Shirin Taylor
Shirin Taylor (born 1951 as Shirin C. Ghadiali{{cite news |title=Drink-drive ban for Coronation Street star Shirin|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/938354422/ |date=9 October 1991 |accessdate=9 June 2025 |work=Western Daily Press |page=17}}) is an English actress, best known for playing Jackie Ingram in the television soap opera Coronation Street from 1990 to 1992 as well as Tina, girlfriend to Robert Lindsay's character in comedy drama Give Us a Break, and Rosa in the sitcom I Woke Up One Morning.
Early life
Born to an Indian father and English mother, Taylor initially trained as a dancer at the Royal Ballet School before studying drama at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.{{cite news |title=They put a lot into life—get a lot out |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/879914506/ |date=25 October 1973 |accessdate=9 June 2025 |work=Hull Daily Mail |page=10}}
Acting career
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1978
|Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood |Camper |1 episode |
| 1982
|Felicity Coleman |2 episodes |
| 1983
|Charmiran |3 episodes |
| 1983–84
|Tina |8 episodes |
| 1984
|Nora |1 episode |
| 1984–85
|Miss Seski |1 episode |
| 1985
|Sue Kirk |TBC |
| 1985–86
|Rosa |9 episodes |
| 1986
|Boon |Elena Saladin |1 episode |
| rowspan="2" |1987
|Barba |1 episode |
| Doctor Who: Dragonfire
|Customer |2 episodes |
| 1988
|Bust |Sally McLaren |6 episodes |
| 1989
|Casualty: A Grand in the Hand |Helen Masters |1 episode |
| 1989–2004
|various characters |7 episodes |
| 1990
|Lillian Hatton |3 episodes |
| 1990–92
|Jackie Ingram |75 episodes |
| 1995
|Helen Cartwright |1 episode |
| rowspan="2" |1998
|Hetty Wainthropp Investigates |Conchita Flintoff |1 episode |
| London's Burning
|Mrs. Danvers |1 episode |
| 1999
|Eileen Hindell |1 episode |
| rowspan="2" |2001
|Roxanne's Boss |3 episode |
| Doctors
|Gillian Ashcroft |1 episode |
Theatre work
On stage, Taylor made her West End debut in Educating Rita, first as understudy to star Julie Walters and then taking over the role of the leading lady.{{cite news |title=Show talk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/750900131/ |date=2 August 1981 |accessdate=9 June 2025 |work=The Sunday Telegraph |page=16}}{{cite news |title=Johnny may be too good! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/811124670/ |date=10 October 1990 |accessdate=9 June 2025 |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |page=8}}{{cite news |title=Shirin finds a new challenge in Street life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/812624193/ |date=29 September 1990 |accessdate=9 June 2025 |work=Nottingham Evening Post |page=B7}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0853181|name=Shirin Taylor}}
- [https://theatricalia.com/person/4za/shirin-taylor Shirin Taylor]/[https://theatricalia.com/person/10jr/shirin-ghadiali Shirin Ghadiali] at Theatricalia
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Category:British television actresses
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