Lorraine Burroughs

Lorraine Burroughs (born 22 January 1981) is a British actress of stage and screen. She was born in Birmingham and attended Bishop Challoner RC School there. She later trained at RADA.

Burroughs is best known for her role in the play The Mountaintop for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in 2010.

Her TV appearances include DCI Banks, Lip Service, Top Boy, Spooks: Code 9, All About George, and Butterfly. Burroughs also starred in the New Tricks episode Good Morning Lemmings in 2010. She played Trix Warren in the 2012 film Fast Girls. She had lead roles as Serena Farley (Gorringe) in the 2013 three part drama The Ice Cream Girls and as DI Gina Conroy in Silent Witness episode Protection in 2015. In 2016, she appeared as Olga in the Christmas two-part special of Last Tango in Halifax on BBC1. In 2022, she recurred as supervillainess Virginia Devereaux / Clayface throughout the third season of Pennyworth.

Her radio drama credits include The Colour Purple and Burned To Nothing.

She currently lives in London.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Red Rose	Monique
2006	Wide Sargasso Sea	Amelie	Television film
2007	This Is What It Is	Kelly
2010	Excluded	Belinda	Television film
2011	The Glass Man	Janie
2012	Fast Girls	Trix Warren
2017	Trendy	Olivia Latham
2020	Muscle	Crystal
	Spell	Veora Woods

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Doctors	Macy Holyoake	Episode: "A Red Light Means Stop"
2004	Casualty	Wendy Collins	Episode: "Fallen Hero"
	Down to Earth	Kelly	Episode: "Unfinished Business"
	Hex	Sinead	Episode: "Pilot: The Story Begins"
2005	All About George	Jess	Series regular; 6 episodes
2007	Casualty	Tracey Cowley	Episode: "The Miracle on Harry's Last Shift"
2008	Doctor Who	Thalina	Episode: "The Fires of Pompeii"
	Spooks: Code 9	Sarah Yates	Series regular; 6 episodes
2010	Identity	Sophie Curtis	Episode: "Second Life"
	New Tricks	Gail Shaw	Episode: "Good Morning Lemmings"
2010–2012	Lip Service	Fin	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2010–2012	DCI Banks	DS Winsome Jackman	Recurring role; 14 episodes
2011	The Shadow Line	WPC Drewe	Miniseries; 1 episodes
	Law & Order: UK	Marci Wade	Episode: "Deal"
2013	The Ice Cream Girls	Serena Farley	Miniseries; 3 episodes
	Top Boy	Rhianna Parkes	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2015	Silent Witness	DI Gina Conroy	Episode: "Protection"
2016	The Five	Jennifer Kenwood	Miniseries; 5 episodes
	Last Tango in Halifax	Olga	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2017	Fortitude	Spindoe	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2018	Hard Sun	Simone Hicks	Miniseries; 5 episodes
	Moving On	Michelle	Episode: "Neighbour"
	Midsomer Murders	Freya Ferabbee	Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
	Butterfly	Paula	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2019	Carnival Row	Magrite	Episode: "Some Dark God Wakes"
2020	Death in Paradise	Shonelle Delport	Episode: "Pirates of the Murder Scene"
	Strike Back	Carolyn Fortier	Episode: "Vendetta"
	Maxxx	Tanisha	Episode: "Death"
2021	Close to Me	Helen	Miniseries; 4 episodes
	Red Election	Etta Cornwell	Series regular; 8 episodes
	On the Edge	Frankie	Episode: "Superdad"
2022	Pennyworth	Virginia Devereaux	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2024	Sweetpea	Claudia	Miniseries; 6 episodes

External links

Lorraine Burroughs at IMDb