Lauren Louise McQueen (born 12 July 1996) is an English actress. She gained prominence through her role as

Lily Drinkwell ''Hollyoaks'' is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that appeared or will appear in the serial in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced b ...

on the

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

, ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

''. She also appeared on the

CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...

school-drama '' 4 O'Clock Club'' as Rachel and on ''

Ordinary Lies ''Ordinary Lies'' is a British television drama series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 March 2015. The six-part first series, written by Danny Brocklehurst, is set in a car showroom. The second, also in six-parts, is set in the warehous ...

'' as Amelie.

Early life and education

McQueen is from

Fazakerley Fazakerley is a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 16,786. Description Fazakerley is in north Liverpool; neighbouring dist ...

, a suburb in north

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

. She attended

St John Bosco Arts College St John Bosco Arts College is a Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school for girls in Croxteth, Liverpool. Admissions The school caters for girls between the ages of 11 and 19 and the number of girls on roll is 900. 35% of the girls receive ...

in Croxteth and took classes with Allstars Casting.

Career

McQueen’s first credited acting role was as Yasmin Goody on the

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...

miniseries ''

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''. She then appeared as Alison on the Christmas-comedy drama ''

Little Crackers ''Little Crackers'' is a British Christmas comedy-drama that was broadcast on Sky1. It consists of a series of short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy, including Stephen Fry, Catherine Tate, Chris O'Dowd, Kathy Burke, Victoria Wo ...

''. In 2013, McQueen appeared as Rachel on

musical-comedy show 4 O'Clock Club for four episodes as a love interest to the main character, Josh. Shortly after she made appearances as Molly on

's '' The Mill'', Amelie on ''

'' and Shelly on ''The Violators''. In 2016, McQueen played

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, the fifth wife of

Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

(Richard Ridgins) in an episode of the series ''Six Wives with Lucy Worsley''. She later played the lead role of Sophie in the British-Canadian film-drama '' The Wasting''. On 22 December 2016, it was announced that McQueen had been cast as

, the niece of Hollyoaks character

Diane O'Connor Diane Hutchinson (also O'Connor) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Alex Fletcher. In 2010, ''Hollyoaks'' series producer, Paul Marquess, embarked on the show's rejuvenation and axed a number o ...

, played by Alex Fletcher. McQueen's character Lily, made her on-screen appearance on Hollyoaks on 6 January 2017. Since joining ''Hollyoaks'', McQueen's character has been involved in a relationship with

Prince McQueen ''Hollyoaks'' is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the serial in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by executive prod ...

(Malique Thompson-Dwyer) and a self-harming storyline, in which McQueen worked with the charities Samaritan and Mind for an accurate portrayal. The storyline won "Best Storyline" and "Best Single Episode" in the

British Soap Awards The British Soap Awards (BSAs) are an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom which honours the best moments in British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV and has been presented by Phillip Schofield since 2006. The trophies give ...

2018. McQueen will appear in the upcoming drama miniseries, ''

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'', developed by

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and

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, which serves as the next in the chronology after Band of Brothers and The Pacific.

Personal life

She is a

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fan.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

* Living people 1996 births English people of Irish descent Actresses from Liverpool English soap opera actresses People from Fazakerley {{england-actress-stub