Lara Pulver | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 September 1980 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Joshua Dallas |
Lara Pulver (born 1 September 1980; Southend-on-Sea, Essex)[1] is a English actress who has received nominations for the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards[2] and 'Whatsonstage' Theatregoers Choice Awards.
Pulver attended the National Youth Music Theatre between 1994 and 1998.[3] In 1997, she began studying at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts, graduating in 2000. She has since worked as an actress, singer and dancer in West End musicals.
Pulver was nominated for the 2008 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role of Lucille Frank in the first West End production of the musical Parade at the Donmar Warehouse. She reprised the role in the Los Angeles production at the Mark Taper Forum opposite T.R. Knight.
In 2008, Pulver recorded a song for the CD Act One - Songs from the Musicals of Alexander S. Bermange.
Pulver joined the cast of BBC's Robin Hood in 2009 as Isabella, the sister of Guy of Gisbourne and later the Sheriff of Nottingham.[4]
In 2010, Pulver joined the cast of the third season of HBO's True Blood as Sookie Stackhouse's fairy godmother, Claudine Crane.
Pulver will join the cast of Spooks for season 10.
On 3 August 2011 it was announced that Pulver had been cast as Irene Adler in "A Scandal in Belgravia", the first episode of the second series of Sherlock.[5]
In 2008, she married American actor Joshua Dallas. The couple honeymooned in the Maldives.[6]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Robin Hood | Isabella | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2010 | Legacy | Diane Shaw | |
| The Special Relationship | Intern | TV movie | |
| True Blood | Claudine | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| Language of a Broken Heart | Violet | completed | |
| 2011 | Spooks | Erin Watts | Series 10 |