Marian McLoughlin

Marian McLoughlin
Born
Croydon, England
OccupationActress
Years active1977–present
Children2
Websitemarianmcloughlin.co.uk[dead link‍]

Marian McLoughlin is a British actress, 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 2021, she appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Sue Morgan.

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, Edmond 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. In 2021, she was cast in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Sue Morgan and appeared from April.[2] She departed from Hollyoaks in scenes broadcast in July of that year.[3]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1982 Giro City Martin's secretary TV film[4]
1986 The Bill Linda Episode: “Ringer”
1986 Ladies in Charge Doris Episode: “Zoe's Fever”
1988 Tumbledown Mandy TV film[5]
1989 French Fields Sweet Stallholder Episode: “Who's Been Eating My Porridge?”
1989–1990 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Grace Episodes: “No More Dying Then” and “Some Lie and Some Die”
1990 Screen Two Sarah Episode: “He's Asking for Me” [6]
1990 The Labours of Erica Sabine Episode: “Cider with Jean Pierre”
1990 South of the Border Tina Episode #2.3[7]
1990 The Piglet Files Mrs Whiteley Episode: “A Room with a View”
1990 The Bill Mary Thorn Episode: “Old Friends”
1991 French Fields Quarrelling Wife Episode: “Make for the Hills!”
1991–1993 EastEnders DCI Chapman 7 episodes
1992 Screen Two Mrs Healy Episode: “The Grass Arena” [8][9]
1992 The Guilty Maddy Doyle TV film
1992 The Bill Joanne Somers Episodes: “Minefield” and “Occupational Hazard”
1992 Kinsey Judy Kinsey 6 episodes (series 2)
1993 Casualty Ann Weston Episode: “No Place to Hide”
1993 Medics Anne Cornforth 2 episodes
1994 Cracker Catherine Carter Episode: “Men Should Weep (Part One)”
1995 Dangerfield Moira Keen Episode: “The Accidental Shooting”
1995 The Bill Mrs Riley Episode: “Alone”
1995 Pie in the Sky Jean Barratt Episode: “The One That Got Away”
1995 Castles Rachel Castle 24 episodes
1995 Wycliffe Fiona Jay Episode: “Lost Contact”
1995 Screen Two Jackie Episode: “Nervous Energy” [10]
1995 Coogan's Run Mrs Fraser Episode: “Natural Born Quizzers” [11]
1996 Casualty Marian Wingate Episode: “Asking for Miracles”
1996 The Bill Maggie Grove Episode: “Big Bullies”
1996 The Fragile Heart Margaret Sedgley 3 episodes
1997 In Your Dreams Police doctor TV film[12][13]
1997 Born to Run Bronson Flitch 6 episodes [14]
1997 The Bill DI Noble Episode: “Lucky Day”
1997 One Foot in the Grave Betty McVitie Episode: “Endgame” [15]
1998 Wycliffe Lynne Carney Episode: “Land's End”
1998 Verdict Jane McHugh Episode: “Neighbours from Hell”
1999 Holby City Dr Shelley Episode: “Staying Alive: Part 2”
1999 Grafters Pippa 8 episodes (series 2)
2000 Peak Practice Ann Garwood Episode: “Skin Deep”
2001 Silent Witness Mary Townsend Episode: “Two Below Zero”
2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Madame Mantalini TV film
2001 The Fabulous Bagel Boys Avril Rose [16]
2001 Table 12 Jan Episode: “Side Order” [17]
2001 Midsomer Murders Barbara Judd Episode: “Dark Autumn”
2001 Dalziel and Pascoe ACC Belinda Kennedy Episode: "Walls of Silence”
2001 The Bill Janie Walker Episode: “Money Man”
2003 Loving You DS Vicky Griggs TV film
2003 20 Things To Do Before You're 30 Mrs Lynch Episode 4 [18]
2003 Down to Earth Mrs Daly Episode: “Honesty” [19]
2003 William and Mary Trish 2 episodes
2003 The Bill Jean Kendall Episode: “Pandora's Box”
2004 Foyle’s War Postmistress Episode: “They Fought in the Fields”
2006 Thin Ice Barbara 6 episodes [20]
2006 Blue Murder Jo Waverley Episode: “Steady Eddie”
2007 Party Animals Barbara Foster Episode 3 [21]
2007 New Tricks Shirley White Episode: “Casualty”
2007 The Omid Djalili Show 2 episodes
2008 Lewis Phoebe Episode: “The Great and the Good”
2008 Midsomer Murders Gwen Morrison Episode: “They Seek Him Here”
2008 Doctors Margaret Watson Episode: “Making Your Bed”
2008 Holby Blue Marilyn Episode #2.11
2009 The Bill Chrissie MacLeish Episode: “Feet of Clay: Part Two”
2009 Home Time Brenda Jacks 6 episodes [22]
2010 Doctors Sue Finglesham Episode: “Freddie's Final Fling”
2010 The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson Delia
2011 Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me Julia TV film
2011–2012 Doctors Marina Bonnaire 49 episodes
Nominated for British Soap Award for Villain of the Year 2012
2012 Silent Witness Deborah Harding Episode: “Death Has No Dominion: Part 2”
2012 Spy Mrs Godfrey Episode: “Codename: Ball Busted”
2013 Jo Mrs Beatrice Episode: “Notre Dame”
2013 Holby City Coroner Valerie Episode: “Home”
2013 Truckers Judy Episode 4 [23]
2014 Boomers Pauline Episode 5 [24]
2015 SunTrap Barbara Episode: “Look Who's Talking” [25]
2020 Vera Tina Tripp Episode: “Blood Will Tell”
2020 Casualty Lil Weakes Episode #34.23[26]
2020 Trying Jilly Newman TV series, 11 episodes
2021 Hollyoaks Sue Morgan regular
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1985 And Then There Was One [27]
1987 Aria Kate [28]
1988 The Zip Sue [29]
1989 Malevolence Mary Haig
1994 A Business Affair Dinner Guest
1997 Spice World hospital parent [30]
2000 P.O.V. [31]
2006 Poppies Bea Daly [32]

