Kate Lamb (born 18 January 1988) is a Welsh actress best known for playing Nurse Delia Busby in the BBC drama series Call the Midwife from 2015 to 2017.
Early life Lamb was born in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. "Will Call The Midwife's Delia and Patsy have a happy ending? Welsh actress Kate Lamb on her important role", Wales Online, 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07. Lamb grew up in Tenby, Pembrokeshire where she attended Greenhill School."West Wales actress to star in BBC1's Call the Midwife", Carmarthen Journal, 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07. Lamb's first acting role was at the age of four, in a Tenby production of Toad of Toad Hall."Tenby actress Kate's return to TV's Call the Midwife", Western Telegraph, 28 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
Lamb attended the Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa in Eswatini, before returning to the UK to study for a degree in English and Drama at Bristol University. She later also trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Career Lamb successfully auditioned for her role in Call the Midwife and, when asked to give herself a regional identity, decided to play nurse Delia Busby with a Pembrokeshire accent. Lamb's character has a lesbian relationship with Nurse Patsy (Emerald Fennell). After her character was knocked off her bicycle and left with an uncertain future at the end of her first series, she returned to the role in December 2015. In May 2017, however, it was announced that Lamb wouldn't return for the seventh series.
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes 2009 Hearts & Minds Sally As Kate Thuli Lamb 2011 Red Heart Macy As Kate Thuli Lamb2014 A Quiet Courage Chas Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 Doctors Gwen Payne Episode "High-Flyer" 2012 Silk Earnest Female Candidate Episode #2.4 2012 Switch Louise 2 episodes 2013 Mayday Tina 2 episodes 2014 Endeavour Daisy Weiss Episode "Nocturne" 2015-2017 Call the Midwife Nurse Delia Busby 2016 Siblings Katie Episode "Golden Aunt" 2018 Agatha Raisin Lisa Episode "Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham" 2020 Roadkill Lindsay Storm
Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2011 How To Be Happy Daisy Company: Orange Tree Theatre 2012 deadkidsongs Miranda Company: Ustinov Studio 2012 After the Party Natalie/Carmela Company: Criterion Theatre 2012 Summer and Smoke Company: Southwark Playhouse 2013 The Taming of the Shrew Katherina Company: Shakespeare's Globe 2013 Smack Family Robinson Cora Company: Rose Theatre, Kingston 2018 Much Ado About Nothing Hero Company: Rose Theatre, Kingston 2018 Lord of the Flies Jack Company: Theatr Clwyd
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