Ramona Marquez (born 24 February 2001) is an English actress best known for her childhood role as Karen Brockman in the
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
sitcom ''
Outnumbered''.
Career
In 2009, Marquez appeared as Imogen Pollock in the made-for-television movie ''
Enid'', detailing the life of children's writer
Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have be ...
.
Later in 2009, Marquez became the first child to win the British Comedy Award for 'Best Female Comedy Newcomer'.
''
Outnumbered'' also won two other comedy awards on the night, including 'Best TV Comedy'.
Marquez has also appeared in ''
The King's Speech
''The King's Speech'' is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language ...
'' as
Princess Margaret
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and ''
Arthur Christmas
''Arthur Christmas'' is a 2011 computer-animated Christmas science fantasy comedy film directed by Sarah Smith and co-directed by Barry Cook. Featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, an ...
'' as the voice of Gwen.
Her father is
Martin Marquez
Martin Joseph Marquez (born 8 October 1964) is an English actor.
He is best known on television for his role as Gino Primirola, the head barman, in the British television comedy drama '' Hotel Babylon''. He also played Danny Pearce in ''The Bi ...
, an actor best known on television for his role as Gino Primirola, the head barman in the British television comedy drama ''
Hotel Babylon''. Her brother Raoul Marquez appeared with her in ''
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' is a 2011 British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden. The screenplay, written by Ol Parker, is based on the 2004 novel ''These Foolish Things'' by novelist Deborah Moggach, and features an ensemble c ...
''.
Personal life
Marquez came out as bisexual in her contribution to the book ''
Women Don't Owe You Pretty'' by
Florence Given, released in June 2020.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Awards
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
21st-century English actresses
English people of Spanish descent
English television actresses
English voice actresses
English child actresses
Actresses from London
Bisexual actresses
English LGBT actors