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Ashley McGuire

Ashley McGuire

Actor · Born 1972-05-15 · Lewisham, London, England, UK

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — Death Eater
  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — Death Eater
  3. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) — Lodge Human Trainer (uncredited)
  4. The Gentlemen (2020) — Maureen
  5. Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) — Midwife
  6. The Hustle (2019) — Policewoman
  7. The Riot Club (2014) — Police Officer #2
  8. David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) — Mo
  9. Derek (2013) — Shelley
  10. It's a Sin (2021) — Lorraine Fletcher
  11. This Is Going to Hurt (2022) — Houghton
  12. Small Axe (2020) — Cook
  13. Northern Comfort (2023) — Esther
  14. This Country (2017) — Mandy Harris
  15. Wanderlust (2018) — Janet Malherbe
  16. Man Down (2013) — Shakira
  17. The Job Lot (2013) — Dawn Carter
  18. Hector (2015) — Chiropodist
  19. The Change (2023) — Bernadette
  20. Decline and Fall (2017) — Lady Circumference
  21. Gypo (2005) — Penny
  22. Malory Towers (2020) — Matron
  23. Ruby Blue (2007) — Debbie
  24. Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After (2020) — Mayoress
  25. Red Riding Hood: After Ever After (2022) — Helga
  26. National Theatre Live: Top Girls (2019) — Dull Gret
  27. National Theatre Live: Home (2013) — Sharon
  28. Counting Backwards (2015) — Flo Brown
  29. An Impossible Way to Die