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Biography
Charlotte Bellamy (born 19 March 1973) is an English actress. She is known for her long-running role as Laurel Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Her other television roles include Sue in EastEnders (1997) and Harriet Potter in The Broker's Man (1998), before joining Emmerdale in 2002. She won Best Actress at the 2017 British Soap Awards.
Early life
Bellamy was born in Dover, Kent. She attended Middlesex University studying Performance Arts, graduating in 1993.
Acting career
In 1996, she played the role of Jamie Merrick in A Touch of Frost : "Deep Waters". In 1997 she played the role of the religious fanatic, Sue Taylor, in BBC's EastEnders, and in 1998 was Cissie in a London Weekend Television production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but she is best known for her part in ITV's Emmerdale as Laurel Thomas. She won the Best Soap Actress title at the 2008 TV Quick & TV Choice Awards and has also been nominated several times at the British Soap Awards and once at the National Television Awards. She has also voiced Carrie in Construction Site and the characters Buddy and Daisy Do-Right in the CITV series Dream Street.
Personal life
In late 2006 Bellamy announced she was pregnant for a second time and left the soap in early Spring 2007. The pregnancy was written into the show. Bellamy gave birth to her second child, a boy whom she named Herbie (born 2007). She also has a son called Sunnie (born 2004).
It was announced on 28 May 2009 that she was expecting her third child in October 2009, and that she would return to Emmerdale in the New Year. On 19 October 2009 at 11:05am Bellamy gave birth to her first daughter, whom she named Teddie Boo Florence.
On 19 March 2011, she opened Poundland in Thetford, Norfolk.
Awards & nominations
- British Soap Awards 2008-'Best Actress'- nominated
- British Soap Awards 2008-'Best Dramatic Performance'- nominated
- TV Quick & TV Choice Awards 2008-'Best Soap Actress'- won
- National Television Awards 2008-'Best Serial Drama Performance'- nominated
- British Soap Awards 2010 -'Best Actress'- nominated
- TV Choice Awards 2010 -'Best Soap Actress'- nominated
- British Soap Awards 2017 - 'Best Actress' - won
- British Soap Awards 2017 - 'Best Female Dramatic Performance' - nominated
- British Soap Awards 2017 - 'Best On-Screen Partnership' - nominated
