Lorraine Pilkington (born 18 April 1974) is an Irish actress from Dublin who is best known for her roles as Katrina Finlay from Monarch of the Glen and Lulu in Human Traffic.
Born in Dublin in 1974, one of four children,[1] Pilkington grew up in the affluent suburban village of Malahide,[2] and attended Manor House School, Raheny until the age of 14.
[2] After a period involving substantial voiceover work, she moved back to London in the late 1990s, with the self-described aim of relaunching her career.
[2] Pilkington subsequently appeared in films including Human Traffic[2] and My Kingdom, a retelling of King Lear.
In 1999, she was cast as Katrina Finlay, a schoolteacher in a Scottish village, a major role in the BBC television series Monarch of the Glen,[2] which was broadcast from 2000.