Charlotte McDonagh
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Charlotte McDonagh (born 6 September in London, England) is a British actress and model best known for her role as Lisa West in Grange Hill.
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[edit] Acting career
McDonagh's first acting role was in Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's.... She joined the long-running children's show Grange Hill aged thirteen in 1997 as Lisa West. She left the show in 2002.
McDonagh also appeared as a guest film reviewer on the now defunct Live & Kicking in 1999 and had a cameo on Child Stars in 2001. She also played Kristy in Fairytale Heart, which aired on BBC One in 2001.
She has also had roles in pantomimes Jack and the Beanstalk (2001) and Aladdin (2003)[1]
In November 2002, McDonagh appeared in an episode of The Bill as Kirsty, a friend of Samantha Nixon's missing daughter, Abbie. A year later, she appeared in BBC daytime soap Doctors as Sally Adams. In 2003, she played Joanne in Roughnecks.
In 2004, she also played Donna in the CBBC show Kerching! and appeared in the Channel 4 film Matchmaker as Kerry.[2]
In September 2005 McDonagh joined the girl group Redd. Promoted as Mike Stock's latest group, the girls recorded a cover of Katerine Avgoustakis single "Here Come All the Boys". However, the single was canceled despite the video airing across the UK music channels. The group were dropped from the label and subsequently disbanded.[3]
McDonagh appeared in EastEnders in December 2005 as Stacey Slater's former friend Abby.
In January 2007, McDonagh starred as Sharon in two episodes of Lynda La Plante's Trial & Retribution.
McDonagh has also starred in a number of television commercials including those for Bliss, The Observer, McDonald's and an anti drinking campaign.
McDonagh put her acting career on hold in 2007 and has since been concentrating on a career in modeling. She can currently be seen presenting Party People on Sky Television.[4]
[edit] Personal life
She once dated former Grange Hill co-star Rob Stuart who played Matt Singleton. Charlie is a talented musician and planned a solo career after the group REDD split. McDonagh is currently signed to McLean/Williams talent agency for actors, situated in London.[5] As of 2008 she is also signed to Universal Model Management Ltd.[6]
