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Angela Lonsdale
Cumberland, England, UK
Angela Lonsdale (née Smith; 13 October 1967) is an English actress. Born to a policeman father, Lonsdale trained at Brewery Youth Theatre at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. Whil…
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Angela Lonsdale (née Smith; 13 October 1967) is an English actress. Born to a policeman father, Lonsdale trained at Brewery Youth Theatre at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. Whilst there, she took part in many amateur productions, including plays by local playwrights John Newman-Holden and Tim Bull. After initial rejection, Lonsdale then graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Lonsdale is best known for her portrayal of police officer Emma Watts (née Taylor) on the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. First appearing in April 2000, her storylines included a long-lasting feud with neighbour Les Battersby and a tempestuous marriage to Curly Watts, with whom she departed Weatherfield in September 2003 upon securing a job promotion. Next, Lonsdale began appearing as DI Eva Moore in the daytime BBC drama Doctors. She left the programme in October 2008 when her character was shot and presumed dead, but made a brief return in September 2011. Between 2012 and 2013, Lonsdale played the matriarch of a family of wolves in the children's television series Wolfblood. Her other notable credits have included All Quiet on the Preston Front, The Bill, Casualty, Holby City, Joe Maddison's War, This Is England '90, Scott & Bailey, Vera, Our Girl, The Syndicate, and Hollyoaks.
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2026
The Split Up
TV show Eleanor
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2026
Between Breath & Silence
Movie Sandra
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2023
The Good Ship Murder
TV show Eva King
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2022
Bring Back My Bonnie
Movie Eliza
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2020
All Creatures Great & Small
TV show Mrs. Hanley
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2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
TV show Elaine Davis
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2017
Black Eyed Susan
Movie Friend 2
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2016
Sunday For Sammy 2016
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2013
WPC 56
TV show Stella Monckton
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2012
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story
Movie Lily Cole
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2010
Joe Maddison's War
Movie Polly Maddison
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2003
The Afternoon Play
TV show Wendy Tyler
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2003
The Royal
TV show Anna Whenby
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2000
The Last Musketeer
Movie Lena
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1997
The Vanishing Man
TV show Lara
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1997
The Moth
Movie Nancy Parkin
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1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV show Jackie
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1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV show Lisa Marie Parks
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1994
Finney
TV show Suzie
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1994
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
TV show Mel
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1993
Peak Practice
TV show Kate Wallace
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1992
A Touch of Frost
TV show WPC Harman
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1986
Casualty
TV show Helen Caffrey
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1972
Emmerdale
TV show DS Reid
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Amazing Grace
Movie Mechelle Bird
