--- name: "Lauren Socha" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lauren-socha" fi1m_id: "lauren-socha" imdb_id: "nm2282610" tmdb_id: 148117 wikidata_id: "Q187558" roles: ["Actor"] born: "9 June 1990" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 77 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-07T15:14:03.804532+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." --- # Lauren Socha ## Identity Lauren Socha - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lauren-socha - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lauren-socha - **IMDb ID:** nm2282610 - **TMDB ID:** 148117 - **Wikidata ID:** Q187558 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Socha, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187558, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2282610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148117 Actor. Born 9 June 1990 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 9 June 1990, Derby, Derbyshire, England - **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Socha, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187558, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2282610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148117 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Misfits*](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md) (80) - **Pluto TV:** [*The Unloved*](https://film.one/film/the-unloved.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Lauren Socha > Lauren Socha’s blunt delivery and comic timing make difficult characters worth spending time with. We rate the vulnerability she finds beneath their toughness, though the repeated casting as tough young women risks making her work seem narrower than it is. Kelly Bailey can be unpleasant company, and Lauren Socha does not spend *Misfits* (2009) asking us to excuse her. She commits to the bluntness and lets the comedy come from it, trusting us to stay interested in someone we might prefer not to meet. It is a persuasive performance in a sharp superhero comedy, though the characters can become wearing. We laughed at Kelly and her companions because the cast made their disagreeable behaviour funny without pretending it was harmless. The darker scenes benefit from that discomfort. Her natural Derby accent and assured handling of a one-liner suit that directness. Alongside Iwan Rheon, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Antonia Thomas and Robert Sheehan, she helps make Howard Overman’s unlikely material believable. The timing is important, but so is her ability to convey sadness beneath the humour. Toughness is only part of what she plays; the loyalty and vulnerability keep those characters worth watching. The same year brought her role as Lauren in Samantha Morton’s *The Unloved* (2009). Her portrayal of a troubled teenager there drew on observed experience. She stayed with *Misfits* for its first three series, through 2011. Her subsequent television work includes a guest role in *Plebs* (2013) and the lead as Cat in *The Other One* (2020). Cat is lighter and more upbeat, a welcome reason to look beyond the assumption that grit is all Socha has to offer. There is a risk of repetition in that casting, and Socha has herself noted the tendency to give her gritty roles. We would welcome more parts that let her be funny without requiring the same hard exterior. In *Misfits*, the ensemble gives her difficult people to work with and enough good writing to justify their company. Start there for the comic timing, and do not expect to like everyone. ## Biography Lauren Socha is an English actress. Born in Derby, Derbyshire, she trained at the Television Workshop in Nottingham. She rose to prominence playing Kelly Bailey in the E4 series *Misfits* (2009–2011). For the role she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2011. She had earlier appeared as Lauren in the Channel 4 film *The Unloved* (2009), for which she received a BAFTA nomination. Socha has also appeared in *Plebs* (2014) and *Shed of the Dead* (2019). Her brother Michael Socha is also an actor. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Kelly Bailey — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md) - *The Unloved* (2009), Fi1m 74, as Lauren — [page](https://film.one/film/the-unloved.md) ## Complete filmography (14) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Other One* (2020), series, as Cat Walcott - *Shed of the Dead* (2019), as Bobbi - *Strangeways Here We Come* (2018), as Shelly - *Fanged Up* (2017), as Ms Renfield - *Urban Myths* (2017), series, as Amy - *Plebs* (2013), series, as Amanda - *Murder: Joint Enterprise* (2012), as Deena - *Misfits Christmas Special* (2010), as Kelly Bailey - *Missing* (2010), as Sarah - *Five Daughters* (2010), series, as Dawn - *Misfits* (2009), series, as Kelly Bailey — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md) - *The Unloved* (2009), as Lauren — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-unloved.md) - *Summer* (2008), as Tracey - *Scummy Man* (2006), as Nina ## Gallery - ![Lauren Socha of Misfits at the Kapow! 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/102011/gallery-e3f5256a62fb.jpg) Lauren Socha of Misfits at the Kapow! 2011. — KiloTwo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Lauren_Socha_%28Cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lauren Socha](https://film.one/media/person/102011/gallery-cfcb36a64a2b.jpg) Lauren Socha — Lauren_Socha_and_Iwan_Rheon_01.jpg: KiloTwo derivative work: RanZag (talk), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lauren_Socha_2011.jpg/1280px-Lauren_Socha_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lauren Socha and Iwan Rheon of Misfits doing a signing (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/102011/gallery-fbc9dfb4f174.jpg) Lauren Socha and Iwan Rheon of Misfits doing a signing (2011) — KiloTwo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Lauren_Socha_and_Iwan_Rheon_01.jpg/1280px-Lauren_Socha_and_Iwan_Rheon_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lauren Socha and Iwan Rheon of Misfits doing a signing (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/102011/gallery-69567cb9091c.jpg) Lauren Socha and Iwan Rheon of Misfits doing a signing (2011) — KiloTwo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Lauren_Socha_and_Iwan_Rheon_02.jpg/1280px-Lauren_Socha_and_Iwan_Rheon_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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