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''. Squires has also appeared in ''

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'' (2012), '' Southcliffe'' (2013), ''Complicit'' (2013), ''

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'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015) and '' Murder'' (2016). Her first play, ''Vera Vera Vera'', was produced by the

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in 2012. ''

'' won the

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at the

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, Best British Film at the 2017 BAFTAs, and was the Audience Award winner at the

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. Squires was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the BAFTAs.

Early life

Born in Forest Hill, South London, as Hayley McGinty in 1988, Squires grew up with her mother, father and older brother. The family moved to Kent when she was 14. Her mother was a cook at her school and her father managed a video shop. She trained at

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in Sidcup and graduated in 2010 with BA (Hons) Acting alongside best friend and fellow actor David Carlyle. She has a quote from

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underneath her left arm, it reads: ''And though she be but little, she is fierce''.Interview Hayley Squires: ‘I used to argue with everyone’ The Guardian
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Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre credits

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Squires, Hayley 1988 births Living people English film actresses English television actresses 21st-century British dramatists and playwrights British women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century English women writers 21st-century English actresses People from Forest Hill, London Writers from London Actresses from London Alumni of Rose Bruford College International Emmy Award for Best Actress winners