Karen Meagher

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Karen Meagher
Born
Birkenhead, England
Other namesKaren Lloyd
OccupationActress
Years active1979–present

Karen Meagher is an English actress.

Early life

Meagher was born in the Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead, to a family originally from North Wales.

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Career

Meagher's first acting role was as a maid in the 1979 television series The Mallens . This was followed by a role as Miss Broom in the BBC 1980s children's programme Jonny Briggs . She also played a young Lou Beale in the EastEnders special CivvyStreet , a spin-off that was filmed in 1988 but set in 1942.

Meagher is perhaps best known for portraying Ruth Beckett in the 1984 BBC nuclear war drama television film Threads . [1] [2] [3] [4] At the time, she was a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and was passionately committed to making a statement about the dangers of nuclear war in the United Kingdom. She also later appeared in a film outlining the risks attached to nuclear power called Chernobyl: The Final Warning .

Meagher has had many other television and film roles, such as Inspector Murchison in Heartbeat and Grace Poole in the 2006 BBC adaptation of Wide Sargasso Sea , as well as smaller roles in Dalziel and Pascoe , Carrie's War , Down to Earth , Doctors , The Bill , Bad Girls , Silent Witness , Sharpe , 28 Weeks Later , and Father Brown . She appeared in the 2007 run of Equus in London's Gielgud Theatre, portraying the nurse, and was also understudy for Jenny Agutter and Gabrielle Reidy's roles.

References

  1. ↑ Rogers, Jude (8 June 2018). "Threads terrified a generation – now nuclear war is being restaged in Sheffield". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ↑ BBC. "BBC - South Yorkshire - In Pictures - 'Threads' in pictures". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Ross Davies. "Was Threads the scariest TV show ever made?" . Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Bass, Interviews by George (8 January 2019). "How we made the nuclear apocalypse TV drama Threads". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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