Maria McErlane

Maria McErlane
Born (1957-12-09) 9 December 1957
Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation Television presenter and film actor and director

Maria McErlane (born 9 December 1957, in Buckinghamshire, England) is a British actress and presenter specialising in comedy. She has been acting since 1984. She has appeared in several TV series, including The Fast Show, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Thin Ice and Happiness, "straight" roles in The Bill and Holby City and as the narrator for Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier's Eurotrash.[1]

Starting on the comedy circuit in the 1990s, under the name 'Maria Callous', she has also guested on shows such as Have I Got News for You, If I Ruled the World and Just a Minute on Radio 4.[2]

In June 1984, she appeared in 'Out of Order' (a revue by Christopher Middleton and Jonathan Kydd) at the Finborough Theatre.[3]

McErlane co-presented the ITV quiz show Carnal Knowledge with her friend Graham Norton in the mid 1990s[4] and co-presents the "Grill Graham" agony aunt feature with Norton on his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show. She stood in for Norton when he was presenting from Baku for Eurovision 2012 and the link was lost for half an hour. She also stood in when he was ill in 2013[5] and when he failed to turn up on 28 June 2014.[6][7][8] In 2016, McErlane caused offence when she referred to the Irish Olympic medal winning O'Donovan brothers (Paul and Gary) as embodying an Irish stereotype: “Very good at rowing but not that great at talking” .[9]

McErlane is a friend of Nigella Lawson[10] and appeared on 16 episodes of Nigella Lawson's ITV chat show Nigella.

She has had regular columns in The Sunday Times Style and Esquire Magazine.[11] She has also written for the Sunday Telegraph, Evening Standard,[12] Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.[13]

Personal life

McErlane says she is a lapsed Catholic. She divides her time between Hastings[14] and a London mews house.

Filmography

Television series

Films

References

  1. ↑ Rampton, James (17 February 1996). "Contentious? Moi?". Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "JAM:PMerton,PJones,SFry,MMcErlane". deanbedford.tripod.com.
  3. ↑ "Finborough Theatre". finboroughtheatre.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Maria McErlane And Graham Norton at the National Television Awards, 2014". look.co.uk. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "21/09/2013, Maria McErlane – BBC Radio 2". BBC.
  6. ↑ Walsh, Collette (29 June 2014). "Graham Norton causes chaos by missing Radio 2 show morning after partying with Nigella Lawson".
  7. ↑ "Graham Not On: Radio 2 in chaos after star fails to turn up because he's 'sick' – but he seemed to be on sparkling form at a party with Nigella the night before".
  8. ↑ "Maria McErlane sits in, Graham Norton – BBC Radio 2". BBC.
  9. ↑ Hynes, Robert (22 September 2016). "BBC presenter slammed after having pop at O'Donovan brothers: 'Irish people aren't great at talking'". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  10. ↑ Woods, Judith (20 April 2011). "Oh, Nigella! From Domestic Goddess to a burkini betrayal". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  11. ↑ Brook, Stephen (6 August 2007). "Let's hear it for the little guy". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  12. ↑ McErlane, Maria. "Single White Female Seeks Housemate". questia.com. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  13. ↑ McErlane, Maria (5 March 2016). "Now THAT'S the weigh to do it! How actress Maria McErlane rediscovered her mojo by skipping Britain's rainy boot camps to slim in the sun in Morocco". The Mail on Sunday. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  14. ↑ McErlane, Maria (23 June 2007). "A newcomer's view of Hastings..." Hastings Observer. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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