Laura works for Dorcas Lane at the Post Office in Candleford. She is 16 years old, the eldest child of Robert and Emma Timmins and has four siblings: Edmund, Ethel, Frank and baby Annie. Laura is her father's favourite and has inherited his yearning to learn more, see more, his impulsiveness and his outspokenness.
Laura grew up in Lark Rise, but her mother always knew she didn't really belong there, she can read and loves books and her mother sees there's something more she can do with her life. So she arranges a position for Laura with her cousin Dorcas at the Post Office.
When she's sent off to Candleford to work with Dorcas, it's quite a struggle for her to begin with but she really looks up to and admires Dorcas and thinks, I can do this and really make something of myself.
Laura is very determined but at the same time very loyal to her family and in that way acts as a link between the two communities of Lark Rise and Candleford. She's stuck in the middle for a while. It's hard for her to adapt to this completely new life as she has never experienced anything like it before.
When Laura first starts work, she's in awe of Dorcas, because she's the post mistress. She looks at her and thinks that she's managed to play a major part in Candleford; she's running the Post Office which was very rare for a woman in that period, she's an independent woman and Laura really looks up to her and watches her and picks up on everything she says and absorbs a lot of information.
In her move to Candleford Laura has to build new friendships and a surrogate family around her. People instinctively warm to her and trust her with their confidences. She in turn has a sharp pairs of eyes and ears for what's going on around her – not much escapes Laura.
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The Men in Laura's Life
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Video Courtesy of BBC (You Tube)
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Fisher Bloom - Matthew McNulty
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Olivia Hallinan
Olivia Hallinan was born 20 January 1984, an English actress best known for her role as Kim in the critically acclaimed Sugar Rush and Ellie in Girls in Love. She also stars as the main character, Laura Timmins in the BBC TV series Lark Rise to Candleford.
Olivia is the second youngest of four sisters, She is from Twickenham, west London. Hallinan began training at her mothers Saturday Drama School All Expressions in Teddington when she was 11, and then went on to professional acting
Olivia has appeared in over 100 productions since the age of seven. Her first professional role was playing alongside Cilla Black in a 1991 production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Since then, she has in theatre, radio, film and on television shows including The Bill, Holby City, My Family, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde and Granada TV's, Girls in Love.
At the end of her first year at the University of Manchester, Hallinan appeared in the first of two series of the cult program Sugar Rush for Channel 4, based on the Julie Burchill novel. On 9 June 2007, Hallinan was a speaker at the Stonewall Gay Youth Conference, talking about playing a lesbian character in Sugar Rush.
Olivia is currently starring as the heroine Laura Timmins in the BBC production Lark Rise to Candleford which first aired on Sunday 13 January 2008.
Olivia is the second youngest of four sisters, She is from Twickenham, west London. Hallinan began training at her mothers Saturday Drama School All Expressions in Teddington when she was 11, and then went on to professional acting
Olivia has appeared in over 100 productions since the age of seven. Her first professional role was playing alongside Cilla Black in a 1991 production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Since then, she has in theatre, radio, film and on television shows including The Bill, Holby City, My Family, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde and Granada TV's, Girls in Love.
At the end of her first year at the University of Manchester, Hallinan appeared in the first of two series of the cult program Sugar Rush for Channel 4, based on the Julie Burchill novel. On 9 June 2007, Hallinan was a speaker at the Stonewall Gay Youth Conference, talking about playing a lesbian character in Sugar Rush.
Olivia is currently starring as the heroine Laura Timmins in the BBC production Lark Rise to Candleford which first aired on Sunday 13 January 2008.
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Torchwood - Emma
Olivia Hallinan appeared in season one of Torchwood as "Emma" one of the characters that arrived by plane through a rift in time. Emma befriended Gwen during the episode and stayed with her and Rhys. Having adjusted well to modern life Emma said farewell to Gwen and headed to London. She is set to return in season four of Torchwood.
Olivia has been in a number of other hit UK TV series including starring alongside Lenora Crichlow in "Sugar Rush" throughout both seasons, and starring as 'Laura Timmins' in "Lark Rise to Candleford". She has also had recurring roles on "Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde" and "Girls in Love".
Olivia has been in a number of other hit UK TV series including starring alongside Lenora Crichlow in "Sugar Rush" throughout both seasons, and starring as 'Laura Timmins' in "Lark Rise to Candleford". She has also had recurring roles on "Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde" and "Girls in Love".
