Ashley McGuire
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1972 (age 54)
- Birthplace
- Lewisham, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
An Impossible Way to Die
TV · 6 eps
Northern Comfort
Movie · as Esther
The Change
TV · as Bernadette · 1 ep
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Movie · as Helga
Christmas at Malory Towers
Movie · as Matron Kathleen Maher
This Is Going to Hurt
TV · as Houghton · 7 eps
Slow Horses
TV · as Suzie · 2 eps
It's a Sin
TV · as Lorraine Fletcher · 2 eps
The Gentlemen
Movie · as Maureen
Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After
Movie · as Mayoress
Malory Towers
TV · as Matron · 92 eps
Small Axe
TV · as Cook · 1 ep
National Theatre Live: Top Girls
Movie · as Dull Gret
The Hustle
Movie · as Policewoman
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie · as Lodge Human Trainer (uncredited)
Wanderlust
TV · as Janet Malherbe · 1 ep
This Country
TV · as Mandy Harris · 5 eps
Decline and Fall
TV · as Lady Circumference · 1 ep
David Brent: Life on the Road
Movie · as Mo
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie · as Midwife
Hector
Movie · as Chiropodist
Counting Backwards
Movie · as Flo Brown
The Riot Club
Movie · as Police Officer #2
National Theatre Live: Home
Movie · as Sharon
Derek
TV · as Shelley · 1 ep
Man Down
TV · as Shakira · 24 eps
The Job Lot
TV · as Dawn Carter · 1 ep
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Death Eater
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Death Eater
Miranda
TV · as Meals-on-Wheels Lady · 1 ep
Ruby Blue
Movie · as Debbie
Gypo
Movie · as Penny