Lorraine Stanley
English actress

Lorraine Stanley

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English actress
Gender:
Female
Birth:
1976(Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
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Lorraine Stanley (born 28 June 1976) is an English actress, known for playing Kelly in the 2006 film London to Brighton and Karen Taylor in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Personal life

Stanley was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the daughter of June (née Bukinsky), and David Stanley. She has Scottish and Polish ancestry from her father and mother respectively. She was brought up in Portsmouth by her parents, who divorced when she was ten years old. She then trained at London's Arts Educational School.

Stanley and her partner Mark Perez have been together since 2014, and welcomed a daughter together in 2015.

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Widowers' Houses National Theatre, UK tour
2004 To Kill A Mockingbird Scout Mercury Theatre, Colchester
2008 Days of Significance Tricycle Theatre
2008 The Frontline Val Shakespeare's Globe
2008 Mine Shared Experience
2014 Wildefire Gail Wilde Hampstead Theatre