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Jack Falls (2011) - Natasha
2011 sees Olivia feature in her film debut as she stars in British film Jack Falls as Natasha
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Herding Cats - Hamstead Theatre - January 2012
Review (Daily Mirror) -Herding Cats has been the surprise success story at the Hampstead Theatre over
the festive season. OLIVIA HALLINAN – star of Sugar Rush and Lark Rise to Candleford – takes the lead and is an absolute sensation. Reviews have been immense for the young star, tipped to be the next English rose of Hollywood.
the festive season. OLIVIA HALLINAN – star of Sugar Rush and Lark Rise to Candleford – takes the lead and is an absolute sensation. Reviews have been immense for the young star, tipped to be the next English rose of Hollywood.
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Precious Little Talent : Trafalgar Studios London - April 2011
The play sees Joey (Olivia Hallinan), a 23-year old graduate who has fled the crashing economy of England to try find a sense of understanding in the big lights of New York. Her estranged father George (Ian Gelder) resides in New York and is battling with early-on-set dementia and the slow but inevitable loss of the words he once cherished as an academic. Then there is Sam (Anthony Welsh), the patriotic American 19-year old who helps George through doing nursing shifts in his spare time, who helplessly falls in love with Joey. Together this trio collide, each trying to hold onto what they believe whilst embracing the change that is being forced upon them in the present and future |
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Three Sisters : Southwark Playhouse (April 2014)
Three Sisters - Olivia Hallinan as Olga As productions of Three Sisters go, this one is deeply moving and it gives plenty of time to the issue of meaning in a world full of suffering. The large cast do make the most of their parts. Holliday Grainger, Olivia Hallinan and Emily Taaffe squeeze every ounce of despair from the roles of Irina, Olga and Masha respectively. Their eventual unhappy endings are deeply affecting. Emily Dobbs is great fun as the gobby sister in law, Natasha and David Carlyle provides some welcome relief as the doomed soldier Tusenbach. |
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Lotty's War - UK Tour 2015
A mesmerising story of passion, courage and sacrifice, Lotty’s War is a thriller set in WWII enemy occupied Channel Islands. Based on unpublished diaries found in Guernsey, this critically acclaimed play comes to the stage with an all star cast in it's first major UK tour.
With the last boat to England gone, Lotty is housed in close quarters with the enemy. In a struggle between her loyalty to the island and the temptations of forbidden love, does Lotty dare to tread a passionate and dangerous path?
Olivia Hallinan bring every ounce of feeling possible into her role as Lotty from the fury when the General first bursts in to resigned acceptance of the situation, gradually relaxing into liking and then beginning to love the officer. A superb performance, well matched by Mark Letheren’s brusque general (who might not be quite the man she thought) and with great support from Adam Gillen’s Ben.
With the last boat to England gone, Lotty is housed in close quarters with the enemy. In a struggle between her loyalty to the island and the temptations of forbidden love, does Lotty dare to tread a passionate and dangerous path?
Olivia Hallinan bring every ounce of feeling possible into her role as Lotty from the fury when the General first bursts in to resigned acceptance of the situation, gradually relaxing into liking and then beginning to love the officer. A superb performance, well matched by Mark Letheren’s brusque general (who might not be quite the man she thought) and with great support from Adam Gillen’s Ben.
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Flarepath - UK 2015 Tour - Patricia
Set in 1942, against a backdrop of heartache and quiet bravery, Flare Path paints an evocative portrait of life in wartime Britain for the RAF bomber crews, their wives and sweethearts, who were left awaiting their return.
RAF pilot Teddy and his wife, former actress Patricia, have their marriage tested to the limit by the surprise arrival of her ex-lover Peter Kyle.
Highly charged drama with a truly authentic taste of the fear, camaraderie and passion combine when an unexpected and dangerous mission over Germany puts Patricia at the centre of an emotional conflict as unpredictable as the war in the skies.
Recently seen in London’s West End, this brand new production will be directed by rising star Justin Audibert. Starring Leon Ockenden (Mr Selfridge) Lark Rise to Candleford’s Olivia Hallinan as Patricia and Heartbeat’s Phillip Franks,
RAF pilot Teddy and his wife, former actress Patricia, have their marriage tested to the limit by the surprise arrival of her ex-lover Peter Kyle.
Highly charged drama with a truly authentic taste of the fear, camaraderie and passion combine when an unexpected and dangerous mission over Germany puts Patricia at the centre of an emotional conflict as unpredictable as the war in the skies.
Recently seen in London’s West End, this brand new production will be directed by rising star Justin Audibert. Starring Leon Ockenden (Mr Selfridge) Lark Rise to Candleford’s Olivia Hallinan as Patricia and Heartbeat’s Phillip Franks,
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