Lauren was a relative late comer to The Carol Godby Theatre Workshop as she was already 17 years old before she began attending. She was involved with the workshop for about 2 years participating in the Festival of Plays and presenting the annual Pop Show.
Lauren had already had a small degree of professional success before attending the workshop but felt she needed some help to further her career. Carol noticed that Lauren was very talented and invited her to the workshop in order to help bring Lauren to the next level of career.
She then went on to gain many further roles whilst with Carol including the role of Mika Grainger in Waterloo Road which she is perhaps best known for.