Daniela Denby-Ashe (Margaret Hale)
Daniela Denby-Ashe (born 9 August 1978) is an English actress, best known for playing the character Sarah Hills in EastEnders, Margaret Hale in North and South and Janey Harper in My Family.
Both Daniela's parents are of Polish descent. Denby-Ashe speaks English, Polish and French - the latter due to her Grandmother who was brought up in France until WW2.
Denby-Ashe began studying ballet at the age of 2 and tap at a later stage; from the ages of 10 to 16, she attended several stage schools including Corona Academy.
Daniela appeared in many television commercials as a child actor which then led on to children's drama such as Kevin & Co. and the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's. Daniela appeared alongside Jennifer Saunders and Julia Sawalha in Absolutely Fabulous. Her big break came in 1995 when she landed the role of Sarah Hills in EastEnders. She played this character until 1999. The following year she got the role of Janey Harper in a new BBC sitcom, My Family. Daniela took a break from My Family for the fourth series in 2003, but returned to this role in 2004. The eleventh and final series began airing on BBC One on 17 June 2011.
In 2004 she took the lead female role of Margaret Hale in the BBC drama adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's North & South, and in 2006 played Mary in the Torchwood episode Greeks Bearing Gifts. Her other television roles include Office Gossip, Rescue Me, Is Harry on the Boat?, and The Afternoon Play. In 2005, she appeared in the Radio 4 comedy Ring Around the Bath.[1]
In 2007, Denby-Ashe starred as Robert Maxwell's secretary in Maxwell, a BBC drama about his life.[2] In December 2008 she appeared in BBC Four's supernatural drama series Crooked House.
In April 2009 she appeared in the fourth series of the BBC drama Waterloo Road as deceitful supply teacher, Jem Allen. In April 2012, Denby-Ashe returned to the drama as a new regular character, Lorraine Donnagan. The character will play an important role in a storyline that will see the current school move from its locataion in Rochdale to a new site in Greenock, Scotland at then end of the current seventh series. The character is also set to appear in the upcoming eighth series from September 2012.
Denby-Ashe starred in a Midsomer Murders episode which aired on 13 October 2010.
(Qtd from Wikipedia)
Both Daniela's parents are of Polish descent. Denby-Ashe speaks English, Polish and French - the latter due to her Grandmother who was brought up in France until WW2.
Denby-Ashe began studying ballet at the age of 2 and tap at a later stage; from the ages of 10 to 16, she attended several stage schools including Corona Academy.
Daniela appeared in many television commercials as a child actor which then led on to children's drama such as Kevin & Co. and the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's. Daniela appeared alongside Jennifer Saunders and Julia Sawalha in Absolutely Fabulous. Her big break came in 1995 when she landed the role of Sarah Hills in EastEnders. She played this character until 1999. The following year she got the role of Janey Harper in a new BBC sitcom, My Family. Daniela took a break from My Family for the fourth series in 2003, but returned to this role in 2004. The eleventh and final series began airing on BBC One on 17 June 2011.
In 2004 she took the lead female role of Margaret Hale in the BBC drama adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's North & South, and in 2006 played Mary in the Torchwood episode Greeks Bearing Gifts. Her other television roles include Office Gossip, Rescue Me, Is Harry on the Boat?, and The Afternoon Play. In 2005, she appeared in the Radio 4 comedy Ring Around the Bath.[1]
In 2007, Denby-Ashe starred as Robert Maxwell's secretary in Maxwell, a BBC drama about his life.[2] In December 2008 she appeared in BBC Four's supernatural drama series Crooked House.
In April 2009 she appeared in the fourth series of the BBC drama Waterloo Road as deceitful supply teacher, Jem Allen. In April 2012, Denby-Ashe returned to the drama as a new regular character, Lorraine Donnagan. The character will play an important role in a storyline that will see the current school move from its locataion in Rochdale to a new site in Greenock, Scotland at then end of the current seventh series. The character is also set to appear in the upcoming eighth series from September 2012.
Denby-Ashe starred in a Midsomer Murders episode which aired on 13 October 2010.
(Qtd from Wikipedia)