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Angela McHale

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Angela McHale
Born
Angela Jane McHale

(1969-02-26) 26 February 1969 (age 55)
London, England,
Occupation(s)Actress, comedian
Years active2001–present

Angela Jane McHale (born 26 February 1969) is an English actress and comedian, particularly well known for her variety of British television roles including roles in Not Going Out,[1] The Catherine Tate Show and Grange Hill. She is married with two sons.

Career

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Angela Jane McHale was born on 26 February 1969 and attended St Anne's convent school for girls in Ealing, London and St Benedict's School, Ealing for 6th form.[2][3] She then went to Warwick University[4] to read Politics and discovered her vocation. Following her degree she studied acting at the Drama Studio London gaining a distinction. Her most high profile work has been with comedians Catherine Tate and Lee Mack[5].[citation needed]

She then later guest starred in close friends' Tate and Mack's TV shows, The Catherine Tate Show (all 3 series) and Not Going Out. She has appeared in the latter eight times, each time playing a different guest role. She has also been in Miranda (written by and starring Miranda Hart) and The Bill. She has appeared in Doctors, Casualty, Coronation Street, Eastenders and Summer of Rockets.

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
2001 Grange Hill PC Wendy Gibbon Television debut
Murder in Mind DS Harrison Motive
2003 Casualty Sue Christmas Spirit
2005 Bad Girls Nurse Season 7, Episode 7
2006 EastEnders Midwife
2004
2006
The Catherine Tate Show Various
2006 Corpse Lydia
2007 Angelo Angela Season 1, Episode Four
2009 Doctors Rebecca Fisher O True Apothecary
2006-
2018
Not Going Out Clown instructor
Lola Hale
Nurse
Sat nav

School mum

Serious (Series 1, Episode 1)
Amy (Series 3, Episode 3)
Donor (Series 7, Episode 3)
Car (Series 8, Episode 3)

Lollipop Man (Series 9, Episode 6)

2011 Coronation Street Christine 2 episodes
2014 Edge of Heaven Jemima Hadley-Hawthorne Season 1 Episode 3
2019 Mothering Helen Short film
Summer of Rockets Head Warden Season 1 Episode 2

References

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  1. ^ "Not Going Out - Episode Guide - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Angela Jane MCHALE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Angela McHale". Mandy.
  4. ^ "Benefactors Magazine" (PDF). Retrieved 30 January 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Comedy on Radio 2". BBC. 31 January 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2011.