Kate Lamb (born 18 January 1988) is a

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best known for playing Nurse Delia Busby in the

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drama series ''

Call the Midwife ''Call the Midwife'' is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and 1960s. The principal cast of the show has included Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Hanna ...

'' from 2015 to 2017.

Early life

Lamb was born in

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

, Wales, United Kingdom "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. Lamb grew up in

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where she attended Greenhill School."West Wales actress to star in BBC1's Call the Midwife"
''Carmarthen Journal'', 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07. Lamb's first acting role was at the age of four, in a Tenby production of ''Toad of Toad Hall''."Tenby actress Kate's return to TV's Call the Midwife"
''Western Telegraph'', 28 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.

Education

Lamb attended the

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before returning to the UK to study for a degree in English and Drama at

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. She also trained at the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. LAMDA's Principal is ...

(LAMDA).

Career

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. Lamb's character has a lesbian relationship with Nurse Patsy (

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). 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. In May 2017, however, it was announced that Lamb wouldn't return for the seventh series.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Kate Living people 1988 births Welsh television actresses Actresses from Cardiff People from Tenby Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art People educated at a United World College