Marian McLoughlin
Marian McLoughlin (born December 9, 1952) is a British actor best known for her role as Marina Bonnaire in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She also played the role of Brenda Jacks in the BBC series Home Time in 2009 and Julia in Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me in 2011. In 2013, she appeared in one episode of Truckers.
Marian McLoughlin | |
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| Born | December 9, 1952 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1977 - present |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
She was born into a large Irish family with five brothers. Her mother was a cleaner and her father a labourer. The family immigrated to England in the 1940s.
Career
After training to be a French teacher, she graduated from Newman College, and later took a postgraduate diploma in Drama at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Theatre work includes: Henry V, After the Fall and Bartholomew Fair at the Royal National Theatre, Edmund at the Royal Court, and numerous rep companies. TV work includes: series regular in French Fields, Doctors, Home Time, Born to Run, Thin Ice, Castles; period drama Nicholas Nickleby; plus roles in The Impressions Show, EastEnders and The Bill, and many other productions. In 1997, she starred in the BBC drama Born to Run.[1] In 2017 she played Marie in The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. She played Tina Tripp in 2020’s “Blood Will Tell”, S10:E1 of Vera.
Personal life
She lives with her writer husband and her two children in West London.
References
- Benedict, David (24 May 1997) Going the distance