Martha Howe-Douglas

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Martha Howe-Douglas
Martha Howe-Douglas at Abingdon Museum.jpg
Howe-Douglas signing Horrible Histories books at Abingdon County Hall Museum in July 2012
Born
Martha Howe

Birmingham, England
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present

Martha Howe-Douglas is an English actress and writer. She is a member of the British Horrible Histories troupe, in which she starred in the TV series Horrible Histories. She also starred in and co-created Yonderland and Ghosts. She also played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC One daytime soap Doctors.[1]

Career

Howe-Douglas graduated from RADA in 2003,[2][3] in the same year she appeared in the Christmas Special of The Office, replacing Dawn as the receptionist at Wernham-Hogg.

From 24 April 2006 until 11 May 2007, Howe-Douglas played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. For her role as Donna, Howe-Douglas received nominations for Best Comedy Performance and Best Newcomer at the 2007 British Soap Awards.[4]

In 2009, she landed one of the main multi-role parts on a new children's TV history sketch show programme, CBBC's Horrible Histories,[5] where over five years / series, she played numerous characters including the queens Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, Boudicea and Victoria — see Horrible Histories for list of characters. In 2011, she appeared in The Proms, in a special live "Horrible Histories Big Prom Party" performance.[6]

In 2013, she co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in Sky1's series Yonderland, and played lead character Debbie Maddox in all three series.

Other acting roles have included appearing in The Armstrong & Miller Show on BBC One and playing Flora Dies-Early in the hit radio comedy show Bleak Expectations as well as Lady Anne Woodstock in the radio show The Castle.

In 2018, she appeared in EastEnders as Annie Pritchard.[7]

From 15 April 2019, Martha Howe-Douglas co-wrote, produced and starred in the BBC sitcom Ghosts, which sees her reunited with the Horrible Histories cast.[8]

Filmography

Year Project Role Notes
1997 Armstrong and Miller Various
2003 The Office Mel the receptionist Christmas Special
2005 All About George Helen
2005 Doctors Ms Larson 2 episodes
2006–2007 Doctors Donna Parmar Series regular
2007 Freezing Leon's P.A.
2009 The Armstrong and Miller Show Various
Nativity! Oakmoor Parent
2009–2013 Horrible Histories Various
2011 The Proms Prom 20: Horrible Histories Big Prom Party
2012 Shakespeare's Wart Pavlina Short
2013–2015 Crackanory Various 3 series
2013–2014 WPC 56 Abigail Fenton 2 series
2013–2016 Yonderland Debbie Maddox Main Cast
2015 Bill Various
Doctor Foster Becky
2017 Tracey Breaks the News Various
2018 EastEnders Annie Pritchard
2019–present Ghosts Lady Fanny Button/Plague Ghost
2021 Motherland Ashley

References

  1. ^ "Martha Howe-Douglas". curtisbrown.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Martha Howe-Douglas". Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Martha Howe-Douglas". Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ Green, Kris (27 May 2007). "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. ^ West, Naomi (25 May 2010). "How Horrible Histories grew up to be a hit comedy show". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. ^ Laws, Roz (26 June 2011). "Behind the scenes of Horribles Histories with its Birmingham star". BirminghamLive.
  7. ^ Sandwell, Ian (27 March 2018). "EastEnders fans are just realising where they know Annie from". Digital Spy.
  8. ^ Sporn, Natasha (15 April 2019). "Ghosts BBC: Cast, trailer and all you need to know about the series from the team behind Horrible Histories". Evening Standard.

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