Who is Laura Main? Shelagh Turner actress in Call the Midwife and Strictly Come Dancing Children In Need winner
Laura Main, 39, is a Scottish actress who appears in Call the Midwife and won the 2015 Children in Need Strictly Come Dancing special alongside dancer Brendan Cole
FANS of Call the Midwife will know her as Shelagh Turner – but who is Laura Main and what else has she starred in?
Here’s what you need to know.
Who is Laura Main and who does she play in Call the Midwife?
Laura Main, 39, is a Scottish actress who appears in Call the Midwife and won the 2015 Children in Need Strictly Come Dancing special alongside dancer Brendan Cole.
Laura plays Shelagh Turner in Call the Midwife.
Shelagh, formerly known as Sister Bernadette, has been on the show since series one.
She is a nun and midwife with an uncomplicated approach to her work and is friendly with her younger colleagues.
In Series two, Sister Bernadette (as she was known) questioned her chosen vocation and after recovering from tuberculosis, decided to leave the order of St Raymond Nonnatus in order to marry Dr Turner (Stephen McGann).
In series three, Shelagh was diagnosed as infertile and went on to adopt a daughter, baby Angela, with Dr Turner at the end of the series.
In series four Shelagh becomes Dr Turner’s receptionist.
What else has Laura Main starred in?
As well as various TV roles, including Murder City, Laura has also appeared on stage.
Plays she’s been in include Alice in Wonderland, Romeo and Juliet, Robin Hood, The Sound of Music and Company.
