Lainey Shaw started her acting training at Harrogate College,North Yorkshire
where she discovered her talent for accents first playing Lily Smalls in Under Milk Wood,
then going on to play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

After winning The BBC's new talent competition at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
she moved to London & continued her training, first at Birkbeck University then
onto The Academy Drama School, Whitechapel, where she combined a full time job with
a 2 year fulltime evening & weekend acting training.

"Lainey always inspires and delights with her dedication to her craft and
consistently delivers memorable and enjoyable performances, her modesty and
humility make her a joy to work with and a pleasure to watch."

It was while she was at drama school she was spotted by Michael Friend, who offered
her roles in his Production Companys rep season at The Theatre Royal, Margate
playing 'Mrs Bradman' in Coward's Blithe Spirit and 'Grace Page' in Ayckbourn's Game Plan.

"Lainey is a passionate and committed actress who brings a candid truthfulness to her work, consistently challenging herself to create
believable characters with depth and authenticity. She is a skilled character actress bringing her talent and imagination to create believable embodiments of characters from Livvy in Charlotte Jones', In Flame to Noel Coward's Mrs Bradman in Blithe Spirit"