Angela Lonsdale

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

19

Gender

Female

Birthday

1970-10-13 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Cumberland, England, UK

Angela Lonsdale

Biography

Angela Lonsdale (née Smith; 13 October 1967) is an English actress. Born to a policeman father, Lonsdale trained at Brewery Youth Theatre at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. Whilst there, she took part in many amateur productions, including plays by local playwrights John Newman-Holden and Tim Bull. After initial rejection, Lonsdale then graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Lonsdale is best known for her portrayal of police officer Emma Watts (née Taylor) on the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. First appearing in April 2000, her storylines included a long-lasting feud with neighbour Les Battersby and a tempestuous marriage to Curly Watts, with whom she departed Weatherfield in September 2003 upon securing a job promotion. Next, Lonsdale began appearing as DI Eva Moore in the daytime BBC drama Doctors. She left the programme in October 2008 when her character was shot and presumed dead, but made a brief return in September 2011. Between 2012 and 2013, Lonsdale played the matriarch of a family of wolves in the children's television series Wolfblood. Her other notable credits have included All Quiet on the Preston Front, The Bill, Casualty, Holby City, Joe Maddison's War, This Is England '90, Scott & Bailey, Vera, Our Girl, The Syndicate, and Hollyoaks.

Known For

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Peak Practice

    Peak Practice

  • All Creatures Great & Small

    All Creatures Great & Small

  • A Touch of Frost

    A Touch of Frost

  • Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

    Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

  • Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

  • Kavanagh Q.C.

    Kavanagh Q.C.

  • The Good Ship Murder

    The Good Ship Murder

  • (All Quiet on the) Preston Front

    (All Quiet on the) Preston Front

  • The Afternoon Play

    The Afternoon Play

  • WPC 56

    WPC 56

  • Sunday For Sammy 2016

    Sunday For Sammy 2016

  • Joe Maddison's War

    Joe Maddison's War

  • The Last Musketeer

    The Last Musketeer

  • The Moth

    The Moth

  • The Royal

    The Royal

  • Black Eyed Susan

    Black Eyed Susan

  • Bring Back My Bonnie

    Bring Back My Bonnie

  • Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

    Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story