Tamara Lawrance

Tamara Lawrance
Born1994 (age 29–30)
Wembley, London, England
EducationSt Dominic's Sixth Form College
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress

Tamara Naomi Lawrance[1] (born 1994)[1][2] is a British actress. She is known for her performances as Prince Harry's republican girlfriend in the 2017 BBC television film King Charles III, and as Viola in the 2017 production of Twelfth Night at the National Theatre cinecast internationally on NT Live. In 2018 she received the second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for this performance as Viola.[3][4]

WhatsOnStage named her one of "10 theatre faces to look out for in 2017"[5] and The Guardian listed her in "20 talents set to take 2017 by storm".[6]

In December 2018 she starred as Miss July, a former slave on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica, in the three-part BBC adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel The Long Song. In October 2023 she appeared in the BBC's prison drama Time, playing the role of Abi, who is serving a life sentence

  1. ^ a b Birth Registry, Brent Registration District, County of London, August 1994, Volume 2211D, p. C50D.
  2. ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy. "Tamara Lawrance: Columbo made me want to act". WhatsOnStage. 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ Masso, Giverny. "Natalie Simpson wins 2017 Ian Charleson Award". The Stage. 18 May 2018
  4. ^ "And the winners are... Find out who triumphed at the Ian Charleson Awards". The Sunday Times. 27 May 2018.
  5. ^ Hewis, Ben. "10 theatre faces to look out for in 2017". WhatsOnStage.com. 27 December 2016.
  6. ^ Logan, Brian; Makrell, Judith; Gardner, Lyn; et al. "Get ready, here I come: 20 talents set to take 2017 by storm". The Guardian. 7 January 2017.