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Lu Corfield
Born1979/1980[1]
Wales, United Kingdom[2]
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
TelevisionRev.
Doctors
Crazyhead
Clink
In My Skin

Lucy "Lu" Corfield (born 1979 or 1980) is a Welsh actress from Powys, Wales, known for her roles as Freya Wilson in Doctors, Ruth in Last Tango in Halifax and Joyce Edevan in Clink. In 2020, she appeared in the BBC Three series In My Skin.[3]

Career

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Raised in Four Crosses near Llanfair Caereinion, Powys,[4] she became head girl at Welshpool High School.[5] Due to study English at university, she caught the acting bug through appearances with the Montgomeryshire Youth Theatre. After A-Levels, she approached Amnesty International to set up a theatre in education company, with which she toured for two years.[4] She then relocated to London and studied acting at RADA for three years.[6]

Since her graduation, Corfield has worked in both stage and television.

Television roles include Vera, Agatha Raisin, Game of Thrones, Candy Cabs, Rev, EastEnders, The Wrong Mans, Watson and Oliver, Stella, Holby City, Casualty.[2] and Last Tango in Halifax.

In April 2012, Corfield was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Newcomer for her role as Freya Wilson in Doctors. She returned to the show in 2014 as the character's sister, Lois.[7]

Video game roles include The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

Her theatre work includes shows at The Royal Court Theatre, The Young Vic, Soho Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and with Headlong Theatre.

Corfield is constantly campaigning to improve the rights and visibility of the LGBTQIA Community. She has appeared in the Diversity Role Models Calendar, to show her support towards the prevention of homophobic bullying in UK schools, is a proud Patron of Pride Cymru, and co-founder of House of Pride, a company that creates a platform and spaces for the queer female and non-binary community.[8]

She also appeared in The Green Party's 2014 and 2016 Party Political Broadcasts to show her support for the Party.

In April 2019, it was announced that Corfield was cast in new women's prison drama series, Clink,[9] which is the first-ever scripted drama commissioned for 5Star. She portrays the role of Joyce Edevan, a woman convicted of murdering her girlfriend. She appeared in all ten episode of the first series. It is currently not known if or when the series will return.

In 2019, she appeared in Channel 4's The Accident alongside Sarah Lancashire, Adrian Scarborough, and Ruth Madeley.[10]

In 2020, Corfield worked with Lancashire again and joined the cast of Last Tango in Halifax as Ruth, a colleague and potential new love interest for Sarah Lancashire's character, Caroline.[11] Her portrayal of Ruth was highly acclaimed.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon Anti Student Television film
2011 Quiff and Boot Boot Television film
2011 Random Jane Television film
2011 Isle of Spagg Duck (voice) Short film
2012 The Woman in Black Jannet (voice) Uncredited
2012 Sickness & Disability HR Manager (voice) Short film
2016 Three Women Wait for Death Hester Short film
2016 Firecracker Lotte Short film
2016 Wyrdoes Elsab Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2004, 2011–2012, 2014 Doctors Trudi Carter,
Freya Wilson,
Lois Wilson		 143 episodes
2005, 2008 Holby City Paula Day, April Gallagher 2 episodes
2005 The Golden Hour Mandy Alsop Episode: "Episode #1.3"
2007, 2009 EastEnders PC Annie Young 6 episodes
2009 The Bill Lyn Emery Episode: "Backlash"
2009 Comedy Showcase Various Characters Episode: "Girl Friday"
2010–2011 Rev. Gemma Harper 5 episodes
2011 Candy Cabs Big Pam 3 episodes
2011, 2013, 2016 Casualty PC Penny Farraday, Susan Croft, Marie Gilbert 3 episodes
2011 Threesome Linda - Sperm Bank Receptionist Episode: "Episode #1.1"
2012–2013 Watson & Oliver Various 4 episodes
2013 Quick Cuts Customer Episode: "Episode #1.3"
2013 The Wrong Mans Operating Nurse Episode: "The Wrong Mans"
2014 Stella Officer Green 3 episodes
2014 The Dumping Ground Nicky Richardson Episode: "GI Johnny"
2014 Game of Thrones Mole's Town Madam 2 episodes
2015 The Devil You Know Mary Sibley Episode: "Pilot"
2015 Count Arthur Strong Phil's Friend Episode: "Stuck in the Middle"
2015 Man Down Quizmaster Episode: "The Health"
2015 Bull Felicity Episode: "A Fine Example of a Victorian Chess Set (1865)"
2016 Agatha Raisin Janine Juddle Episode: "Witch of Wyckhadden"
2016 Crazyhead Mercy 4 episodes
2017 Vera Jo Travers Episode: "The Blanket Mire"
2018 Silent Witness Jane Ronald 2 episodes
2019 Sex Education Sarah 1 episode
2019 Clink Joyce Edevan Season 1 (10 episodes)
2019 The Witcher Marites Episode: "Much More"
2019 The Cure Ruth TV movie
2019 The Accident Gemma Crabbe 1 episode
2020 Last Tango in Halifax Ruth Series 5
2020–2021 In My Skin Head Teacher Recurring role
2021 Showtrial Emma Hemmings BBC Television Series
2022 Call the Midwife DS Virginia Barrow Episode: "Episode #11.1"
2023 Father Brown Moira Barns/Colonel Partridge Episode: "The Company of Men"

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Lizzie Graves
2015 Tearaway Unfolded Female Gibberish
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone Iris von Everec
2021 Subnautica: Below Zero Lillian Bench (voice)

References

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  1. ^ "Lu Corfield: Doctor in the house". walesonline.co.uk. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Lu Corfield: Doctor in the house". WalesOnline. 17 June 2011.
  3. ^ "BBC orders a dark comedy about a teen and her mentally ill mum". Chortle. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b BBC News - Lu Corfield's journey from Welshpool to Candy Cabs
  5. ^ Familar[sic] face in BBC comedy Candy Cabs
  6. ^ Lu Corfield Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today
  7. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (5 March 2014). "Doctors' Lu Corfield on return: 'Lois, Mandy story will shock fans'". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. ^ "HoP". HoP. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. ^ Stephen, Chapman (11 April 2019). "LA Productions behind new prison drama on 5STAR". Prolific North. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  10. ^ The Accident, retrieved 8 March 2020
  11. ^ Palmer, Katie (8 March 2020). "Last Tango in Halifax: Will Caroline have romance with Ruth? Body language expert hints". Daily Express. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  12. ^ Gardner, Tony (1 March 2020). "Loved watching #LastTangoInHalifax tonight, particularly @LuCorfield stealing the episode. I do find it strange when people get REALLY cross because characters aren't very… nice? This ain't The Waltons, folks. Boom - niche reference, take THAT! X". @Tonygardner. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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