Marian McLoughlin is a British actress, known for her role as Marina Bonnaire in the

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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

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soap opera ''

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'' 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

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. Theatre work includes: '' Henry V'', '' After the Fall'' and ''

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'' at the

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, '' Edmond'' at the

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, 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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and many other productions. In 1997, she starred in the

drama '' Born to Run''. In 2017 she played Marie in '' The Girls'' at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. In 2021, she was cast in the

soap opera ''

'' as Sue Morgan and appeared from April. She departed from ''Hollyoaks'' in scenes broadcast in July of that year.

Filmography

Theatre

References

External links

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Marian McLoughlin
at the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McLoughlin, Marian Living people 1952 births Actors from the London Borough of Croydon English people of Irish descent 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English soap opera actresses English musical theatre actresses English Shakespearean actresses Actresses from Surrey People from Croydon