Laura Fraser (born 24 July 1975) is a Scottish actress. She has played Door in the urban fantasy series ''

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'', Kate in the film '' A Knight's Tale'', Cat MacKenzie in the BBC Three drama series ''

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'' and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the AMC

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series ''

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'' and its spin-off '' Better Call Saul''.

Early life

Fraser was born in

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, the daughter of Rose, a college lecturer and nurse, and Alister Fraser, a screenwriter and businessman. She attended Hillhead High School and is a former member of the

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. She trained at the

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Career

Fraser's first big break was playing Door in the BBC's dark fantasy series ''

'' in 1996. She starred in the BBC film '' The Tribe'' (1998), and played Lavinia in ''

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'' (1999) as well as Justine in '' Virtual Sexuality'' (1999) and Candice in ''

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'' (2000). She also appeared in the films '' A Knight's Tale'' (2001) and ''

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'' (2001). She starred in the BBC

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serials ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' (2005), and ''

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'' (2007). She starred in the British comedy film '' Nina's Heavenly Delights'' (2006). She played Claire Bellington in the ITV series '' Talk to Me'' (2007). Fraser starred as the

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in ''

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'', broadcast on

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in June 2008. From 2010 to 2012, she starred as Cat in the BBC Three series ''

''. In 2010, it was announced that she would portray

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in the pilot for the Showtime

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series '' Homeland''. She was replaced on the show by

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. From 2012 to 2013, she portrayed Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the final season of the AMC

series ''

''. She has made occasional appearances as the same character in the prequel '' Better Call Saul''. She played Eve Stone in the 2016 television series '' The Missing''. She played DI Juliet Wallace in the 2016 BBC miniseries One of Us. In 2017, Fraser starred as DS Annie Redford in the six-part ITV drama '' The Loch''. In November 2019, the BBC announced her as a guest star for the twelfth series of ''

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''. She appeared as 'Kane' in the third episode "

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" in January 2020.

Personal life

Fraser is a teetotaller. She married Irish-born American actor Karl Geary in 2003. They have one daughter, Lila, and live in

, Scotland.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fraser, Laura 1975 births 20th-century Scottish actresses 21st-century Scottish actresses Actresses from Glasgow Living people People educated at Hillhead High School Scottish expatriates in the United States Scottish film actresses Scottish radio actresses Scottish television actresses Scottish voice actresses British Shakespearean actresses British expatriate actresses in the United States Scottish stage actresses