Laura Bayston
Biography
Laura attended The Anna Scher Theatre School in London and later completed courses part-time, whilst raising her children, at The Bristol Acting Academy and The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She was born and raised in Dagenham, East London.
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Reporter
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes • as Colleen Caldwell
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Babs
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Cassie
As Cassie and Matthew come to the end of a divorce, a letter from their past selves surfaces suggesting guidance in the "event of separation". They agree to do the first thing on the list, only to find themselves drawn back together.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Kate McCann
How Madeleine McCann's mother Kate came under suspicion to face police interrogation.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Laura Gilligan
A single mother struggles to bond with her apathetic child; born with an insatiable and increasingly inhumane appetite.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Barmaid
A tearaway teenage girl, at war with her mum, and trying to take control of her life, forms an amazing and unbreakable bond with a new friend. They raise hell, stick two fingers up at the world, and laugh like they never have before... but can Ellen avoid becoming just another statistic?
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Anne
Anne an office cleaner, finishes work late one evening to be pursued and harassed by a man at the bus stop.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Laura Gilligan ("Hungry Joe")
The beekeeper who accidentally kills his wife before nervously burying her body under his vegetable patch, the child born with an insatiable and increasingly inhuman appetite, the seemingly harmless couple who are serial killers, and the home-alone woman who is petrified someone is out to kill her. These terrifying tales come together in one anthology.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Carol
A tormented and neglected twelve year old finds solace watching classic western movies. When she finds a gun in her late father's loft she stands up to her tormentors, just like her gunslinging heroes.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Fay Corr
In a sleepy coastal town, an artist suffering from debilitating impostor syndrome struggles to deal with repressed memories that creep to the surface when haunted by a sinister, mermaid-like presence.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Laura Ryan
Set in a British working class neighbourhood, the stories of three wrecked people meet each other leading the film to a disastrous climax.