Beverly Rudd is a British television and theatre actress and narrator. She rose to prominence playing the role of Tina in the

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sitcom '' Massive''. She won a Royal Television Society award for her work on the show. She later joined the cast of comedy sketch show '' Scallywagga''. From 2011 until 2018 Rudd played the regular role of Lisa in the

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comedy drama ''

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''. Aside from television work the actress has concentrated on her theatre work and has appeared in numerous stage productions.

Career

Rudd completed her training with

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. Her early on-screen credits include Marie in the

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comedy drama ''

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'', Gussie in

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drama '' Octavia'' and Dawn in Lindy Heymann's '' Coming Up'' film ''Service''. In 2008, Rudd joined the cast of

sitcom '' Massive'' playing Tina. The show also starred Carl Rice and

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. In 2009, Rudd won the "Best Performance in a Comedy" accolade at the Royal Television Society North West Awards. In 2010, Rudd joined the cast of BBC comedy sketch show '' Scallywagga'' during the second season, which also starred Rice. She later appeared in ''

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'' as Brigitte and '' Shameless'' as Liz. In 2011, the actress joined the cast of the

comedy drama ''

'', playing Lisa. The character is a rude checkout assistant who is not committed to her job role. The show also starred Rudd's ''Massive'' co-stars Rice and McKeever. In addition Rudd and Rice's characters Lisa and Colin were a romantic double act throughout the show's tenure. The show remained on-air until 2018 when Sky decided to end the show. Rudd has often concentrated on theatre work and her acting credits include ''The Twits'' at the Curve Theatre, ''Dead Dog In A Suitcase'' for an international tour and ''The Hole Story'' tour with

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. Rudd also appeared in ''James And The Giant Peach'' at the

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and ''Much Ado About Nothing'' at the

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. At the

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she has performed in ''Peter Pan'', ''The Beggars Opera'' and ''Into The Woods''. She played roles in the musical ''Soho Cinders'' at the

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, ''The Little Mermaid'' at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre, ''The Magistrate'' which was televised live at the

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, ''Days Of Significance'' at the

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and ''Titus Andronicus'' at the Paradoxos Theatre. She also toured the UK in the Kneehigh production of ''Tin Drum''.

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Beverly Rudd at Shepherd Management
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