Kate Lamb

Kate Lamb (born 18 January 1988) is a Welsh actress best known for playing Nurse Delia Busby in the BBC drama series Call the Midwife from 2015 to 2017.

Kate Lamb
Born
Kate Thuli Lamb

18 January 1988 (1988-01-18) (age 35) [1]
Cardiff, Wales
OccupationActress
Years active2009-present

Early life

Lamb was born in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom [2] Lamb grew up in Tenby, Pembrokeshire where she attended Greenhill School.[3] Lamb's first acting role was at the age of four, in a Tenby production of Toad of Toad Hall.[4]

Education

Lamb attended the United World College in Swaziland before returning to the UK to study for a degree in English and Drama at Bristol University.[3][4] She also trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Career

Lamb successfully auditioned for her role in Call the Midwife and, when asked to give herself a regional identity, decided to play nurse Delia Busby with a Pembrokeshire accent.[3] Lamb's character has a lesbian relationship with Nurse Patsy (Emerald Fennell). After her character was knocked off her bicycle and left with an uncertain future at the end of her first series, she returned to the role in December 2015.[4] In May 2017, however, it was announced that Lamb wouldn't return for the seventh series.[5]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Hearts & Minds Sally As Kate Thuli Lamb
2011 Red Heart Macy As Kate Thuli Lamb
2014 A Quiet Courage Chas Short film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Doctors Gwen Payne Episode "High-Flyer"
2012 Silk Earnest Female Candidate Episode #2.4
2012 Switch Louise 2 episodes
2013 Mayday Tina 2 episodes
2014 Endeavour Daisy Weiss Episode "Nocturne"
2015-2017 Call the Midwife Nurse Delia Busby
2016 Siblings Katie Episode "Golden Aunt"
2018 Agatha Raisin Lisa Episode "Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham"
2020 Roadkill Lindsay Storm

Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
2011 How To Be Happy Daisy Company: Orange Tree Theatre
2012 deadkidsongs Miranda Company: Ustinov Studio
2012 After the Party Natalie/Carmela Company: Criterion Theatre
2012 Summer and Smoke Company: Southwark Playhouse
2013 The Taming of the Shrew Katherina Company: Shakespeare's Globe
2013 Smack Family Robinson Cora Company: Rose Theatre, Kingston
2018 Much Ado About Nothing Hero Company: Rose Theatre, Kingston
2018 Lord of the Flies Jack Company: Theatr Clwyd

References
  1. "Kate Lamb on Instagram: "Flying home on the last day of my passport's 10 year validity. Now that's getting your money's worth. #goinghome #thrifty #passport #pleaseletmeontheplane #friends #alps #grenoble #snowmuchfun"".
  2. "Will Call The Midwife's Delia and Patsy have a happy ending? Welsh actress Kate Lamb on her important role", Wales Online, 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. "West Wales actress to star in BBC1's Call the Midwife", Carmarthen Journal, 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. "Tenby actress Kate's return to TV's Call the Midwife", Western Telegraph, 28 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  5. "Call the Midwife series 7: Bryony Hannah, Emerald Fennell and Kate Lamb have all quit the seventh series of BBC1 drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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