Her real name is Maureen Oldman and Laila Morse is her stage name. She is the sister of Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman who played Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series.
His older sister, Maureen, is an actress better known as Laila Morse; she performed in Oldman's directorial debut Nil by Mouth (1997), before taking on her most famous role of Mo Harris in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Her rise to fame came later in life when she was cast in a film by her famous brother - award-winning Hollywood actor Gary Oldman. Laila's real name is actually Maureen Oldman, but she was given her stage name by glamorous actress Isabella Rossellini when she was dating her younger brother.
On 28 June 2022, it was announced that Mo would return for a short stint later in the summer. Mo returned on 10 August 2022 and departed on 14 September 2022, when she returned home to Essex.
She's back. Fans of EastEnders will be pleased to learn that the iconic Mo Harris (played by Laila Morse) will be returning. Big Mo last left Walford in 2021 when she opted for a life of luxury on a cruise ship with Fat Elvis (Shenton Dixon) but will be back for more mayhem.
But the actress had to take her kit off in a wheelchair because she sprained her ankle before going on the show and could barely stay upright. "I couldn't really stand on it, so Ashley said I couldn't take part," she told The Sun earlier this month.
She refused to give up her place in the Strictly-themed show, fronted by Diversity dancer Ashley Banjo - so ended up performing in a specially decorated wheelchair. Laila told The Sun: “I sprained my ankle the morning before we filmed it. I went over on it during the final rehearsal, so I couldn't do the dancing.
These two were more Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire's vibe than, say, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. Regardless, Thurman and Oldman ultimately came to the realization that their marriage wasn't working, which is why they decided to call it quits in 1992.
Gary Oldman learned to speak fluent Russian for his role as the villain Dukhovich. Despite no prior knowledge of Russian, Oldman was required to speak it expertly in the film.
Oldman played the coveted role of Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), giving him a key part in one of the highest-grossing franchises ever. He reprised that role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is a British actor and filmmaker. He is known for his starring role in the 1992 movie Dracula and as Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the 2017 movie Darkest Hour.
He fashioned last season of Endeavour as itself a three-movement opera about Morse and his doomed love affair with Violetta, a married woman who longs to be free of her abusive, criminal husband and yet can't bring herself to leave him.
In the novels, Morse's first name came from the vessel HMS Endeavour; his mother was a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) who have a tradition of "virtue names", and his father admired Captain James Cook.
The Origin Story's Origin Story. The ongoing prequel Endeavour, now on its sixth season and set in 1969, takes its title from the late revelation that Morse's Quaker parents had made him the namesake of Captain Cook's ship, the Endeavour.
EastEnders' Big Mo is played Maureen Oldman - or better known by her stage name Laila Morse. The actress is actually a decade younger than her character, aged 74, while June Brown celebrated her 93rd birthday earlier this week.
Freddie was conceived in late 2003 when his mother, Little Mo Mitchell, was raped by her friend, Graham Foster. Her refusal to abort the child caused the break-up of her marriage to Billy Mitchell. Mo stayed with her sister, Belinda Peacock, where she gave birth to Freddie.
Who has been married the most times in EastEnders?
Ian is the most-married character in EastEnders history, with six marriages to five women: Cindy Williams (Michelle Collins), Mel Healy (Tamzin Outhwaite), Laura Dunn (Hannah Waterman), twice to Jane Collins (Laurie Brett), and Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), and two aborted engagements to Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton) ...
She then went on to date Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick), but their romance broke down after Mo was raped by the evil Graham Foster (Alex McSweeney). After finding out she was pregnant and giving birth to Freddie, it became too much Billy and he left.
