Sharon Maughan
Biography
Sharon Maughan is a British actress who won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at seventeen and graduated with an acting diploma in 1971. Raised in Kirkby, she first acted on an Open University tour of Hamlet as Ophelia, then in 1973 Granada Television cast her as Rachel Rosing in Shabby Tiger, from a Howard Spring novel. She worked steadily in British television, with roles in By the Sword Divided, Dombey and Son and The Flame Trees of Thika, and from 1987 to 1998 she and Anthony Head played the couple in the Gold Blend coffee advertisements for Nescafé, also guesting on Inspector Morse and Murder, She Wrote. Her films include Another Stakeout (1993), She's Out of My League (2010), The Babymakers (2012), Time Lapse (2014) and The Atticus Institute (2015), and in 1993 she played Nora for Chichester Festival Theatre in A Doll's House.
76years old
Turns 77 on June 22in 253 days
- Born Kirkby
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Sharon Patricia Maughan
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 25 years1993 to 2018
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First role
Maughan began her acting career by playing Ophelia in a tour of Hamlet that was staged by the Open University.
Early training
Maughan received a scholarship when she was 17, which let her train in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She earned an Acting (RADA) Diploma there in 1971.
Big break
Maughan got an invitation to appear in one episode of MacGyver in 1986, which came about because The Flame Trees of Thika had done well in America.
Getting ready for a role
After the Gold Blend campaign ended in 1998, Maughan returned to the theater to play Myra Hindley in And All the Children Cried.
Beyond film
Maughan took the lead in September 2014 in the British premiere of Neil LaBute's play Autobahn, staged at the King's Head Theatre in Islington, and closed the play with a 30-minute monologue.
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