The Missing Made Me Miserable!

As she returns to our TV screens, actress Laura Fraser reveals the highs and lows of the acting life.

- Rianna Ison

Laura Fraser is known across both sides of the Atlantic thanks to starring roles in hit shows, including Breaking Bad and The Missing. But when we meet in person at ITV’s headquarters, it’s clear Laura’s stateside success hasn’t gone to her head. welcoming us in with her gentle Scottish lilt, while offering us a biscuit, the actress is friendly and funny as we discuss her brand new crime series, The Loch. But with Laura no topic is off limits and we’re soon chatting about everything from the challenges of motherhood to why she’s teetotal. Laura, 40, lives in Glasgow with her husband, writer Karl Geary, and their daughter Lila, 10. She is also stepmum to Karl’s son from a previous relationship, Billy.

‘I live in Glasgow and The Loch was filmed in Glasgow, Glencoe and Lochness. The idea that you can work from home and then to go to the Scottish Highlands for the other half was amazing. I’d just done two jobs back to back that were away from home, one of which was The Missing where I spent five months in Belgium, which was grim. Because The Missing was really long and we were a long way from home, it affected everyone and we were all quite unhappy. Also, where we were filming was where they trained the Hitler Youth, and there were the Belgium attacks. It was a horrible time. Coming from The Missing, The Loch seemed like light relief! I had so much fun laughing with my co-star Siobhan Finneran.’