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Laura Sadler (December 25, 1980 – June 19,
2003) was a United Kingdom|British actor|actress
best known for her role as nurse Sandy Harper in
the BBC ONE hospital drama series Holby City.

She was born in Ascot, Berkshire|Ascot in the
county of Berkshire, and took up television acting
as a young girl. Before joining the cast of Holby
City, her best-known role had been as the
character Judi Jeffreys in the children's
television series Grange Hill from 1997 to 1999.

In 1996 she starred in the feature film Intimate
Relations alongside Julie Walters, where she
played a Lolita-like girl with a crush on her
mother's adulterous lover.

She joined the cast of Holby City, a spin-off
series from the long-running BBC medical drama
series Casualty, in the show's third series.

In the early hours of June 15, 2003, she fell 40
foot (unit of length)|feet (12 metres) from the
rear window of a block of flats in Holland Park,
an area of west London, apparently having
previously taken alcohol and cocaine. The building
was the home of her boyfriend, fellow Holby City
actor George Calil. She suffered severe head
injuries, and never regained consciousness. She
died at Charing Cross Hospital on June 19, after a
decision by her family the previous day to have
her life support system turned off.

Her boyfriend Calil, aged 30, who played her
character's drug-dealing boyfriend Sean Hunt in
Holby City, was arrested for questioning, before
being released on bail. On June 26 police
announced that the death was being treated as
accidental and no further action would be taken.

Laura Sadler continued to feature in pre-recorded
episodes of Holby City after her death. Laura's
mother took part in writing her daughter's
character, Sandy, out of Holby City, in which she
won the lottery and subsequently emigrated out of
the country.

== External links ==
* http://us.imdb.com/Name?Sadler,+Laura Laura
Sadler's entry in the Internet Movie Database
*
"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_r
adio/2994992.stm Holby actor speaks of shock" - a
BBC News article dated Monday, 16 June, 2003
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"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_r
adio/3001562.stm Actress Laura Sadler dies" - a
BBC News article dated Thursday, 19 June, 2003
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"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3001606.
stm Your tributes to Laura Sadler" - a BBC News
article dated Thursday, 19 June, 2003