Kate Lamb

Kate Lamb
Born Kate Thuli Lamb
18 January 1988 (1988-01-18) (age 30) [1]
Cardiff, Wales
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009-present

Kate Lamb (born 18 January 1988)[2] is a Welsh actress best known for playing Nurse Delia Busby in the BBC drama series Call the Midwife from 2015 to 2017.

Background

Lamb was born in Cardiff[3] but grew up in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, a pupil at Greenhill School.[4] Her first acting role was at the age of four, in a Tenby production of Toad of Toad Hall.[5] After GCSEs she attended the United World College in Swaziland before returning to the UK to study for a degree in English and Drama at Bristol University.[4][5] She also trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Lamb successfully auditioned for her role in Call the Midwife and, when asked to give herself a regional identity, decided to play nurse Delia Busby with a Pembrokeshire accent.[4] Lamb's character has a lesbian relationship with Nurse Patsy (Emerald Fennell) in what the Daily Mail called "the unexpected story... that has proved most captivating".[2] After her character was knocked off her bicycle and left with an uncertain future at the end of her first series, she returned to the role in December 2015.[5] In May 2017, however, it was announced that Lamb wouldn't return for the seventh series.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Hearts & Minds Sally As Kate Thuli Lamb
2011 Red Heart Macy As Kate Thuli Lamb
2014 A Quiet Courage Chas Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Doctors Gwen Payne Episode "High-Flyer"
2012 Silk Earnest Female Candidate Episode #2.4
2012 Switch Louise 2 episodes
2013 Mayday Tina 2 episodes
2014 Endeavour Daisy Weiss Episode "Nocturne"
2015-2017 Call the Midwife Nurse Delia Busby
2016 Siblings Katie Episode "Golden Aunt"

References

  1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BB2mgbsHe3r/?taken-by=lamb_tales
  2. 1 2 Louise Gannon (2 January 2016) "From cycling nuns to designer drugs scandals and lesbian love affairs: How did Call The Midwife capture the hearts of the nation?", Daily Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. ↑ "Will Call The Midwife's Delia and Patsy have a happy ending? Welsh actress Kate Lamb on her important role", Wales Online, 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. 1 2 3 "West Wales actress to star in BBC1's Call the Midwife", Carmarthen Journal, 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  5. 1 2 3 "Tenby actress Kate's return to TV's Call the Midwife", Western Telegraph, 28 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  6. ↑ "Call the Midwife series 7: Bryony Hannah, Emerald Fennell and Kate Lamb have all quit the seventh series of BBC1 drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
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