MARTINA LAIRD
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With vast experience of working in television, Martina is probably best known as the popular character Comfort Jones on BBC’s flagship drama Casualty. 

In her five years on the show she won two acting awards for her work from the Michael Elliott Foundation and the BFM Awards.

Martina was also nominated for an Evening Standard Best Actress Award for her role as Sophia Adams in the National Theatre's critically acclaimed production of Moon On A Rainbow Shawl by Trinidadian playwright Errol John. 

After a very successful run last year as Beatrice in the UK premiere of Marcus Gardley's The House That Will Not Stand directed by Indhu Rubasingham at the Tricycle Theatre in London, Martina is currently in Who Cares at the Royal Court. Directed by  Debbie Hannan, Lucy Morrison and Hamish Pirie, it runs until May 16, 2015.

TELEVISION
London’s Burning - Justin Hardy, Juniper TV/C4
Coronation Street - Laurence Moody, Granada
Doctors - Clare Holman, BBC
My Family - John Bartlett, BBC
Missing - Jill Robertson, BBC TV
Shameless (Two Episodes) - Paul Walker, Channel 4
Free Agents - James Griffiths, Big Talk Prod Ltd
Monday Monday - Nick Laughland, Talkback Thames
Casualty (Comfort Jones, Series 16 - 21) - Various, BBC
Little Big Mouth (Series) - Paul Holmes, Pagoda
Touch of Frost - Rob English, ITV
Casualty - Gill Wilkinson, BBC
Always and Everyone - Nick Laughland, Granada
The Bill - Nick Laughland, Thames
Wing and a Prayer (Series Two) - Martin Hutchings, Thames
Peak Practice - Marcus White, BBC
Jonathan Creek - Sandy Johnson, BBC
The Bill - Nick Laughland, Thames
Dangerfield - Rob Walker, BBC
Thief Takers - Doug McKinnon, Carlton
The Knock - Keith Washington, LWT
The Governor - Rob Knights/ Bob Mahoney, La Plante Prod
One For the Road - Channel X
Casualty - Jane Perry, BBC
Little Napoleans - Rob Walker, Picture Palace
The Bill-  Betsan Morris Evans, Thames
Harry - Rob Walker, Picture Palace
West Indian Women At War - Frances Ann Solomon, BBC/Leda Square
Eastenders, 3 eps - Paul Unwin, BBC
Epiphany (Mini series) - Anthony Hall, Banyan Prods Trinidad

FILM
Blitz - Elliott Lester, Lionsgate
Fever - Kwabena Manso, Q Films
Forget Me Not - Alex Holt , Quicksilver Films
Deadmeat - Kwabena Manso, Q Films
The Hurting - Kaprice Kea, Fluid Films Prods          

THEATRE 
Who Cares - Debbie Hannan, Lucy Morrison, Hamish Pirie, Royal Court
The House That Will Not Stand - Indhu Rubasingham, Tricycle Theatre
Moon On A Rainbow Shawl - Michael Buffong, National Tour
Hopelessly Devoted - James Grieves, Birmingham Rep
Lost Nation - Topher Campbell, The Red Room
Moon On A Rainbow Shawl - Michael Buffong, National Theatre
Inheritance -  Lisa Goldman, Live Theatre
All the Little Things We Crushed - Simon Godwin, Almeida Theatre 
Bad Blood Blues - Ryan Romaine , Theatre Royal Stratford East 
Liquid Gold - Tiata Fahodzi, Almeida Theatre
Mules - Amy Hodge, Young Vic Company 
Othello - Michael Grandage, Donmar Warehouse 
The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder - Sarah Frankom, National Theatre 
Arabian Knights - Dominic Cook, West End/World Tour 
Breath Boom - Gemma Bodinetz, Royal Court Theatre 
Hyacinth Blue - Julie-Anne Robinson, Clean Break Co 
The White Devil - Gale Edwards, RSC 
Three Hours After Marriage - Richard Cotterell, RSC 
Troilus and Cressida - Ian Judge, RSC 
Been So Long - Che Walker, Interchange Studios
Venetian Heat - Phil Wilmott, Finborough Arms 
Hungry Ghosts - Philip Kingston, Tabard Theatre 
Vibes From Scribes - Amani Naphtali, Double Edge 
The Wax King - Phil Wilmott, Man in the Moon
                             
RADIO (includes)
Mandrake, Lamplighter, Mi Cuba, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Minty Alley, Carmina’s Island, Radio 121