Laurie Brett (born 28 March 1969) is a Scottish actress, best known
for her roles as Jane Beale in EastEnders and Christine Mulgrew in
Waterloo Road.Brett was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland and
studied at the London Studio Centre. She is fluent in Spanish. Brett
has admitted to being a bit of a wild child in her youth, drinking
heavily for 20 years.Brett speaks with a Scottish accent; however, on
moving to London, she adopted a London accent â€" fitting for her
EastEnders role. She says she has always had a "knack" with accents
and has admitted that prior to appearing in Waterloo Road speaking
with a Scottish accent became very handy when people would ask if she
was Jane from EastEnders. She has admitted that when asked that
question she would then reply in her native Scottish accent and people
then assumed they were mistaken.
for her roles as Jane Beale in EastEnders and Christine Mulgrew in
Waterloo Road.Brett was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland and
studied at the London Studio Centre. She is fluent in Spanish. Brett
has admitted to being a bit of a wild child in her youth, drinking
heavily for 20 years.Brett speaks with a Scottish accent; however, on
moving to London, she adopted a London accent â€" fitting for her
EastEnders role. She says she has always had a "knack" with accents
and has admitted that prior to appearing in Waterloo Road speaking
with a Scottish accent became very handy when people would ask if she
was Jane from EastEnders. She has admitted that when asked that
question she would then reply in her native Scottish accent and people
then assumed they were mistaken.
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