---
name: "Laura Howard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laura-howard"
fi1m_id: "laura-howard"
imdb_id: "nm0397452"
tmdb_id: 156363
wikidata_id: "Q434627"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:48:47.472379+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."
---

# Laura Howard

## Identity

Laura Howard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laura-howard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laura-howard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0397452
- **TMDB ID:** 156363
- **Wikidata ID:** Q434627
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Howard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434627, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156363

Actor. Born 1 January 1977 in Chiswick, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1977, Chiswick, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** لورا هاوارد, Лора Симмонс, Laura Simmons
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Howard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434627, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156363

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Midsomer Murders*](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Laura Howard (born Laura Simmons) is an English actress. Born in 1977 in Chiswick, London, she began working in television and theatre in her mid teens.

She is best known for playing Cully Barnaby in the ITV series *Midsomer Murders* from 1997 to 2011. Her first major role was as Tammy Rokeby in the BBC comedy *So Haunt Me* (1992–1994). Other television credits include recurring and guest roles in *Soldier Soldier*, *The Bill*, *Doctors*, *Casualty*, *EastEnders*, *Call the Midwife* and *Dune: Prophecy* (2024), in which she played Duchess Orla Richese.

Howard has appeared in numerous stage productions, including work at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Donmar Warehouse, Chichester Festival Theatre and premieres of new plays at Theatre Royal Stratford East and HighTide Festival. She has also toured in productions by the English Touring Theatre and for Alan Ayckbourn.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Fi1m 66, as Cully Barnaby — [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *What We Hide* (2025), as Female Deputy
- *Invincible* (2025), as Emily
- *Dune: Prophecy* (2024), series, as Duchess Orla Richese
- *Late Night Mash* (2021), series, Actor
- *Cuffs* (2015), series, as Lynne
- *The Delivery Man* (2015), series, Actor
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Cissy Pilkington — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Get Well Soon* (2011), as Janet
- *Cinema Salvation* (2010), as Tia
- *Be Good* (2009), as Woman at lake
- *Young Dracula* (2006), series, as Sally Giles
- *The Hotel In Amsterdam* (2004), as Gillian
- *Doctors* (2000), series, as Amy Dobson, Jane Taylor, Zoe Durand
- *Queen's Park Story* (1998), as Lily
- *Cold Enough for Snow* (1997), as Pippa Lloyd
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Cully Barnaby — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Eskimo Day* (1996), as Pippa
- *Covington Cross* (1992), series, as Alexandra Mullens
- *So Haunt Me* (1992), series, as Tammy Rokeby
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Deborah Briggs-Osbourne
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Victoria Leach, Carly Swinford, Tania Sullivan, Mary Barstow, Eva Heggarty, Annie McQueen
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Enseignante
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as Erica
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, as PC Emerson

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