Beautiful People, a sparkling new comedy series for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two
Characters
SIMON DOONAN (13) Luke Ward-Wilkinson
Born in Reading but cannot wait to escape to the Beautiful People - but happy to be the perfect son in the meantime…and occasional hairstylist. Thinks there is a better life to be had out there. He is going through what all teenagers go through trying to find out who he is. Simon knows that he is a tad different. Spends most of his time learning dance routines and idolising the Spice Girls or anything popular. Best friends with Kylie who lives across the street and whose real name is Kyle.
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Olivia Colman as Debbie Doonan
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DEBBIE DOONAN Olivia Colman
A bottle-blonde barmaid in killer heels. Warm matriarch, forthright in her opinions to the point of foot in mouth. Would do anything for her family. Ever glamorous, Debbie likes a laugh and a drink. Allows her children to be whoever they want to be. Strong, loving, protective and funny. Doesn't look before she leaps. Has a great right hook.
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Aidan McArdle as Andy Doonan
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ANDY DOONAN Aidan McArdle
Self-employed plumber. A kind Irish gentle man. Encyclopaedic knowledge of musicals and winemaking and very well read. Still madly in love with Debbie. A loving Dad… and a really nice bloke. Wants to make sure he brings his kids up better than he was. Attractive.
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KYLIE (REAL NAME KYLE) Layton Williams
Simon's best friend Kylie is an extraordinary bundle of energy and smart dance moves. Small enough to get away with murder, he too wants to join the beautiful people who live in London. He's cheeky, fun and fabulous at all times. Life would be pretty bleak without Kylie.
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Sophie Ash as Ashlene Doonan
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ASHLENE DOONAN Sophie Ash
Sixteen and over it. Thinks everyone else is a freak… totally embarrassed by her family. She's generally happiest when she is enslaving her little brother and getting together with all the local lads in the area. Truth to tell she would rather be down and dirty with the boys in the hood.
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Meera Syal as Aunty Hayley
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AUNTY HAYLEY Meera Syal
Debbie's best friend and lodger. Hayley has been blind since birth but is perfectly happy about that. She's single and looking for love. A bit of an old hippie who was definitely one of the Greenham Common girls. Like a second mother to the Doonan kids. Into any new age therapy going, indeed anything that will brighten her life.
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REBA Sarah Niles
Single mother of Kylie. Ballsy and straightforward. A force to be reckoned with though her son is far more of a princess than she is. Reba has a tempestuous relationship with her neighbours the Doonans and indeed with anyone else within firing range.
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Samuel Barnett as adult Simon
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ADULT SIMON Samuel Barnett
Simon Doonan (24) all grown up and happily living in New York as a window dresser for Barneys… 'one of the most glamorous stores in the world'. Fashionable and confident, he loves to recall his bonkers childhood - knowing that the beautiful people were really much closer to home than he thought.
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SACHA Gary Amers
Simon's assistant and sometimes boyfriend. A funny lovable klutz.
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