If there’s a job to be done, Jane gets on with it without any fuss, and she has a compassionate and easy-going nature. Just before Jane’s non-wedding to Ian, her interfering mum Linda let slip that her real name is ‘Lesley’.
I’ve had enough of paying the price for your ex-wives, Ian!
2004 Meets Ian at a candy floss stand and he offers her a job at the café. Devastated when her terminally ill hubby David dies, Ian helps her through it and they become a couple.
2005 Pretends she’s pregnant to test Ian’s reaction to starting a family but it backfires and they have a major row.
2006 Has a passionate affair with Grant Mitchell, but puts an end to it after Ian proposes. Ian sets up a sham wedding to humiliate her in revenge for her affair, but they kiss and make up.
Laurie was born in 1970 and she was brought up in Scotland. She went to Mexico when she was a young girl to join a touring circus to secure her an equity card.
Laurie returned to the UK and won roles in TV shows such as The Bill, Family Affairs and London’s Burning, as well as appearing on stage in the West End.
