Cara Readle
Cara Readle | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cara Jayne Readle 8 January 1991 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Cara Readle (born 8 January 1991) is a Welsh actress from Swansea, Wales, known mainly for her role as Layla in The Story of Tracy Beaker from series three to five.
Readle was born in Swansea to an English father and Welsh mother and raised in Mumbles,[1] and has cerebral palsy.[2] The characters she played in Zig Zag Love[2] and The Story of Tracy Beaker also have this condition. In November 2009, she also had a part in Casualty, playing a patient with cerebral palsy called Serena Wark.[citation needed] The character's sister, Shona Wark, portrayed by Evelyn Hoskins, has reappeared several times as a recurring character, becoming involved in a storyline centring on character Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson), but despite this, Serena has never reappeared.[3]
Cara more recently worked with BBC Ouch! to share life experiences about her disability. From 2011, she has starred in the BBC Wales series Baker Boys as Elen, the daughter of Eve Myles' character Sarah.[4] In 2014, she featured in episode 5 (of 8) of the SKY One drama The Smoke alongside Jodie Whittaker, starring as a receptionist.
References[]
- ^ "Everyday Freedom: Cara Readle, bringing cerebral palsy to the UK's television screens". 20 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hendry, Steve (15 March 2009). "Teenage actor Anthony Martin on his first TV sex scene". Sunday Mail. Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ Since the first appearance of both characters in Second Chance, Shona has reappeared in Last Roll of the Dice, The Cradle will Fall, An Ugly Truth, Love is a Battlefield, and the Holby City episode Downstairs, Upstairs. She returned as a more regular character in A Better Past and continues to appear.
- ^ "Cara Readle's moody teenager role in Baker Boys". BBC. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
External links[]
- Cara Readle at IMDb
- BBC page for Layla[permanent dead link]
- Presenter Cerrie Burnell chats to actress Cara Readle
- TV's Gail Porter meets actor Cara Readle
- Actress calls for more disabled people on TV
- Give me the same chances on set
- "I'm not aware of breaking new ground, acting is what I do"
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- 1991 births
- Welsh child actresses
- British television actresses
- Living people
- Welsh people of English descent
- Actresses from Swansea
- People with cerebral palsy
- Welsh people with disabilities
- 21st-century Welsh actresses
- British actor stubs