Lisa Coleman (actress)

Lisa Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London, on 10 July 1970. She is the younger daughter of actress Ann Beach and television producer Francis Coleman, and the sister of actress Charlotte Coleman. Coleman attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of six before completing her secondary education and A-levels. She made her first television appearance as a child actress in a 1977 episode of Crown Court at the age of six. Her first film role was a minor appearance in the 1981 film Loophole. ==Career==

Coleman appeared in single episodes of the BBC television drama series Casualty and EastEnders in 1990, appearing in the latter again in 2003. By the mid-1990s, she had begun a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK Open University. she later felt relaxed during the sessions, found them "liberating", and came to regard Uglow as a friend. She began a three-year run on Casualty in September 1994, portraying staff nurse Jude Korcanik. Coleman left the series in February 1997, when her character moved to Crete. Her radio work includes the six-part BBC series Old Dog and Partridge (1999). After studying for more than a decade, she graduated from the Open University in June 2005. Coleman has also volunteered as an occupational therapist in a psychiatric unit. ==Filmography==

• Lisa in Afternoon Theatre: A Home of Our Own (1980, BBC Radio 4) • Emily in No Commitments • Nicola in Old Dog and Partridge • Eli in ''Ed Reardon's Week'' ==References==