Shannon Murray

Shannon Murray (born 1976 in Dublin, Ireland) is an actress, writer, disability consultant and a solicitor. She is the daughter of Frank Murray who was the manager of The Pogues and Thin Lizzy.[1]

Murray was left paralysed from the waist down after a diving accident when she was 14 years old. She then went on to win the first ever search for a disabled model and was the first disabled model to feature in a high profile advertising campaign for the British store Debenhams.[2][3][4][5]

She has appeared in a number of dramas for the BBC and Channel 4 such as Holby City and Casualty, and in 2017 appeared in the BBC1 and BBC3 Doctor Who spinoff series Class.[6]

In 2018, Murray appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as Sarah-Jane Spilsbury, a journalist from Walford Gazette. She appeared in one episode in April and one in June, and will return again in August.

References

  1. ↑ "Frank Murray". 18 February 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Alexander, Hilary (26 February 2010). "Debenhams first with disabled High Street model" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Cosmo smashes stereotypes with disabled Debenhams model Shannon Murray". 14 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "British high street's first disabled model is coming to a shop window". 25 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Evening Standard. "Debenhams Model is a first for Disabled". Felix Allen. 3 September 2010
  6. ↑ "Brave-ish Heart - Brave-ish Heart - Brave-ish Heart, Series 1, Class - BBC Three". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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