Ashley McGuire

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Ashley McGuire is a British actress, known for her roles as Big Mandy in the BBC comedy series This Country , Vicky Houghton [1] in the BBC One series This Is Going to Hurt , Shakira in the Channel 4 comedy series Man Down and Bev Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders .

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Life and career

McGuire attended Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. [2] McGuire has portrayed various TV roles, including Malory Towers , Coronation Street , Dead Boss , Small Axe , Decline and Fall , It's a Sin and Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After. [3] She has also appeared as Shakira in Man Down , "Big" Mandy Harris in This Country and Bev Slater in EastEnders . [4]

Her stage work includes Home by Nadia Fall (2012 and 2013), Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (2015) and Top Girls (2019) by Caryl Churchill, Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker (2015), and The Suicide by Suhayla El-Bushra (2016), all at the Royal National Theatre. [2] Susannah Clapp, a theatre critic for The Observer , wrote about McGuire's portrayal of Falstaff in Phyllida Lloyd's all-female Henry IV at the Donmar Warehouse (2014): "A magnificent Falstaff... she is glorious. A one-person vindication of the all-female enterprise. If it were needed." [5] [6]

Stage

YearTheatrePlayRoleRef.
2006 Battersea Arts Centre Saved or Destroyed [7]
2008
2009
2010		 Canal Café Theatre
Pleasance, Edinburgh
Pleasance, Inner London		I'll Always Think of You That WayAlison [8]
2010 Soho Theatre Fatal LightMaggie [9]
2011Theatre UncutHousekeepingJoan [10]
2012
2013		National TheatreHomeSharon [11]
2014Donmar Warehouse Henry IV Falstaff [12] [13]
2015National TheatreOur Country's GoodDabby Bryant [14] [15]
2015National TheatreAn Oak Tree [16]
2015National Theatre Light Shining in Buckinghamshire Vagrant [17]
2016National TheatreThe SuicideSarah and Margaret Thatcher [18] [19]
2016 Lyric Hammersmith Shopping and F***ing Brian [20]
2017 Bush Theatre HirPaige [21] [22]
2019National TheatreTop GirlsDull Gret [23]

Filmography

YearCategoryTitleRole
2001TV series The Savages Frightening girl
2001TV series Casualty Julie
2003TV series Murphy's Law Maid
2004Feature film England Expects Dawn
2004TV series EastEnders Carol
2005Feature film Gypo Penny
2007Feature film Ruby Blue Debbie
2008Feature filmCaught in a TrapPrison inmate
2009TV series The Bill (series 24)Stella Tanner
2009Feature film Harry Brown Community WPC
2010Feature filmBaselineSusan
2010Feature film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Death Eater #9
2010TV series Miranda Meals on Wheels lady
2010TV series Law & Order: UK (series 4)Simone Lewis
2011Feature film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Death Eater #9
2011TV series Coronation Street Ginny Portis
2012Feature film The Grind Linda
2012TV series Dead Boss Slasher
2012TV series Trollied Millionth customer
2012TV series4FunniesCheryl
2013TV series Derek Shelley
2013TV series The Job Lot Dawn Carter
2013TV series The IT Crowd Homeless lady
2013TV series Obsession: Dark Desires Stalking neighbour
2013–2017TV series Man Down Shakira
2014Feature film Gold Rosie
2014TV series In the Club Annette Harris
2014Feature film The Riot Club Police officer 2
2014Feature filmChewing Gum BlapMary
2014ShortCounting BackwardsFlo Brown
2015Feature filmHectorChiropodist
2016Feature film David Brent: Life on the Road Mo
2016Feature film Bridget Jones's Baby Midwife
2017ShortDouble ActCasting Director
2017TV seriesDecline and FallLady Circumference
2017–2020TV series This Country Mandy Harris
2018ShortRelativityMrs Ryder
2018ShortLittle ShitMum
2018Feature film Solo: A Star Wars Story Lodge Human Trainer (uncredited)
2018TV series Wanderlust Janet Malherbe
2018–2019TV series EastEnders Bev Slater
2019Feature film The Hustle Policewoman
2019Feature film Eternal Beauty Jean (uncredited)
2019Feature film The Gentlemen Maureen
2020–2024TV series Malory Towers Matron Kathleen
2020TV film Small Axe – Alex Wheatle Cook
2020TV seriesJack and the Beanstalk: After Ever AfterMayoress
2021TV series It's a Sin Lorraine Fletcher
2021TV seriesAngela BlackJudy
2022TV series This Is Going to Hurt Ms Vicky Houghton
2023Feature film Northern Comfort Esther
2023TV series The Change Bernadette

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