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Karen Meagher, formally Karen Lloyd, is an actress born in Rock Ferry, Birkenhead in Merseyside. Her family are originally from Merseyside and North Wales. Her first acting role was playing a skivvy in the 1979 television series ''The Mallens''. This was followed by role playing teacher Miss Broom in the BBC's '80s children's programme ''Johnny Briggs''. She also played Lou Beale in the ''EastEnders'' special ''Civvy Street'', a spin-off that was filmed in 1988 but set in 1942. Meagher is perhaps best known in Britain for the role of Ruth Beckett in the 1984 BBC nuclear war drama ''Threads''. At the time she was a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and was passionately committed to making a statement about the dangers of nuclear war in the United Kingdom. She also later appeared in a film outlining the risks attached to nuclear power; ''Chernobyl: The Final Warning''. Since then she has had many television and film roles including playing Inspector Murchison in ''Heartbeat'', Grace Poole in a recent adaption of ''Wide Sargasso Sea'', as well as smaller roles in ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''Carrie's War'', ''Down to Earth'', ''Doctors'', ''The Bill'' and ''Bad Girls''. She appeared in the 2007 run of ''Equus'' in London's Gielgud Theatre, portraying the nurse and was also understudy for Jenny Agutter and Gabrielle Reidy's roles. ==External links== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karen Meagher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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