Laura Checkley

Laura Checkley (born 18 July 1980) is an English actress and comedian known for playing the regular character Louise throughout three series of Detectorists on BBC Four,^[1] Monica in Action Team on ITV2, Terri King in the BBC One sitcom King Gary^[2] and Mrs Blocker in BAFTA award winning Drama In My Skin. In 2025, she played the regular character of Theresa, the third ‘Eel Sister’, in Season 2 of The Change on Channel 4. She has also appeared in guest roles on other programmes including Brassic, Wanderlust, Red Dwarf, Enterprice, Porters,^[3] W1A^[4] and This Country.^[5] She played Jackie Stokes in the drama Screw on Channel Four.

In 2009, she started a comedy duo, Checkley Bush, with Victoria Bush. They had a residency at the Leicester Square Theatre. They performed the Edinburgh Festival, Latitude Festival and Manchester Comedy Festival. In 2011, they reached the final of The Funny Women Awards.^{[citation needed]}

On film, she appeared as Susan, the floor manager of Hard News in Bridget Jones's Baby,^[6] and Maz in Military Wives.^[7]