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Maggie O'Neill Born Margaret O'Neill
15 November 1962
Buckinghamshire, England[1]Occupation Actress Years active 1985–2010 Margaret "Maggie" O'Neill (born 15 November 1962)[1] is an English actress.
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Biography
The youngest of six Catholic brothers and sisters,[2] born to head teacher parents,[3] O'Neill grew up in the Midlands,[3] where she was educated at a convent school, and after being inspired by a sixth-form drama teacher, "fell" into acting.[4]
After training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,[1] she starred in the video for Simply Red's Holding Back the Years, before making her professional stage debut in Moving Pictures, by Stephen Lowe, at the Leeds Playhouse in 1985. After making her screen debut in the British production Mona Lisa opposite Bob Hoskins in 1986, she made her Hollywood screen debut in the Sigourney Weaver film Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey in 1988.
O'Neill played Dr. Alex Redman in ITV1's medical drama Peak Practice, but is best known to British audiences for playing Sheila Jackson in Channel 4's comedy drama Shameless. O'Neill has recently played Suzy Branning in the BBC1 soap opera, EastEnders,.[3]
O'Neill lives in South London and enjoys pilates, yoga and reading.
Filmography
- Mona Lisa (1986) as Girl in Paradise Club
- Wherever You Are... (1988) as Julian's second wife
- Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988) as Kim
- Defrosting the Fridge (1988) (TV)
- Jim Henson's The Storyteller - Greek Myths (TV) {Theseus And The Minotaur} as Ariadne
- Take Me Home BBC - Three Part TV Drama (1989) (TV) as Kathy who has affair with a taxi driver (Keith Barron)
- Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland (1989) as Berta
- Inspector Morse (1991) (TV) in episode "Fat Chance" as Hilary Dobson
- Under Suspicion (1991) as Hazel Aaron
- When Pigs Fly (1993) as Sheila
- Cadfael (1994) (TV) in episode "One Corpse Too Many" as Aline Siward
- All Men Are Mortal (1995) as Florence
- Killing Me Softly (1995) (TV) as Sara Thornton
- Invasion: Earth (1998) (TV) as Dr. Amanda Tucker
- Hero of the Hour (2000) (TV) as Alison Liddle
- White Teeth (2002) (TV) as Poppy
- Peak Practice (2001, 2002) (TV) as Dr. Alex Redman[5]
- Murder in Mind (2002) (TV) in episode "Rage"
- Shameless (2004–2007) (TV) as Sheila Jackson
- Midsomer Murders (2004) (TV) in episode "The Straw Woman" as Agnes Waterhouse.
- Wild at Heart (UK/South African TV series) (2007) as Elaine
- Little Devil (2007) (TV) as Laura Crowe
- EastEnders (2008) (TV) as Suzy Branning
- New Tricks (2010) (TV) in episode "Gloves Off" as Ronni Mayfair
Other appearances
- Simply Red, Holding Back The Years (1986) (music video) as the young teacher
References
- ^ a b c "Maggie O'Neill:My Secret Life". The Independent. 2007-10-27. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/my-secret-life-maggie-oneill-actress-397763.html. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Interogating Maggie O'Neill". Sunday Mirror. 2007-07-29. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/celebs-on-sunday/2007/07/29/interrogation-maggie-o-neill-98487-19525904/. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ a b c "Maggie O'Neill:Suzy Branning". BBC - Eastenders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters_cast/cast/cast_maggie_o.shtml. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Maggie O'Neill - career at a glance". Radio Times. August 2004. http://www.radiotimes.com/content/show-features/shameless/maggie-oneill-career/. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ "Peak Practice - Cast List". peakpracticeonline.co.uk. http://www.peakpracticeonline.co.uk/cast_list.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
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Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Buckinghamshire
- Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- English Roman Catholics
- British people of Irish descent
- English television actors
- English film actors
- English actor stubs
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