Angela McHale | |
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Born | Angela Jane McHale 26 February 1969 London, England, |
Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian |
Years active | 2001–present |
Angela Jane McHale (born 26 February 1969) is an English actress and comedian, particularly well known for her variety of British television roles including roles in Not Going Out , [1] The Catherine Tate Show and Grange Hill . Mother to two boys - Ben and Oscar Rimmer and married to Stephen Rimmer.
Angela Jane McHale was born on 26 February 1969 and attended St Anne's convent school for girls in Ealing, London and St Benedict's School, Ealing for 6th form. [2] [3] On her release, she went to Warwick University [4] to read Politics and discovered her vocation. She then went on to study drama at the Drama Studio London. Her work with comedians Catherine Tate and Lee Mack [5] has singled her out as one of the most gifted comic actresses at work today.[ citation needed ]
She then later guest starred in close friends' Tate and Mack's TV shows, The Catherine Tate Show (all 3 series) and Not Going Out. She has appeared in the latter six times, each time playing a different guest role. She has also been in Miranda (written by and starring Miranda Hart) and The Bill . She has appeared in Doctors, Casualty, Coronation Street, Eastenders and Summer of Rockets .
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Grange Hill | PC Wendy Gibbon | Television debut |
Murder in Mind | DS Harrison | Motive | |
2003 | Casualty | Sue | Christmas Spirit |
2005 | Bad Girls | Nurse | Season 7, Episode 7 |
2006 | EastEnders | Midwife | |
2004 2006 | The Catherine Tate Show | Various | |
2006 | Corpse | Lydia | |
2007 | Angelo | Angela | Season 1, Episode Four |
2009 | Doctors | Rebecca Fisher | O True Apothecary |
2006- 2018 | Not Going Out | Clown instructor Lola Hale Nurse Sat nav School mum | Serious (Series 1, Episode 1) Amy (Series 3, Episode 3) Donor (Series 7, Episode 3) Car (Series 8, Episode 3) Lollipop Man (Series 9, Episode 6) |
2011 | Coronation Street | Christine | 2 episodes |
2014 | Edge of Heaven | Jemima Hadley-Hawthorne | Season 1 Episode 3 |
2019 | Mothering | Helen | Short film |
Summer of Rockets | Head Warden | Season 1 Episode 2 |
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