---
name: "Laila Morse"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laila-morse"
fi1m_id: "laila-morse"
imdb_id: "nm0607639"
tmdb_id: 113523
wikidata_id: "Q3216357"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 August 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:14:37.664055+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Laila Morse

## Identity

Laila Morse

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laila-morse
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laila-morse
- **IMDb ID:** nm0607639
- **TMDB ID:** 113523
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3216357
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laila_Morse, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3216357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607639/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113523

Actor. Born 1 August 1945 in Dorking.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 August 1945, Dorking
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laila_Morse, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3216357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607639/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113523

## Biography

Laila Morse is an English actress. Born Maureen Lesley Oldman on 1 August 1945 in Dorking, Surrey, she is the older sister of actor and filmmaker Gary Oldman.

She made her screen debut at the age of 51 as Janet in the 1997 film *Nil by Mouth*, written and directed by her brother. She received the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the role. In 2000 she joined the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* as Mo Harris, a part she has played periodically since, and appeared as Laila in the film *Love, Honour and Obey*.

Her other credits include episodes of *The Bill* and the television production of *Great Expectations* (1999), as well as the film *Hellboy* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nil by Mouth* (1997), Fi1m 87, as Janet — [page](https://film.one/film/nil-by-mouth.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hellboy* (2019), as Mrs. Harker
- *Big Fat Gypsy Gangster* (2011), as Aunt Queenie
- *EastEnders: Pat and Mo* (2004), as Mo Harris
- *Eastenders: The Slaters In Detention* (2003), as Mo Harris
- *Love, Honour and Obey* (2000), as Laila
- *Great Expectations* (1999), as Molly
- *Great Expectations* (1999), series, as Molly
- *Nil by Mouth* (1997), as Janet — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/nil-by-mouth.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Mo Harris — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor

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