Laura Sadler

Laura was spotted as a future talent at the age of 6 by Dustin Hoffman, who had seen her in a play. After the play had finished Dustin went backstage to meet the then child actress.
Fell 40ft from a balcony of her boyfriend's home in London, suffering severe head injuries. Five days later, on the 18th June 2003, her life support machine was turned off by her parents and she subsequently died. She was already brain-dead, doctors saying there was nothing more that could be done for her. An autopsy revealed a large quantity of alcohol and she was later found to have had "derivatives of cocaine and traces of diazepam" in her blood.
Appeared in a training video for Barclays Bank, and played 'Reggie' in the Roland Rat Roadshow.
Continued to feature in eight pre-recorded episodes of Holby City after her death.
She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.

[best thing about working on Holby City] Just working with such fantastic people, not just the cast but the crew as well. Who could ask for a better job, we just go around playing doctors and nurses. It's never the same, every day is different.
[on research for role] The production team arranged for me to visit a hospital to see how they really work, it was absolutely invaluable, and amazing to see the doctors and nurses work so well under so much pressure.
[on nerves] I still suffer from nerves and there were quite a few butterflies in my stomach on the first day of filming and at the audition before that too.. luckily, everyone working on the programme couldn't have been nicer, and I settled in very quickly.
[on character Sandy] She's very uncomplicated and sweet natured. There's a gossipy side to her but that's as bad as it gets - there's no bitchiness or nastiness. She's very naive and daffy - I suppose we are quite similar in that, though I'd like to think that I'm a bit brighter than her, though I couldn't nurse anyone to save my life! I've added lots of myself into her so we have quite a bit in common.
[on previous jobs] Painting the toilets in a very grotty nightclub. It was the gents' toilets so it was really disgusting.