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Paula Lane - Wikipedia

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Paula Lane
Born	(1986-04-17) 17 April 1986 (age 38) Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Known for	Coronation Street Emmerdale
Spouse	Tom Shaw (m. 2014)
Children	2

Paula Lane (born 17 April 1986)^[1] is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Kylie Platt in ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2010–2016), and Ella Forster in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2024–2025).

Early life

Lane is originally from Hebden Bridge near Halifax.^[2] Lane attended Halifax Catholic High School and then Huddersfield Technical College.^[3] At the age of 19 she was accepted to train at the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama in London, graduating in 2008 with a 1st class honours degree in acting. On finishing drama school, Lane was cast immediately in the ITV 1960s-based drama Heartbeat where she made her television debut playing a teacher, Wendy Kelshaw, in the episode "School Of Hard Knocks".

Career

Lane's other appearances include Sky's TV adaptation of Going Postal by Terry Pratchett, The Royal, Doctors and BBC's Call the Midwife.^[4] Lane was also featured in the short film War Wounds alongside Stephen Mangan. In 2024 Lane joined Emmerdale, playing character Ella Forster.^[5]

Coronation Street

Lane joined Coronation Street in 2010, portraying Kylie Platt, half-sister of established character Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly).

She departed her role as Kylie Platt in 2014, when she left for maternity leave. Lane returned in June 2015. On 9 February 2016, it was confirmed that Lane was to leave for maternity leave for her second pregnancy but this time she would not be returning and she would leave the soap permanently. Her character was killed off in episodes aired on 15 July 2016. The last episode in which she appeared aired on 20 July 2016.

Theatre

Lane has also acted in several stage productions. She has played the role of Rachel in Be More Martyn at Hope Mill Theater in Manchester,^[6]^[7] Lily in The Bengal Lily at Manchester Royal Exchange,^[8] Lauren in the UK tour of Kinky Boots.^[9] and most recently appeared in Road at Oldham Coliseum.

Personal life

Lane married her long-term partner Tom Shaw in May 2014 at Leeds Cathedral.^[10] They have a son and a daughter. Tom has also appeared in Coronation Street in 2017 and 2018 as Kim Vaughan on a recurring basis.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008, 2011	The Royal	Geraldine	2 episodes
2009	Heartbeat	Wendy Kelshaw	Episode: "School of Hard Knocks"
2009	Doctors	Anna Copping	Episode: "Tracing the Lines"
2010	War Wounds	Nurse Gemma	Short film
2010	Going Postal	Princess	Television film
2010–2016	Coronation Street	Kylie Platt	616 episodes
2021	Call the Midwife	Vera Sands
2022	Father Brown	Emily Harris	Series 9
2023	City 17	Chell	Series 24
2024–2025	Emmerdale	Ella Forster	Regular role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2011	16th National Television Awards	Best Newcomer	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[11]
2011	All About Soap Bubble Awards	Best Newcomer	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[12]
2011	The British Soap Awards	Villain of the Year	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[13]
2011	The British Soap Awards	Best Newcomer	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[14]
2011	TV Choice Awards	Best Soap Newcomer	Coronation Street	Won	^[15]
2011	Inside Soap Awards	Best Newcomer	Coronation Street	Shortlisted	^[16]
2012	Inside Soap Awards	Best Bitch	Coronation Street	Shortlisted	^[17]
2013	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[18]
2014	19th National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[19]
2014	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[20]
2015	20th National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[21]
2016	21st National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[22]
2016	2016 British Soap Awards	Best Actress	Coronation Street	Nominated	^[23]
2016	TV Choice Awards	Best Soap Actress	Coronation Street	Shortlisted	^[24]
2016	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Coronation Street	Shortlisted	^[25]
2024	Inside Soap Awards	Best Newcomer	Emmerdale	Pending	^[26]

References

^ "Paula Lane". Unit One Entertainment. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^ Atkinson, Neil (24 September 2014). "Former Huddersfield student Paula Lane at centre of dramatic Coronation Street drugs storyline". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "Caring side of soap girl from Hebden Bridge". Yorkshire Post. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ Begley, Katie (15 May 2021). "Paula Lane learned Cockney from Barbara Windsor for new role on Call the Midwife". Irish Mirror Online. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ Spackman, Maisie (21 November 2023). "Coronation Street icon Paula Lane joins Emmerdale cast as major new character". Metro. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ Bourne, Diane (26 April 2018). "Coronation Street favourite Paula Lane to star in Martyn Hett play". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ Meads, Glenn. "Review: #BeMoreMartyn – The Boy with the Deirdre Tattoo". I Love Manchester. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ "Paula Lane CV". United Agents. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Kinky Boots UK Tour | Casting Announced for the UK T..." www.kinkybootsthemusical.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018.
^ "Pictured: Coronation Street stars turn out to see Paula Lane marry her childhood sweetheart". mirror.co.uk. 17 May 2014.
^ Wightman, Catriona (21 September 2010). "National Television Awards 2011 - Nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
^ "In Full: All About Soap Bubble winners". Digital Spy. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel (7 March 2011). "British Soap Awards 2011 voting opens". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel (14 May 2011). "British Soap Awards 2011: The Winners". Digital Spy.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel (13 September 2011). "'EastEnders' triumphs at TV Choice Awards". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
^ Millar, Paul (26 September 2011). "Inside Soap Awards 2011: The full winners list". Digital Spy.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel (17 September 2012). "'Coronation Street' leads Inside Soap Awards 2012 shortlist". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^ Dainty, Sophie (22 July 2013). "Inside Soap Awards 2013 - longlist nominees in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel (17 September 2013). "Corrie, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks stars up for NTAs - full list". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^ Dainty, Sophie (29 July 2014). "Inside Soap Awards 2014 longlist revealed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel (14 October 2014). "National Television Awards 2015 - Which soap stars made the long list?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ "National Television Awards 2016: Voting now open!". ITV. 6 October 2015.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel (4 April 2016). "British Soap Awards 2016 nominations: Which Corrie, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars are up?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
^ "TV Choice Awards 2016". ITV. 27 June 2016.
^ Lindsay, Duncan (26 September 2016). "Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale: Inside Soap Awards shortlist is revealed". Metro. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ Harp, Justin (16 July 2024). "Emmerdale's Tom and Belle story and EastEnders' Six drama among Inside Soap Award nominees". Digital Spy. Hearst Communications. Retrieved 16 July 2024.

External links

Paula Lane at IMDb

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