Laura Checkley is an English actress and comedian known for playing the regular character Louise throughout three series of Detectorists on BBC Four, [1] Monica in Action Team on ITV2, Terri King in the BBC One sitcom King Gary [2] and Mrs Blocker in BAFTA award winning Drama In My Skin. She has also appeared in guest roles on other programmes including Brassic, Wanderlust, Red Dwarf, Enterprice, Porters, [3] W1A [4] and This Country. [5] She played Jackie Stokes in the drama Screw on Channel Four.
In 2009, she started a comedy duo, Checkley Bush, with Victoria Bush. They had a residency at the Leicester Square Theatre. They performed the Edinburgh Festival, Latitude Festival and Manchester Comedy Festival. In 2011, they reached the final of The Funny Women Awards.[ citation needed]
On film, she appeared as Susan, the floor manager of Hard News in Bridget Jones's Baby, [6] and Maz in Military Wives. [7]