Paula Lane (born 17 April 1986) is an English actress. She is best known for the role of Kylie Platt in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2010 to 2016. After playing Kylie for nearly six years, Lane quit the role to focus on raising her two children and running her husband's acting school.
Lane is originally from Hebden Bridge near Halifax. Lane attended Wardle Academy and then Huddersfield Technical College. At the age of 19 she was accepted to train at the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama in London, graduating in 2008 with a 1st class honours degree in acting. On finishing drama school, Lane was cast immediately in the ITV 1960s-based drama Heartbeat where she made her television debut playing a teacher, Wendy Kelshaw, in the episode 'School Of Hard Knocks'.
Lane made her professional acting debut in Heartbeat in 2009. Since then she has appeared in Going Postal by Terry Pratchett for Sky, The Royal and Doctors. Lane was also featured in the short film War Wounds alongside Stephen Mangan.