Laura Helen Shavin (born 23 December 1965, in Islington, London) is a British actress, voice over artist, presenter, narrator and comedian.

Career

Shavin has worked as a minor television actress and

voice-over artist Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

, as well as performing on Radio 4 comedy programmes. In particular, she was a regular performer on ''

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'' for several years. In 1990, Shavin played Stephanie, the daughter of Daisy and Onslow, in ''

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'' in the episode "The Christening". She presented a Saturday evening radio show between 17:00 and 18:00 on

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, between 10 May and 2 August 2014 and recommencing on 9 May until 1 August 2015.BBC Essex
/ref> Shavin co-hosted Sunday breakfast on

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with

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, presenting their first show on 27 March 2016. Shavin has presented "Offcuts" (2021).

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* 1965 births English radio presenters English television actresses English voice actresses English women comedians People from the London Borough of Islington Living people British women radio presenters {{UK-actor-stub