# Marian McLoughlin

Marian McLoughlin is a British actress, known for her role as Marina Bonnaire in the BBC 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 Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks 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 Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Theatre work includes: Henry V, After the Fall and Bartholomew Fair at the Royal National Theatre, Edmond at the Royal Court, 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, EastEnders and The Bill, and many other productions. In 1997, she starred in the BBC 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 Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Sue Morgan and appeared from April. She departed from Hollyoaks in scenes broadcast in July of that year.

## Filmography

Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Giro City | Martin's secretary | TV film |
| 1986 | The Bill | Linda | Episode: “Ringer” |
| 1986 | Ladies in Charge | Doris | Episode: “Zoe's Fever” |
| 1988 | Tumbledown | Mandy | TV film |
| 1989 | French Fields | Sweet Stallholder | Episode: “Who's Been Eating My Porridge?” |
| 1989–1990 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Grace | Episodes: “No More Dying Then” and “Some Lie and Some Die” |
| 1990 | Screen Two | Sarah | Episode: “He's Asking for Me” |
| 1990 | The Labours of Erica | Sabine | Episode: “Cider with Jean Pierre” |
| 1990 | South of the Border | Tina | Episode #2.3 |
| 1990 | The Piglet Files | Mrs Whiteley | Episode: “A Room with a View” |
| 1990 | The Bill | Mary Thorn | Episode: “Old Friends” |
| 1991 | French Fields | Quarrelling Wife | Episode: “Make for the Hills!” |
| 1991–1993 | EastEnders | DCI Chapman | 7 episodes |
| 1992 | Screen Two | Mrs Healy | Episode: “The Grass Arena” |
| 1992 | The Guilty | Maddy Doyle | TV film |
| 1992 | The Bill | Joanne Somers | Episodes: “Minefield” and “Occupational Hazard” |
| 1992 | Kinsey | Judy Kinsey | 6 episodes (series 2) |
| 1993 | Casualty | Ann Weston | Episode: “No Place to Hide” |
| 1993 | Medics | Anne Cornforth | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Cracker | Catherine Carter | Episode: “Men Should Weep (Part One)” |
| 1995 | Dangerfield | Moira Keen | Episode: “The Accidental Shooting” |
| 1995 | The Bill | Mrs Riley | Episode: “Alone” |
| 1995 | Pie in the Sky | Jean Barratt | Episode: “The One That Got Away” |
| 1995 | Castles | Rachel Castle | 24 episodes |
| 1995 | Wycliffe | Fiona Jay | Episode: “Lost Contact” |
| 1995 | Screen Two | Jackie | Episode: “Nervous Energy” |
| 1995 | Coogan's Run | Mrs Fraser | Episode: “Natural Born Quizzers” |
| 1996 | Casualty | Marian Wingate | Episode: “Asking for Miracles” |
| 1996 | The Bill | Maggie Grove | Episode: “Big Bullies” |
| 1996 | The Fragile Heart | Margaret Sedgley | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | In Your Dreams | Police doctor | TV film |
| 1997 | Born to Run | Bronson Flitch | 6 episodes |
| 1997 | The Bill | DI Noble | Episode: “Lucky Day” |
| 1997 | One Foot in the Grave | Betty McVitie | Episode: “Endgame” |
| 1998 | Wycliffe | Lynne Carney | Episode: “Land's End” |
| 1998 | Verdict | Jane McHugh | Episode: “Neighbours from Hell” |
| 1999 | Holby City | Dr Shelley | Episode: “Staying Alive: Part 2” |
| 1999 | Grafters | Pippa | 8 episodes (series 2) |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Ann Garwood | Episode: “Skin Deep” |
| 2001 | Silent Witness | Mary Townsend | Episode: “Two Below Zero” |
| 2001 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Madame Mantalini | TV film |
| 2001 | The Fabulous Bagel Boys | Avril Rose | |
| 2001 | Table 12 | Jan | Episode: “Side Order” |
| 2001 | Midsomer Murders | Barbara Judd | Episode: “Dark Autumn” |
