Danielle Harold

Danielle Harold (born 30 May 1992)[1] is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Lola Pearce-Brown in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2011–2015, 2019–2023). Her portrayal of Lola's glioblastoma brain tumour storyline, that ultimately resulted in the character's death, earned her a win at the National Television Awards for Serial Drama Performance and three nominations at the British Soap Awards, of which she won Best Leading Performer, as well as a TRIC award for Soap Actor and the Inside Soap award for Best Actress.

Danielle Harold
Harold in 2023
Born
Danielle Harold

(1992-05-30) 30 May 1992
Lewisham, Greater London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
TelevisionJamie's Dream School
EastEnders

Career

Before Harold's acting career began, she was featured in the television series Jamie's Dream School. Harold got one GCSE as she had lost a year of school due to an illness and missed out on being able to study for exams. On Jamie's Dream School, she was seen as one of the brightest of the students, and was rewarded by Jane Poynter and Robert Winston with the chance to stay in the biosphere which Poynter had lived in for two years. She was also given a tour of Cambridge University by David Starkey as he found her to be very intelligent and thought that it might be a good choice of university. However, she decided to study acting and auditioned for several roles.[2]

In June 2011, EastEnders producers announced that Harold had been cast as Lola Pearce, the granddaughter of established characters Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) and Julie Perkins (Cathy Murphy).[3] She made her first appearance in EastEnders on 12 July 2011.[4][5] Harold's first major storyline involved her character's pregnancy at the age of 15. In July 2012, the character gave birth in a special live broadcast, coinciding with her on-screen grandfather carrying the Olympic Torch through Walford. Harold is the first EastEnders actress to portray giving birth live on air, and the second British soap actress, after Coronation Street actress Jennie McAlpine.[6] In June 2015, it was announced that Harold would be leaving EastEnders later that year.[7] In December 2018, it was announced that Harold would reprise her role of Lola Pearce. She returned to the series with her on-screen daughter, Lexi Pearce, in April 2019.[8][9] Then in 2022, it was announced that Harold would be starring in a brain cancer storyline for Lola, which resulted in the character's death on 31 May 2023.[10]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role
2017 Fanged Up Katie Makepeace
2018 Pleasureland Dina
Two Graves Leanne
Monster Sarah
Dead Ringer Melissa Prince
2019 The Tombs The Presenter
2020 Next Door Dani
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Jamie's Dream School Herself All 7 episodes
2011–2015, 2019–2023 EastEnders Lola Pearce Regular role
2012 Billy's Olympic Nightmare TV special
2013 Children in Need Dancer
2017 Casualty Georgie Manning 1 episode
2024 Celebrity Hunted Herself Main cast

Awards and nominations
Year Organisation Award Work Result Ref.
2012 TVTimes Awards Best Newcomer EastEnders Won [11]
2013 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [12]
2014 British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [13]
2022 Digital Spy Reader Awards Best Soap Actor (Female) Won [14]
2023 British Soap Awards Best Leading Performer Won [15]
Best Dramatic Performance Nominated
Best On-Screen Partnership
(with Jamie Borthwick)		 Nominated
TRIC Awards Soap Actor Won [16]
National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Won [17]
Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Won [18]
TVTimes Awards Favourite Soap Actor Pending [19]

References
  1. Harold, Danielle (30 May 2013). "Twitter / DHaroldOfficial: 21 today !!! :)". Twitter. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. "Danielle Harold: 'EastEnders has been a whirlwind'". Digital Spy. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  3. "Press Office – Danielle Harold joins the cast of EastEnders". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. "EastEnders – Lola Pearce played by Danielle Harold". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  5. "Jamie Oliver's Dream School pupil Danielle: People think we're scum but we're not". Now. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  6. "'EastEnders' Lola to give birth in live Olympics episode – EastEnders News – Soaps". Digital Spy. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  7. Fletcher, Harry (13 June 2015). "EastEnders' Danielle Harold is leaving Lola Pearce role: "I'll miss everyone here"". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  8. Harp, Justin (20 December 2018). "EastEnders confirms return for Danielle Harold as Lola Pearce". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  9. Rodger, James (20 December 2018). "EastEnders' Lola set for explosive return – and she's not alone". birminghammail. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  10. Knight, Lewis (29 October 2022). "EastEnders star Danielle Harold explains why Lola's story has changed her". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  11. TVTimes [@tvtimesmagazine] (1 December 2012). "WINNER! @DHaroldOfficial scooped the TV Times Award for Favourite Newcomer! Well done, Danielle! #tvtimesawards" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. Dainty, Sophie (22 July 2013). "Inside Soap Awards 2013".
  13. "British Soap Awards 2014: full list of winners revealed". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  14. Rowan, Iona (20 December 2022). "The Digital Spy Reader Awards 2022 full results". Digital Spy.
  15. Cormack, Morgan (11 April 2023). "British Soap Awards 2023 longlist: EastEnders' Ravi vs Corrie's Stephen". Radio Times. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  16. Hibbs, James (27 June 2023). "EastEnders' Danielle Harold wins TRIC Award for best soap actor". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  17. Cormack, Morgan (23 May 2023). "National Television Awards 2023 longlist revealed: SAS Rogue Heroes, Call the Midwife and more". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  18. "The Inside Soap Awards 2023 - cast your vote now!". Inside Soap. 4–10 July 2023.
  19. Selwood, Sarah. "TV Times Awards 2023 — voting is now open!". What to Watch. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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