Lorna Laidlaw

Biography

Lorna Laidlaw is best known to television viewers as Mrs Tembe (she has a Christian name, Winifred but would never allow her colleagues to use it), the strait-laced, straight-haired Botswanan born receptionist in daytime soap 'Doctors'. Lorna however is a native Brummie, born on February 1 1963 - unusually for a baby with teeth. Brought up in Ladywood, Birmingham she joined a local youth theatre at the age of 15 and went on to train as a social worker but decided it was a thankless job and turned to acting instead, spending several years with Birmingham Rep. She made her television debut in the 1990s but became a regular in children's shows 'Tikkabilla' and 'Grandpa in my Pocket in the 2000s before joining 'Doctors' in 2009 for one episode as a character called Gloria Dixon and from 2011 as the redoubtable Mrs Tembe for which role, in 2012, she was named best actress by the Royal Television Society Midland awards. Lorna has two children and - unlike Mrs Tembe - is blonde

Known For

Coronation Street

Doctors

The Good Ship Murder

Tikkabilla

Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years

Hair Ties

All Movies (3)

• Hair Ties2021 · as Granny Rose
• Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years2020 · as Self
• Illegal Access1994 · as African Woman

All TV Shows (5)

• The Good Ship Murder2023 · as Suzie Carter
• Doctors2000 · as Mrs. Tembe
• Blue Heaven1992 · as Ursula
• Coronation Street1960 · as Aggie Bailey
• Tikkabilla— · as Herself - Presenter