
Ashley McGuire
Known for Acting · 28 credits
- Born
- 1972-05-15 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (11)

Malory Towers
2020
as Matron

Small Axe
2020
as Cook

It's a Sin
2021
as Lorraine Fletcher

Derek
2013
as Shelley

Man Down
2013
as Shakira

This Is Going to Hurt
2022
as Houghton

Wanderlust
2018
as Janet Malherbe

This Country
2017
as Mandy Harris

The Job Lot
2013
as Dawn Carter

The Change
2023
as Bernadette

Decline and Fall
2017
as Lady Circumference
Movies (17)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Death Eater

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Death Eater

The Gentlemen
2020
as Maureen

Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Lodge Human Trainer (uncredited)

The Hustle
2019
as Policewoman

Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Midwife

The Riot Club
2014
as Police Officer #2

Northern Comfort
2023
as Esther

David Brent: Life on the Road
2016
as Mo

Hector
2015
as Chiropodist

Gypo
2005
as Penny

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
as Helga

Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After
2020
as Mayoress

Counting Backwards
2015
as Flo Brown

National Theatre Live: Top Girls
2019
as Dull Gret

Ruby Blue
2007
as Debbie

National Theatre Live: Home
2013
as Sharon
About Ashley McGuire
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 Dow… With 28 credits spanning from 2005 to 2023, Ashley McGuire has appeared in 17 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ashley McGuire Movies
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Death Eater
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Death Eater
- The Gentlemen (2020) — as Maureen
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) — as Lodge Human Trainer (uncredited)
- The Hustle (2019) — as Policewoman
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