Lola-Rose Maxwell

Lola-Rose is an actor, writer and director from Croydon. Series regular in all three seasons of BBC/HBO’s Starstruck, singled out in reviews as ‘Hilarious’- Mashable and ‘merits spin off’ – Evening Standard. She has also starred in The Now Show, screentime, Down From London, Doctors, Kevcoin (The Movie), Deloping and most recently, Nick Moorcroft’s (Fisherman’s Friends) new dramedy feature film Mother’s Pride out in cinemas in 2025.

Lola-Rose is probably most well known for her sketches with Stevie Martin which have amassed over 45 million views on social media. The pair were headhunted and now direct commercials for Chief productions. Lola-Rose also directed her own short Attack of the Coat in Jan ‘25. She’s written sketches for Radio 4, two episodes of Channel 4’s Rude Tube and short film Office Manager but now mostly writes horror feature films, mostly.

Unconventionally for a Brit, Lola-Rose started her career doing long-form improv and has grown to be one of the most sought after improvisers in the UK. She’s performed in sell out shows across London’s West End and LA. Most notably her own show The Improvised Play which started at The Royal Court and grew into a 5 night run at The Arcola achieving Lyn Gardener’s pick of the week.

Awards/Nominations

Short Com International Film Fest – Nominee – Best Performance 2022

Monologue Slam – Special Mention 2019

Funny Women – One to watch 2019

For Office Manager:
Top Shorts competition – Best Dark comedy – 2020

London Comedy Short Film Festival honourable mention – 2020.

Reviews  – For The Improvised Play

CREDITS

TV

FILM

STAGE

SHORT FILM

AUDIO

COMMERCIAL