Lauren McQueen


Lauren McQueen is an English actress, known for playing the role of Lily Drinkwell in the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks. She also appeared on the CBBC school-drama 4 O'Clock Club as Rachel and on Ordinary Lies as Amelie.

Career

McQueen studied at Allstars Casting drama school. Her first credited acting role was as Yasmin Goody on the BBC One miniseries Good Cop. She then appeared as Alison on the Christmas-comedy drama Little Crackers.
In 2013, McQueen appeared as Rachel on CBBC musical-comedy show 4 O'Clock Club for four episodes as a love interest to the main character, Josh. Shortly after she made appearances as Molly on Channel 4's The Mill, Amelie on Ordinary Lies and Shelly on The Violators. In 2016, McQueen played Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England in an episode of the series Six Wives with Lucy Worsley. She later played the lead role of Sophie in the British-Canadian film-drama The Wasting.
On 22 December 2016, it was announced that McQueen had been cast as Lily Drinkwell, the niece of Hollyoaks character Diane O'Connor, played by Alex Fletcher. McQueen's character Lily, made her on-screen appearance on Hollyoaks on 6 January 2017. Since joining Hollyoaks, McQueen's character has been involved in a relationship with Prince McQueen and a self-harming storyline, in which McQueen worked with the charities Samaritan and Mind for an accurate portrayal. The storyline won "Best Storyline" and "Best Single Episode" in the British Soap Awards 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards