- Born
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Lara was born and raised in Essex, UK. She studied drama with the National Youth Music Theatre from 1994 to 1998 and went on to gain a BA Honours degree in Theatre.
Lara's extensive theatre career led her to gain a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her portrayal of "Lucille Frank" in Rob Ashford's production of "Parade" at The Donmar Warehouse. She was invited to re-create the role at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, opposite T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy (2005)), gaining much critical praise.
Lara made her screen debut in 2008, in the BBC prime-time show, Robin Hood (2006), playing "Isabella of Gisbourne". The show is a huge international success and is airing on BBC America, Saturday evening at 8/9c. She has just completed filming the new Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon (2008), The Queen (2006)) movie, The Special Relationship (2010), starring Michael Sheen and Dennis Quaid.
- IMDb mini biography by: LM
- SpousesRaza Jaffrey(December 27, 2014 - present) (2 children)Josh Dallas(December 2007 - September 2012) (divorced)
- ChildrenOzias JaffreyThea Jaffrey
- She was awarded the 2010 Back Stage Garland Award for Performance in a Musical for "Parade" in a Donmar Warehouse production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- Laurence Olivier Award winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical as 'Gypsy Rose Lee' in the 2015 West End revival of 'Gypsy'.
- Mother, with husband Raza Jaffrey, of son Ozias Jaffrey and daughter Thea Jaffrey.
- [on A Scandal in Belgravia (2012)] I take my clothes off for a minute and a half and everyone suddenly goes, 'Oh great, she's an actress who will take her clothes off. We can't get Kate Winslet. Let's see if Lara Pulver will do a swinger movie.'
- [on A Scandal in Belgravia (2012)] It didn't bother me in the slightest and I'm someone who's never done that sort of thing before on stage or screen. It was just a device for her; it wasn't nudity for nudity's sake.
- [on A Scandal in Belgravia (2012)] They give you a self-adhesive bra that sticks to you.... [Director] Paul McGuigan very sweetly said to me, 'OK, the choice is we spend hours shooting it to avoid seeing straps or we take all that off and shoot it quickly.' I thought I couldn't put myself through being there all day, practically naked anyway, so I might as well get completely naked and get it done in a few hours.
- I'd love to have my own TV show, in the way that Julianna Margulies has The Good Wife (2009), or a lovely ensemble show, like Six Feet Under (2001).
- I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.
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