Lola Blue

Lola Blue
Born
Lola-Blue Sattar

2005 (age 20–21)
Bristol, England
OccupationActress
Years active2020–present
MotherZita Sattar

Lola-Blue Sattar (born 2005), known professionally as Lola Blue, is an English actress. She began her career making appearances in various British television series including The Worst Witch, The Dumping Ground and Doctors, after which she starred as Addie Darrow in the CBBC series A Kind of Spark from 2022 to 2023. Blue has also appeared in various stage productions, as well as appearing as Ellie Benton on the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street in 2024.

Early life

Lola-Blue Sattar was born in 2005 in Bristol. Her mother is actress Zita Sattar and her father is director Declan O'Dwyer. The family reside in Birmingham, where she attained a Level 3 Extended Diploma in acting at Birmingham Ormiston Academy. Blue is autistic.

Career

Blue made her screen debut in an episode of the CBBC series The Worst Witch in 2020. That same year, she appeared in episodes of The Dumping Ground and Miss Scarlet and The Duke. Then in 2022, Blue appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors. She portrayed Shona Greenhalgh, a fifteen-year-old who gives birth to a baby and abandons it at a local church. A year later, she was cast as Addie Darrow, the leading character in the CBBC series A Kind of Spark. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Elle McNicoll, the series centred around Addie, an autistic girl who is navigating adolescence and living in a small town. The series aired from 2023 to 2024 and received critical acclaim for its portrayal of autistic women, with Blue nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in 2024 for her role as Addie.

In 2024, Blue appeared as Ellie Benton on the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street. Her character was involved in a high-profile storyline that saw her revealed as an abuse victim at the hands of series villain Joel Deering (Calum Lill). In 2026, she starred opposite Emily Carey in The Birth of a Mall Goth, a short film about autism.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2020 The Worst Witch Jessica Juniper Episode: "The Crystal Lake"
2020 Miss Scarlet and The Duke Young Eliza Scarlet Episode: "Inheritance"
2020 The Dumping Ground Zara Episode: "Everybody Needs a Friend"
2022 Doctors Shona Greenhalgh Episode: "Doing Nothing"
2023–2024 A Kind of Spark Addie Darrow Main role
2024 Coronation Street Ellie Benton Recurring role
2025 Miles Away Max Short film
2026 A Mouth Full of Wires Aira (voice) Short film
2026 The Birth of a Mall Goth Gemma Short film

Stage

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2023 RTS North West Awards Best Performance in a Drama A Kind of Spark Nominated
2024 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Performer A Kind of Spark Nominated

References

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