Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress.
Career
Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983.
The programme focused on ...
'', for her appearances on radio in ''
No Commitments
''No Commitments'' is a radio drama written by Simon Brett, originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and now on BBC Radio 4 Extra. It ran for 13 series, starting in 1992. The sitcom portrays the day-to-day lives of three very different sisters. All ...
'', ''
Salem's Lot
''Salem's Lot'' is a 1975 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he ...
'', and ''
Memorials to the Missing''. She played Sarah in ''
Footballers' Wives
''Footballers' Wives'' is a British television drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives, broadcast on ITV from 2002 to 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different couples, but ...
'', and Alison Canning in ''
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
''.
She presented the children's BBC show ''
Playdays
''Playdays'' (known as ''Playbus'' until December 1989) is a British pre-school television programme which ran from 1988 to 1997 on CBBC. The show was the successor to '' Play School'' and, like its predecessor, was designed as an educational p ...
'', and has provided the voices for others children's series including ''
The Mr. Men Show
''The Mr. Men Show'' (sometimes referred to as ''Mr. Men Little Miss'' or simply ''Mr. Men'') is an animated children's television series based on the original '' Mr. Men and Little Miss'' books created in the 1970s and 1980s by British author R ...
'', ''
Alphablocks
''Alphablocks'' is a British animated television programme for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 25 January 2010. ''Alphablocks'' is designed to teach preschoolers to spell with the use of four families of animated blocks known as Alp ...
'', ''
Numberblocks
''Numberblocks'' is a British animated television programme for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 23 January 2017. The programme was created by Joe Elliot and produced by Alphablocks Ltd with Blue Zoo. It was commissioned by the Brit ...
'', and ''
The Octonauts
''Octonauts'' is a children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for the BBC channel CBeebies, and based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy.
The show follows an underwater exploring crew made up o ...
''.
She has recorded redubs for several anime films such as ''
Laughing Target
is a Japanese manga by Rumiko Takahashi published in February 1983 issue of '' Shōnen Sunday Zōkan''. The manga was later compiled in '' Rumic World'' books, which are available in English from Viz Media. It was adapted into an anime OVA re ...
'', ''
X'', ''
Bounty Dog'', ''
Demon City Shinjuku
is a novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi that was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) in 1988, directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The title has also been translated as ''Hell City Shinjuku'' and ''Monster City''. It was also released as two man ...
,'' and ''
Cyber City Oedo 808
is a 1990–1991 cyberpunk original video animation. It was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Set in the year 2808 in the city of Oedo (Tokyo), it tells the story of three criminals who are enlisted into fighting crime in exchange for reduced sent ...
'' and later returned to do voice acting for anime with the English dubbed version of the TV series ''
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter''.
In 2003, she voiced Amalia, the female lead in
Rita Dove
Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the positi ...
's drama ''
The Darker Face of the Earth'', opposite
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor ( ; born 10 July 1977) is a British actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awa ...
in the play's BBC radio adaptation.
In 2010, she voiced Queen Titania, Mrs. Walker, and Fern in the UK version of the movie ''Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island''. She also does the voice of Matilda, Young Stella, and Zara the Cruzeao in ''
Angry Birds Space''.
In 2011, Gallagher provided the voice of Nicole Watterson, the title character's mother, on the
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Car ...
animated series ''
The Amazing World of Gumball
''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who attend ...
''.
In 2015, she provided the voice of EOS as well as various minor characters in ''
Thunderbirds Are Go'', and now as the role of the titular character in the UK Version of
Henry Hugglemonster
''Henry Hugglemonster'' is a CGI children's animated television series produced by Brown Bag Films. The show is designed for children aged 2–7. It is based on the 2005 book ''I'm a Happy Hugglewug'' written and illustrated by Niamh Sharkey. Th ...
and the Voice Trumpets and the Tiddlytubbies in the 2015 reboot of ''
Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...
''.
Gallagher has also done various voice-over work for video games, commercials, radio plays,
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'' which became The Times audio book of the year. A member of the BBC Radio Drama Company, she has read
''.