Laura Pyper

Laura Pyper is a Northern Irish actress known for portraying Ella Dee in the second season of Hex Jane Fairfax in Emma and Lexine Murdoch in the video game Dead Space Extraction She also played Lesley Howell in The Secret on ITV which was first broadcast in April and May 2016 Born in Magherafelt Northern Ireland Pyper has two brothers and two sisters She attended Rainey Endowed School and later studied English and Drama at Trinity College Dublin Pyper made her film debut playing Lin in Reign of Fire a role she won while still studying She has also appeared in the Irish film Headrush playing Vicky Nobel On television Pyper played Ella Dee in the second season of the Sky One supernatural drama Hex and Jane Fairfax in the 2009 BBC adaptation of Jane Austens Emma She has also guest starred in episodes of Demons Doctors Silent Witness The Bill and Bachelors Walk Pyper has also worked as a voice actor in the video game Dead Space Extraction playing the character of Lexine Murdoch Pypers theatre credits include Don Juan in Soho at the Donmar Warehouse and Blackwater Angel at the Finborough Theatre In 2009 she played Cressida in the first fullscale Shakespeares Globe production of Troilus and Cressida In 2010 she played Lily Cahill in the revival of Punk Rock She played Laurel in Douglas Hodges production of Torch Song Trilogy at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2012 Mrs Manningham in Gas Light at Salisbury Playhouse in 2014 and Beatrice in A View from the Bridge at York Theatre Royal and Royal Derngate in 2019