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Ashley McGuire
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn May 15, 1972 (53 years)
Ashley McGuire is a British actress, known for her roles as Big Mandy in the BBC comedy series This Country, Vicky Houghton 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.
McGuire attended Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. 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. She has also appeared as Shakira in Man Down, "Big" Mandy Harris in This Country and Bev Slater in EastEnders.
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. 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.
McGuire attended Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. 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. She has also appeared as Shakira in Man Down, "Big" Mandy Harris in This Country and Bev Slater in EastEnders.
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. 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.
Ashley McGuire Filmography
| 2025 | Dexter Procter: The 10-Year-Old Doctor (TV Series) · as Mrs. Lake |
| 2023 | Northern Comfort · as Esther |
| 2023 | The Change (TV Series) · as Bernadette |
| 2022 | Red Riding Hood: After Ever After · as Helga |
| 2022 | Christmas at Malory Towers · as Matron Kathleen Maher |
| 2022 | This Is Going To Hurt (TV Series) · as Houghton |
| 2021 | Angela Black (TV Series) · as Judy |
| 2021 | It's a Sin (TV Series) · as Lorraine Fletcher |
| 2020 | Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After · as Mayoress |
| 2020 | Small Axe (TV Series) · as Cook |
| 2020 | Malory Towers (TV Series) · as Matron |
| 2019 | Eternal Beauty · as Jean |
| 2019 | The Gentlemen · as Maureen |
| 2019 | The Hustle · as Policewoman |
| 2018 | Wanderlust (2018) (TV Series) · as Janet Malherbe |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story · as Lodge Human Trainer (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Decline and Fall (TV Series) · as Lady Circumference |
| 2017 | This Country (TV Series) · as Mandy Harris |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby · as Midwife |
| 2016 | David Brent: Life on the Road · as Mo |
| 2015 | Hector · as Chiropodist |
| 2014 | Counting Backwards · as Flo Brown |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | The Riot Club · as Police Officer #2 |
| 2014 | In the Club (TV Series) · as Annette Harris |
| 2013 | Obsession: Dark Desires (TV Series) · as Stalking Neighbor |
| 2013 | Man Down (TV Series) · as Shakira |
| 2013 | The Job Lot (TV Series) · as Dawn Carter |
| 2012 | Dead Boss (TV Series) · as Slasher |
| 2012 | Derek (TV Series) · as Shelley |
| 2012 | The Grind · as Linda |
| 2011 | Revenge · as Dancer Two |
| 2011 | Trollied (TV Series) · as Millionth Customer |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 · as Death Eater |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · as Death Eater |
| 2010 | Baseline · as Susan |
| 2009 | Harry Brown · as Community Wpc |
| 2009 | Miranda (TV Series) · as Meals On Wheels Lady |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Simone Lewis |
| 2008 | Caught in a Trap · as Prison Inmate |
| 2007 | Ruby Blue · as Debbie |
| 2006 | The IT Crowd (TV Series) · as Homeless Lady |
| 2005 | Gypo · as Penny |
| 2004 | England Expects · as Dawn |
| 2003 | Murphy's Law (2001) (TV Series) · as Maid |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Julie |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Bev Slater |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Stella Tanner |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Ginny Portis |
| 2017 | Bridget Jones's Baby: Gag Reel · as Self |
| 2020 | Malory Towers (TV Series) · as Written By |