Ingrid Lacey


Ingrid Marcella Lacey is a British actress. She is known for her role as Julia in Series 2 of London's Burning, Helen Cooper in the Channel 4 sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey. Her film appearances include Funny Man, In [Love and War (1996 film)|In Love and War] and The Cat's Meow.

Career

Lacey is best known for her role as Helen Cooper in Drop the Dead Donkey. She was born in Surrey and educated at Godalming College and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 1981. She has acted in films, radio, TV series and theatre productions, such as Lolly Susi's Gone to LA at the Hampstead Theatre, London, where she had to shave her head for her role of a woman suffering from breast cancer and in The Knight of the Burning Pestle. She has also appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in the productions Blood and Our Late Night. In 2007, she was in the Bush Theatre's production of Elling, which transferred to the Trafalgar Studios, while in 2011, she appeared as Tricia in Brad Fraser's 5 @ 50, at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.

Filmography

The Cat's Meow as Jessica BarhamIn Love and War as Elsie 'Mac' MacDonaldFunny Man as Tina Taylor

Theatre

Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief - Emilia The Astronaut's Chair - Renee 5 @ 50 - Tricia Elling -, LondonKnight of the Burning Pestle - Citizen's Wife Blood - Madeleine Gone To LA - Ella Our Late Night - Kristin After the Rain - The Killing Of Sister GeorgeCharley's AuntThe Comedy Of ErrorsThe Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe as The WitchThe History Of Mr PollyThe Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui The Country Wife Widowers' Houses
  • ''The Railway Children''

Television filmography

New Tricks as Jane HarlowSkins as Catherine CreeveyTracy Beaker Returns - "Moving On" as the EditorThe Bill as Jilley S. 25 Ep. 10 & 11Casualty

Radio

Church AngelsThe Freedom Tapes
  • ''That Girl In Twenty Seven''

Video game