Theatre

Date Title Role Director Company / Theatre
1977 – 1978 A View from the Bridge [33] Adrian Noble Bristol Old Vic / Theatre Royal, Bristol
1977 – 1978 The Shoemaker's Holiday [33] David Phethean Bristol Old Vic / Theatre Royal, Bristol
16 April 1980 – The Dover Road [33] Michael Napier Brown Cheltenham Repertory Company / Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
1985 – 1986 Edmond [33] Richard Eyre Royal Court Theatre
14 October 1988 – 1 April 1989 Bartholomew Fair [34] Alice Richard Eyre Royal National Theatre
15 June 1990 – 1991 After the Fall [35] Felice Michael Blakemore Royal National Theatre
14 May 2003 – 20 August 2003 Henry V [36] Alice Nicholas Hytner Royal National Theatre
28 January 2017 – 15 July 2017 The Girls [37] Marie Tim Firth Phoenix Theatre, London
29 June 2018 – 14 July 2018 Love and Information [38] Caroline Steinbeis Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
8 February 2019 – 23 February 2019 Rutherford and Son [39] Aunt Ann Caroline Steinbeis Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

References

  1. ^ Benedict, David (24 May 1997) Going the distance
  2. ^ Anderton, Joe (27 April 2021). "Hollyoaks recasts Luke Morgan's mother Sue for a heartbreaking storyline". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ Davies, Megan (5 July 2021). "Hollyoaks airs sad death in latest E4 first-look episode". Digital Spy. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ Giro City – BFI
  5. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Tumbledown
  6. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: He's Asking for Me
  7. ^ BBC – Radio Times – South of the Border
  8. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: The Grass Arena
  9. ^ BBC – Screen Two – The Grass Arena
  10. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Nervous Energy
  11. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Coogan's Run: Natural Born Quizzers
  12. ^ BBC – Radio Times – In Your Dreams
  13. ^ In Your Dreams – BFI
  14. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Born to Run
  15. ^ BBC – Radio Times – One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
  16. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Fabulous Bagel Boys
  17. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Table 12:Side Order
  18. ^ 20 Things to Do before You're 30 – BFI
  19. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Down to Earth: Honesty
  20. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Thin Ice
  21. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Party Animals
  22. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Home Time
  23. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Truckers: Episode 4
  24. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Boomers: Series 1 Episode 5
  25. ^ BBC – Radio Times – SunTrap – Episode 1: Look Who's Talking
  26. ^ Writer: Oliver Frampton; Director: Diana Patrick; Producer: Jo Johnson (8 February 2020). "Episode 23". Casualty. BBC. BBC One.
  27. ^ And Then There Was One – BFI
  28. ^ Aria – BFI
  29. ^ The Zip – BFI
  30. ^ Spice World – BFI
  31. ^ P.O.V. – BFI
  32. ^ Poppies – BFI
  33. ^ a b c d Marian McLoughlin – Theatricalia
  34. ^ Bartholomew Fair – Theatricalia
  35. ^ After the Fall – Theatricalia
  36. ^ Henry V – British Universities Film & Video Council
  37. ^ The Girls, Musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, to Premiere in West End – Mark Shenton, Playbill, 16 September 2016
  38. ^ Review: Love and Information (Sheffield Crucible) – Matt Trueman, Whats on Stage, 3 July 2018
  39. ^ Review: Rutherford and Son (Sheffield Crucible) – Ron Simpson, Whats on Stage, 13 February 2019