Lola Petticrew, a Belfast born actress, first stepped into acting while at primary school, after writing plays with her schoolfriends.

Following her graduation from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2017, she starred opposite Christopher Eccleston and Anthony Boyle in BBC One drama Coming Home, and bagged a role in ITV crime drama Next Of Kin. After venturing into television, the 24 year old made her big screen debut in Irish indie film, A Bump Along The Way, winning the New Talent Award at the 31st Galway Film Festival in 2019 and is now set to star in BBC drama Bloodlands, opposite James Nesbitt, being shot this year.