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Home/People/Martha Howe-Douglas
Martha Howe-Douglas profile photo
Born
Sep 19, 1980
Age 45
Place of Birth
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

6
Movies
8
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Martha Howe-Douglas

Acting

Biography
Martha Howe-Douglas (born 19 September 1980) is an English actress and writer. She is best known for TV series Horrible Histories (2009–2013), Yonderland (2013–2016) and Ghosts (2019–). She also starred in films such as Nativity! (2009) and Bill (2015). From 2006 until 2007, she played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. In 2009, she landed one of the main multi-role parts on a new children's TV history sketch show programme, CBBC's Horrible Histories where over five years/series, she played numerous characters including the queens Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots and Victoria. In 2011, she appeared in The Proms, in a special live "Horrible Histories Big Prom Party" performance. In 2013, she appeared as 33-year-old Debbie Maddox in Sky1's series Yonderland. Other acting roles have included appearing in The Armstrong & Miller Show (2009) on BBC One. In 2018, she appeared in EastEnders as Annie Pritchard. In 2019, Martha Howe-Douglas appeared in the new BBC One comedy series Ghosts. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Martha Howe-Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House poster

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

as Fanny Button
2026
King of Thieves poster

King of Thieves

as Female Lip Reader
2018
Bill poster

Bill

as Anne Hathaway / Molly / Spanish Courtier / Body Collector
2015
Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party poster

Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party

Cast
2011
Nativity! poster

Nativity!

as Oakmoor Parent
2009
Shakespeare’s Wart poster

Shakespeare’s Wart

as Pavlina
TBA