Montserrat Lombard

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Montserrat Lombard
Born
Montserrat Lombard

London, England, UK
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
SpouseJames Mathé

Montserrat Lombard is an English actress best known for playing WPC (later DC) Sharon 'Shaz' Granger in the BBC drama series Ashes to Ashes .

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Early life

Lombard was born on 1st August 1982 [1] in Putney, London and is of Spanish and Italian descent. She starred in The Late Show, alongside James Corden in 1997, before moving onto television work and filmography. [2]

Career

Her TV credits include regular roles in Love Soup (2005–2008) and Roman's Empire (2007) but she is most famous for her role as WPC Shaz Granger in the hit BBC drama Ashes to Ashes (2008–2010).

Other credits include guest roles in Doctors , Twisted Tales, Nathan Barley , Murder in Suburbia ("Witches", as a school girl named Myra who, among other things, bakes brownies and attempts to seduce her music teacher dressed in lacy underwear), a lead role in St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold , Midsomer Murders: A Picture of Innocence, and a part in the feature-length ITV drama Tunnel Of Love. Lombard has also played Lavya in the episodes "Hello Queppu" and "Artefact" of the BBC Two sci-fi comedy series Hyperdrive , and Stevie in the fourth episode of the BBC Two comedy Saxondale . She appeared as Lady Anne in the BBC Radio 4 comedy The Castle, and has appeared in several stage productions, including People Who Don't Do Dinner Parties. [ citation needed ]

Lombard played June in the short film Vanilla Song, created by National Film and Television School students, as well as Ian Sciacaluga's short film noir, Imbroglio. [3] She played The Muse in William Mager's 2008 short film, Stiletto, funded by Apex Arts and the Hitchcock Production Fund. She had a small role in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus . In 2009, she worked on the film St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold , playing Zoe, the Emo.

She played Maria in the premiere episode of the 2011 TV series, The Borgias . [4] She voiced the role of Mirania in the 2011–12 game The Last Story for Nintendo Wii.[ citation needed ]

She appeared in ITV's Marple : A Caribbean Mystery in 2013 as Esther Walters. From September 2013 to January 2014 she starred alongside Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock [5] in Barking in Essex at the Wyndhams Theatre. [6]

In May 2016 she appeared on BBC Two in Ben Elton's comedy Upstart Crow as Shakespeare's dark lady muse Emelia (series 1 episode 4, and in October 2018 reprised the role in series 3 episode 6). In March 2017 she appeared in Private View, the series 3 finale of Inside No. 9 on BBC Two as a sarcastic waitress, Bea. Also in 2016 she appeared as different characters in Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories, [7] a series of short films for Sky Arts directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard and scored by Jarvis Cocker. In 2019, she voices Mia on Thomas and Friends in US/UK versions. In 2023 she played Gwen Tyler in the BBC series Beyond Paradise , as well as filming for her upcoming film "Tyger."

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003London SonnetYoung Lovers – GirlShort film
2005Vanilla SongJuneShort film
2005ImbroglioShort film
2007English Language (with English Subtitles)Backing Vox & TambourineShort film
2008StilettoThe MuseShort film
2008ScratchSusanShort film
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Sally's Friend
2009Stalking Ben ChadzIzzyShort film
2009Finding SolMiaShort film
2009 St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Zoe
2010The Savage CanvasJill SaundersShort film
2010MagpieMinnieShort film
2012 8 Minutes Idle Alice
2012 Outside Bet Becka
2012 Tower Block Jenny
2013Albatross: A Love StoryShort film
2013 Charlie Countryman MadisonUncredited
2014I Remember YouPennyShort film
2016Bliss!Karen Robson
2017The Ministry of Stories AnthologyVampire
2017AlteredCynthiaShort film
2017To Wendy Who Kicked Me When I Said I Love YouWendyShort film
2019 Rare Beasts Val
2019Thomas & Friends: Digs and DiscoveriesMia, Passengers (voices)UK/US versions

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Doctors NataliaEpisode: "Occupational Hazards"
2004Tunnel of LoveNatalieTelevision movie
2005–2008 Love Soup Milly RussellMain cast
17 episodes
2007 Midsomer Murders Philomena BellEpisode: "Picture of Innocence"
2007, 2008 Hyperdrive Lavya2 Episodes
2008–2010 Ashes to Ashes Sharon "Shaz" Granger Main cast
24 episodes
2016, 2018 Upstart Crow Emilia Lanier Guest Star2 episodes
2017 Inside No. 9 BeaEpisode: "Private View"
2019–present Thomas & Friends Mia (voice)UK/US versions
2023 Beyond Paradise Gwen TaylorEpisode 1

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