold Shipman: Doctor Death	Canteen Lady	Television film
2002	Mrs. Meitlemihir	Courtyard Woman	Short film
2003–2004	Early Doors	Joan	Main role
2004	Fat Friends	Nurse	1 episode
2004	No Angels	Press Officer	1 episode
2004	Holby City	Pam Carr	1 episode
2005	Down to Earth	Tricia Jenkins	1 episode
2006	Goldplated	Margaret	1 episode
2006–2007	Tittybangbang	Various	5 episodes
2007	The Afternoon Play	Patty	1 episode
2007	Instinct	Judith	Television film
2007	Life on Mars	Big Bird	1 episode
2007	Sound	Shay's Mum	Television film
2007	The Street	Second Woman	1 episode
2007–2012	Waterloo Road	Fleur Budgen	Recurring role
2008	Florence Nightingale	Watson	Television film
2008	Sunshine	Joan	1 episode
2008	Massive	Lorraine	6 episodes
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Mum	Supporting role
2009	The Royal	Mrs. Hastings	1 episode
2010	Chatroom	Yorkshire Housewife	Supporting role
2010	Poor Wee Me	Betty	Main role
2011	In with the Flynns	Mrs. Barton	1 episode
2011	Casualty	Pam Poole	1 episode
2011–2018	Trollied	Sue	Main role
2013	The Johnny and Inel Show	Vacuum Lady	1 episode
2013	Doctors	Vanessa Harding	5 episodes
2014–2016	In the Club	Geraldine	Main role
2015	Casualty	Sandra Orr	1 episode
2016	The Life of Rock with Brian Pern	Train Driver	1 episode
2016	Moving On	Kim	1 episode
2017–2022	Ackley Bridge	Lorraine Bird	Main role
2022	Incompatible	Nurse	Short film

References

1. Rooney, Brian (23 April 2021). "What a Beautiful World This Will Be". Now Then. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
2. "Spotlight On… Lorraine Cheshire". Entertainment Views. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
3. "Wythenshawe - Lorraine Cheshire". www.wythenshawe.btck.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
4. "Curtis Brown". www.curtisbrown.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
5. McWilliams, Helen. "Lorraine Cheshire ~ From Joan to Geraldine Via Sue!". Union Times. Retrieved 15 June 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. Meads, Glenn (12 June 2018). "From Manchester to Ackley Bridge: meet the actor people mistake for a nurse". I Love Manchester (MCR). Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
7. "BBC One - Waterloo Road, Series 7, episode 25". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
8. "BBC Three - Massive, Recording the Single". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
9. Writer: Paul Logue; Director: Richard Platt; Producer: Anne Edyvean (30 April 2011). "Momentum". Holby City. BBC. BBC One.
10. "Cameras roll on series 7 of Sky1's Trollied at Bristol's Bottle Yard Studios". DestinationBristol. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
11. "We take a look at new Sky1HD comedy 'Trollied' starring Jane Horrocks and Mark Addy". TellyMix. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
12. Cheshire, Lorraine [@chesloza] (14 August 2015). "Me and the lovely Paul Trussell on Casualty tomorrow" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 March 2022 – via Twitter.
13. Writers: Benedict Ayrton and Matthew Barry; Director: Julie Edwards; Producer: Gert Thomas (15 August 2015). "Knock Knock Who's There". Holby City. BBC. BBC One.
14. "School drama never dies – Ackley Bridge vs Waterloo Road". The Edge. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

External links

• Lorraine Cheshire at IMDb