Angela Lonsdale
Born: 1970-10-13 in Cumberland, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2023
- The Good Ship Murder as Eva King
2022
- Bring Back My Bonnie as Eliza
2020
- All Creatures Great & Small as Mrs. Hanley
2018
- Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators as Elaine Davis
2017
- Black Eyed Susan as Friend 2
2013
- WPC 56 as Stella Monckton
2012
- Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story as Lily Cole
2010
- Joe Maddison's War as Polly Maddison
2003
- The Afternoon Play as Wendy Tyler
- The Royal as Anna Whenby
2000
- The Last Musketeer as Lena
1997
- The Moth as Nancy Parkin
1996
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Jackie
1995
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Lisa Marie Parks
1994
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front as Mel
- Finney as Suzie
1993
- Peak Practice as Kate Wallace
1992
1986
- Casualty as Helen Caffrey