Lorraine Burroughs (born 22 January 1981) is a British actress of stage and screen. She was born in Birmingham and attended Bishop Challoner RC School there. She later trained at RADA.
Burroughs is best known for her role in the play The Mountaintop for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in 2010.[1]
Her TV appearances include DCI Banks, Lip Service, Top Boy, , All About George, and Butterfly. Burroughs also starred in the New Tricks episode Good Morning Lemmings in 2010.[2] She played Trix Warren in the 2012 film Fast Girls. She had lead roles as Serena Farley (Gorringe) in the 2013 three part drama The Ice Cream Girls and as DI Gina Conroy in Silent Witness episode Protection in 2015. In 2016, she appeared as Olga in the Christmas two-part special of Last Tango in Halifax on BBC1. In 2022, she recurred as supervillainess Virginia Devereaux / Clayface throughout the third season of Pennyworth.
Her radio drama credits include The Colour Purple and Burned To Nothing.
She currently lives in London.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Red Rose | Monique | |
| 2006 | Wide Sargasso Sea | Amelie | Television film |
| 2007 | This Is What It Is | Kelly | |
| 2010 | Excluded | Belinda | Television film |
| 2011 | The Glass Man | Janie | |
| 2012 | Fast Girls | Trix Warren | |
| 2017 | Trendy | Olivia Latham | |
| 2020 | Muscle | Crystal | |
| Spell | Veora Woods | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Doctors | Macy Holyoake | Episode: "A Red Light Means Stop" |
| 2004 | Casualty | Wendy Collins | Episode: "Fallen Hero" |
| Down to Earth | Kelly | Episode: "Unfinished Business" | |
| Hex | Sinead | Episode: "Pilot: The Story Begins" | |
| 2005 | All About George | Jess | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Casualty | Tracey Cowley | Episode: "The Miracle on Harry's Last Shift" |
| 2008 | Doctor Who | Thalina | Episode: "The Fires of Pompeii" |
| Sarah Yates | Series regular; 6 episodes | ||
| 2010 | Identity | Sophie Curtis | Episode: "Second Life" |
| New Tricks | Gail Shaw | Episode: "Good Morning Lemmings" | |
| 2010–2012 | Lip Service | Fin | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2010–2012 | DCI Banks | DS Winsome Jackman | Recurring role; 14 episodes |
| 2011 | The Shadow Line | WPC Drewe | Miniseries; 1 episodes |
| Marci Wade | Episode: "Deal" | ||
| 2013 | The Ice Cream Girls | Serena Farley | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| Top Boy | Rhianna Parkes | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
| 2015 | Silent Witness | DI Gina Conroy | Episode: "Protection" |
| 2016 | The Five | Jennifer Kenwood | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| Last Tango in Halifax | Olga | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Fortitude | Spindoe | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Hard Sun | Simone Hicks | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| Moving On | Michelle | Episode: "Neighbour" | |
| Midsomer Murders | Freya Ferabbee | Episode: "Send in the Clowns" | |
| Butterfly | Paula | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| 2019 | Carnival Row | Magrite | Episode: "Some Dark God Wakes" |
| 2020 | Death in Paradise | Shonelle Delport | Episode: "Pirates of the Murder Scene" |
| Strike Back | Carolyn Fortier | Episode: "Vendetta" | |
| Maxxx | Tanisha | Episode: "Death" | |
| 2021 | Close to Me | Helen | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| Red Election | Etta Cornwell | Series regular; 8 episodes | |
| On the Edge | Frankie | Episode: "Superdad" | |
| 2022 | Pennyworth | Virginia Devereaux | Recurring role; 4 episodes |