Lara Goodison (born 1989 or 1990)[1][2] is an English actress.
Goodison is from Oxshott, Surrey, and was educated at St Teresa's School Effingham and Hurtwood House. She first gained public attention when she became a contestant on Shipwrecked in 2008, aged 18.[2] During this she was placed 18th by Nuts in their list of the 50 Sexiest Reality TV Babes in May 2008.[3] Prior to Shipwrecked, she had worked part-time in an old people's home,[4] but after returning she pursued a career in acting, despite having no professional training.[2] She appeared in the Doctor Who episode "The Next Doctor", before being cast alongside Samuell Benta, Matt Kane, Connor Scarlett and Tosin Cole in a main role as 17-year-old Marla Mackinnon in the BBC series The Cut, a role she continued in for the second and third series as well.[2] She is the only actor to have appeared in every single episode of the drama series.
References
edit- ^ "Shipwrecked - Meet the girls". MyPark Magazine. 17 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ^ a b c d Younger, Rebecca (16 October 2009). "Teen soap gives Oxshott actress her big TV break". Surrey Advertiser. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ^ "50 Sexiest Reality TV Babes". Nuts: 61. 23–29 May 2008.
- ^ Hood, Stuart (August 2008). "Lara Goodison: freshed-faced fox with a dark side". FHM. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
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