Laura Waldren

Laura Waldren was Clive Richards Foundation Writer in Residence for Pentabus in 2023. She was born and bred in Hull, East Yorkshire. She trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and discovered a passion for writing a couple of years after graduating. Her first full-length play ‘Some Demon’ — about cycles of institutionalisation in adult eating disorder units — was developed by 45North and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting in 2021. Last year she also released her first screen work, ’This Is Hell’, an award-winning comedy drama web series about two best mates dealing with the aftermath of a shock bereavement. Laura co-wrote, co-edited, creatively produced and starred in the show, which won Best British Series at the Pilot Light TV Awards, Best Web Series at Changing Face Festival Sydney and London Web & Short Film Fest, and was officially selected for the BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying Bolton International Film Festival, among many others. As an actor, she most recently appeared in the second season of Lucy Prebble & Billie Piper’s critically acclaimed series ‘I Hate Suzie’.