Tala Gouveia (born 13 February 1989) is a British actress, best known for playing DCI Lauren McDonald in the ITV crime drama McDonald & Dodds (2020–2024).

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Nov 21, 2019 · Now rising star Tala Gouveia is taking on her first major TV role starring in new ITV cop drama McDonald & Dodds alongside telly stalwart Jason Watkins (The Crown, The Lost Honour of Christopher...

Tala Gouveia is known for McDonald & Dodds (2020), Before We Grow Old (2019) and Scream Street (2015).

Jun 19, 2022 · Tala Gouveia is best known for a TV role starring in new ITV cop drama McDonald & Dodds alongside telly stalwart Jason Watkins. The detective drama is back for a third series which will air this weekend.

Feb 28, 2021 · Tala Gouveia portrays “feisty and ambitious” DCI Lauren McDonald, opposite Jason Watkins‘ “quietly brilliant” DS Dodds. The pair return for three new feature-length films in series two of the detective drama. Tala’s appearance in the first series in 2020 was her first leading television role.

4 days ago · Guest appearances on a number of shows followed, and in 2020, Tala was cast in a lead role as DCI Lauren McDonald on ITV's police procedural series McDonald & Dodds, which enjoyed two episodes before the pandemic hit, and is currently filming three more.

Tala Gouveia is a British actress, born in Nottingham, UK. The daughter of two theatre actors, Gouveia trained at the Bristol Old Vic.

5 days ago · Tala Gouveia comes from a theatrical family. They moved from Nottingham to London when she was eight. Tala always wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps, and went to drama school in...

Jun 28, 2020 · There's a new detective in Bath. She's wildly ambitious and doesn't mind stepping on people's toes to get the job done. In BBC Brit's new detective drama, "McDonald & Dodds" Tala Gouveia, BAFTA...