Lauren (Coronation Street)

Lauren is a student at Weatherfield High School and a recurring antagonist in the British soap opera Coronation Street, making her first appearance in March 2016.

She is played by Sharron Flynn.

Lauren along with her friends have bullied and terrorised Bethany Platt at school.

Lauren makes remarks about Bethany and her mother Sarah Platt as well as pulling her hair. Lauren and her friend Shelley, send cruel messages to Bethany online. Lauren, Shelley and the others follow Bethany home, but Luke Britton intervenes and forces them to leave. When Sarah learns of Bethany's bullying, she visits Lauren at her home and confronts both Lauren and her mother.

In April 2016, Lauren and her friends follow Bethany back home and make cruel remarks about her newborn half-brother Harry. Just then, Bethany's uncle Nick Tisley sees whats going on and calmly tells Lauren to leave his niece alone. At first, Lauren doesn't feel threatened by Nick and replies that he looks like he's going to have a breakdown, before Nick snaps and snatches Lauren's bag and throws it to the ground, spilling the contents and orders her again to leave Bethany alone, before leaving. An annoyed Lauren picks up her bag and warns Bethany that she and Nick are in trouble.

Lauren later returns with her mother, who demands justice for what Nick did, only for the rest of the Platt family to stand up for Nick, with Sarah ordering Lauren and her mother to leave after learning that Bethany is still getting bullied.