| 2001 | Dalziel and Pascoe | ACC Belinda Kennedy | Episode: "Walls of Silence” |
| 2001 | The Bill | Janie Walker | Episode: “Money Man” |
| 2003 | Loving You | DS Vicky Griggs | TV film |
| 2003 | 20 Things To Do Before You're 30 | Mrs Lynch | Episode 4 |
| 2003 | Down to Earth | Mrs Daly | Episode: “Honesty” |
| 2003 | William and Mary | Trish | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Bill | Jean Kendall | Episode: “Pandora's Box” |
| 2004 | Foyle’s War | Postmistress | Episode: “They Fought in the Fields” |
| 2006 | Thin Ice | Barbara | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | Blue Murder | Jo Waverley | Episode: “Steady Eddie” |
| 2007 | Party Animals | Barbara Foster | Episode 3 |
| 2007 | New Tricks | Shirley White | Episode: “Casualty” |
| 2007 | The Omid Djalili Show | | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Lewis | Phoebe | Episode: “The Great and the Good” |
| 2008 | Midsomer Murders | Gwen Morrison | Episode: “They Seek Him Here” |
| 2008 | Doctors | Margaret Watson | Episode: “Making Your Bed” |
| 2008 | Holby Blue | Marilyn | Episode #2.11 |
| 2009 | The Bill | Chrissie MacLeish | Episode: “Feet of Clay: Part Two” |
| 2009 | Home Time | Brenda Jacks | 6 episodes |
| 2010 | Doctors | Sue Finglesham | Episode: “Freddie's Final Fling” |
| 2010 | The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson | Delia | |
| 2011 | Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me | Julia | TV film |
| 2011–2012 | Doctors | Marina Bonnaire | 49 episodes Nominated for British Soap Award for Villain of the Year 2012 |
| 2012 | Silent Witness | Deborah Harding | Episode: “Death Has No Dominion, Part 2” |
| 2012 | Spy | Mrs Godfrey | Episode: “Codename: Ball Busted” |
| 2013 | Jo | Mrs Beatrice | Episode: “Notre Dame” |
| 2013 | Holby City | Coroner Valerie | Episode: “Home” |
| 2013 | Truckers | Judy | Episode 4 |
| 2014 | Boomers | Pauline | Episode 5 |
| 2015 | SunTrap | Barbara | Episode: “Look Who's Talking” |
| 2020 | Vera | Tina Tripp | Episode: “Blood Will Tell” |
| 2020 | Casualty | Lil Weakes | Episode #34.23 |
| 2020 | Trying | Jilly Newman | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 2021 | Hollyoaks | Sue Morgan | regular |
Film :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1985 | And Then There Was One | |
| 1987 | Aria | Kate |
| 1988 | The Zip | Sue |
| 1989 | Malevolence | Mary Haig |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Dinner Guest |
| 1997 | Spice World | hospital parent |
| 2000 | P.O.V. | |
| 2006 | Poppies | Bea Daly |

## Theatre

| Date | Title | Role | Director | Company / Theatre |
| 1977 – 1978 | A View from the Bridge | | Adrian Noble | Bristol Old Vic / Theatre Royal, Bristol |
| 1977 – 1978 | The Shoemaker's Holiday | | David Phethean | Bristol Old Vic / Theatre Royal, Bristol |
| 16 April 1980 – | The Dover Road | | Michael Napier Brown | Cheltenham Repertory Company / Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham |
| 1985 – 1986 | Edmond | | Richard Eyre | Royal Court Theatre |
| 14 October 1988 – 1 April 1989 | Bartholomew Fair | Alice | Richard Eyre | Royal National Theatre |
| 15 June 1990 – 1991 | After the Fall | Felice | Michael Blakemore | Royal National Theatre |
| 14 May 2003 – 20 August 2003 | Henry V | Alice | Nicholas Hytner | Royal National Theatre |
| 28 January 2017 – 15 July 2017 | The Girls | Marie | Tim Firth | Phoenix Theatre, London |
| 29 June 2018 – 14 July 2018 | Love and Information | | Caroline Steinbeis | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 8 February 2019 – 23 February 2019 | Rutherford and Son | Aunt Ann | Caroline Steinbeis | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |