Cara Readle
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Cara Readle is a British actress, known mainly for her role as Layla in The Story of Tracy Beaker
from series three to five.
She was born in Swansea
on 8 January 1991.
Her cerebral palsy
makes her movement, especially walking, seem quite shaky. The characters she played in Zig Zag love and The Story of Tracy Beaker also have this condition. In November 2009 she also had a part in Casualty, playing a patient with cerebral palsy called Serena Wark. The character's sister, Shona Wark, portrayed by Evelyn Hoskins, has reappeared several times as a recurring character, becoming involved in a storyline centering on character Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson), but despite this, Serena has never reappeared.
Cara more recently worked with BBC Ouch! to share life experiences about her disability. From 2011 she has starred in the BBC Wales series Baker Boys
as Elen, the daughter of Eve Myles
' character Sarah.
The Story of Tracy Beaker (TV series)
The Story of Tracy Beaker was a television programme adapted from the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. It ran on CBBC for five series, from 2002 to 2006 and also contained a feature length episode, Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me, broadcast in 2004, as well as a week of interactive episodes...
from series three to five.
She was born in Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
on 8 January 1991.
Her cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
makes her movement, especially walking, seem quite shaky. The characters she played in Zig Zag love and The Story of Tracy Beaker also have this condition. In November 2009 she also had a part in Casualty, playing a patient with cerebral palsy called Serena Wark. The character's sister, Shona Wark, portrayed by Evelyn Hoskins, has reappeared several times as a recurring character, becoming involved in a storyline centering on character Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson), but despite this, Serena has never reappeared.
Cara more recently worked with BBC Ouch! to share life experiences about her disability. From 2011 she has starred in the BBC Wales series Baker Boys
Baker Boys (2011 TV series)
Baker Boys is an English-language Welsh television drama series, produced by BBC Wales and broadcast on BBC One Wales. The series was written by writing couple Helen Raynor and Gary Owen. Torchwood creator Russell T Davies also had a role as creative consultant, which he fulfilled from Los Angeles...
as Elen, the daughter of Eve Myles
Eve Myles
Eve Myles is an award winning Welsh actress of stage and screen. She is best known to Welsh audiences for her portrayal of Ceri Owen in the BBC Wales drama Belonging, and to audiences worldwide for her role as Gwen Cooper in the science fiction show Torchwood, a spin-off from Doctor Who.-Personal...
' character Sarah.