Lauritta Essien (born 1974 in Manchester) appeared on Coronation Street in both February 2016 and February 2018 as Mrs Lowe, a teacher at Weatherfield High.
Her other television credits include roles in Linda Green, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Casualty, Dalziel and Pascoe, Wire in the Blood, EastEnders, The Bill, Silent Witness, Holby City, Doctors and Trust Me, along with the TV movies Heatwave, Magnificent 7 and The Commander: Abduction.
On stage she has appeared in productions of The African Maiden, Sisters of the Moon, Life Rites, The GERI Project, Talking to Terrorists, The Crucible, Antony and Cleopatra, Harriet & I, A Streetcar Named Desire and Sixteen.