Maddy Hill
Maddy Hill | |
|---|---|
| Born | Madeleine Kate Hill 19 March 1990 |
| Education | Rose Bruford College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Television | EastEnders Casualty |
Madeleine Kate Hayley Hill (born 19 March 1990) is an English actress, known for her roles as Nancy Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Ruby Spark in the BBC medical drama Casualty.
Career
Hill trained at Rose Bruford College drama school. Her first credited acting role was a two episode guest appearance in ITV drama Whitechapel during the third series. She then appeared as a checkout girl in the 2013 film uwantme2killhim? and in the stage productions of As You Like it and The Meeting Place as Phoebe and George respectively.[1]
In October 2013, it was announced that Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright had been cast as Mick and Linda Carter and that they would be taking over The Queen Victoria pub. At the end of the month, it was announced that Mick and Linda's children, Nancy and Johnny, would be played by Hill and Sam Strike respectively. Speaking of her casting Hill said; "I feel incredibly privileged to have been given such an amazing opportunity and I can't wait to start work with such a talented cohort of actors."[2] In 2016, Hill took part in a celebrity version of The Great British Bake Off in aid of Sport Relief.[3] In January 2018, Hill was cast in the BBC medical drama series Casualty as Ruby Spark, a paramedic. Hill began filming in February and her first episode was broadcast on 14 July 2018.[4] In 2020, she departed from her role, with her final scenes airing on 18 April 2020.[5] In February 2021, it was announced that she would be reprising her role of Nancy in EastEnders later in the year.[6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Whitechapel | Lara Lawrence | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Uwantme2killhim? | Checkout girl | Film |
| 2014–2016, 2021–2022 | EastEnders | Nancy Carter | Series regular |
| 2014 | MasterChef | Herself | Guest |
| 2016 | The Great Sport Relief Bake Off | Herself | Contestant |
| 2016 | Father Brown | Hannah Parkin | Episode: "The Star of Jacob" |
| 2018–2020 | Casualty | Ruby Spark | Series regular |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | As You Like It | Phoebe | |
| 2013 | The Meeting Place | George | |
| 2016 | Imogen | Imogen | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.[7][8] |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organisation | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | British Soap Awards | Best Newcomer | Nancy Carter in EastEnders | Won | [9] |
| Inside Soap Awards | Best Newcomer | Shortlisted | [10] | ||
| TV Choice Awards | Best Newcomer | Shortlisted | |||
| Telly Spy Awards | Best Newcomer | Won | |||
| Digital Spy Reader Awards | Best Newcomer | Won | [11] | ||
| 2015 | National Television Awards | Best Newcomer | Won | [12] | |
| Inside Soap Awards | Best Partnership | Nancy Carter and Tamwar Masood in EastEnders | Shortlisted | [13] |
References
- ^ "Spotlight:MADDY HILL". spotlight.com.
- ^ "'EastEnders': First picture of Danny Dyer's Carter family". Digital Spy. 29 October 2013.
- ^ Hyslop, Leah (11 December 2015). "Could Samantha Cameron win Bake Off?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ "Casualty: Maddy Hill on playing new paramedic Ruby - and whether she'd return to EastEnders as Nancy".
- ^ Dainty, Sophie (13 April 2020). "Casualty confirms exit for Ruby Spark as Maddy Hill bows out". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "EastEnders: Nancy Carter to return with Maddy Hill reprising her role". Entertainment Daily. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Imogen | Shakespeare's Globe".
- ^ Khaleeli, Homa (26 September 2016). "Maddy Hill on remixing Shakespeare and larging it at Danny Dyer's wedding". The Guardian.
- ^ "British Soap Awards 2014 - winners in full". Digital Spy. 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Inside Soap Awards 2014: See the full winners list". Digital Spy. October 2014.
- ^ "EastEnders sweeps the board in 2014 Digital Spy Reader Awards". Digital Spy. 24 December 2014.
- ^ "National Television Awards 2015: Which soap stars made the longlist?". Digital Spy. 13 October 2014.
- ^ Sophie Dainty (14 July 2015). "Inside Soap Awards 2015 longlist revealed". Digital Spy.
