Lola Campbell (born 2010/2011) is a British

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. She made her screen debut in the 2023 British

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film '' Scrapper'', filmed when she was twelve years-old. For the role she was nominated for breakthrough performance awards at the

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and by the

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Early life

Campbell lives with her family in

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, near

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. She is a pupil at The Leventhorpe School in

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. She had not appeared in a school play before her film debut, but began to record and produce videos in lockdown during the

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Career

Campbell auditioned for the 2023 British comedy-drama film Scrapper after one of her mother's friends directed her towards a ''

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'' casting call for “a bit of a mess about”. Campbell was cast in the film after impressing writer/director Charlotte Regan by acting out a well-known scene from soap-opera ''

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'' in which the character

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(

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) tells

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(

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), "I'm your mother!", with Campbell playing both roles during the audition. She also discussed with Regan her love of the department store ''

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''. During filming she was twelve years-old. For her role in the film as Georgie, Campbell received critical praise, with Jonathan Romney in ''

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'' describing her as an "astonishing discovery" who "excels". Claire Shaffer in ''

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'' said she played the role "wonderfully", and Deborah Ross in ''

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'' used "terrific, fresh, naturalistic, winning". Campbell appeared opposite Harris Dickinson, who played her estranged father, Jason, and the pair’s scenes together were highly improvised. They were nominated for the Best Joint Lead Performance Award at the 2023

, and she was individually nominated for Breakthrough Performance. She was also nominated for the Young British/Irish Performer of the Year award at the London Film Critics Circle Awards 2023 Campbell made her debut performance as Britney Wainwright in the

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, ''

'', in the episode airing on 4 March 2024.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Lola Living people 21st-century English actresses British child actresses English film actresses English soap opera actresses Actresses from Essex Actresses from Hertfordshire Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth uncertain Actors from Epping Forest District