Beverly Rudd is a British television and theatre actress and narrator. She rose to prominence playing the role of Tina in the BBC Three sitcom '' Massive''. She won a

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award for her work on the show. She later joined the cast of comedy sketch show '' Scallywagga''. From 2011 until 2018 Rudd played the regular role of Lisa in the

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comedy drama '' Trollied''. Aside from television work the actress has concentrated on her theatre work and has appeared in numerous stage productions.

Career

Rudd completed her training with

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. Her early on-screen credits include Marie in the Channel 4 comedy drama '' No Angels'', Gussie in ITV's drama '' Octavia'' and Dawn in Lindy Heymann's '' Coming Up'' film ''Service''. In 2008, Rudd joined the cast of BBC Three sitcom '' Massive'' playing Tina. The show also starred

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and

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. In 2009, Rudd won the "Best Performance in a Comedy" accolade at the

North West Awards. In 2010, Rudd joined the cast of BBC comedy sketch show '' Scallywagga'' during the second season, which also starred Rice. She later appeared in ''

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'' as Brigitte and '' Shameless'' as Liz. In 2011, the actress joined the cast of the

comedy drama '' Trollied'', playing Lisa. The character is a rude checkout assistant who is not committed to her job role. The show also starred Rudd's ''Massive'' co-stars Rice and McKeever. In addition Rudd and Rice's characters Lisa and Colin were a romantic double act throughout the show's tenure. The show remained on-air until 2018 when Sky decided to end the show. Rudd has often concentrated on theatre work and her acting credits include ''The Twits'' at the

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, ''Dead Dog In A Suitcase'' for an international tour and ''The Hole Story'' tour with Paines Plough. Rudd also appeared in ''James And The Giant Peach'' at the

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and ''Much Ado About Nothing'' at the Royal Exchange Theatre. At the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre she has performed in ''Peter Pan'', ''The Beggars Opera'' and ''Into The Woods''. She played roles in the musical ''Soho Cinders'' at the Soho Theatre, ''The Little Mermaid'' at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre, ''The Magistrate'' which was televised live at the National Theatre Company, ''Days Of Significance'' at the Tricycle theatre and ''Titus Andronicus'' at the Paradoxos Theatre. She also toured the UK in the Kneehigh production of ''Tin Drum''.

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Beverly Rudd at Shepherd Management
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