Sharon Maughan

Sharon Patricia Maughan (born 22 June 1950) is a British actress. She became internationally recognised in the 80's from the "Gold Blend couple" television advertisements for Nescafé, (Taster's Choice in the United States) alongside actor Anthony Head. Her credits include She's Out of My League, MacGyver, Inspector Morse, Hannay, Murder, She Wrote. She made it to the semi-final of Celebrity MasterChef in 2011. Early life Sharon Mughan was born in Liverpool, to a working class family, and raised in Kirkby, Lancashire, with her four siblings. She got her first taste of acting in plays at the all-girl Catholic Comprehensive School, St Gregory's School in Southdene, Kirkby. At the age of 17, she was awarded a scholarship to study acting at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1971 with an Acting (RADA Diploma). She later changed her professional surname to "Maughan". Career Maughan's acting career began playing Ophelia in an Open University tour of Hamlet. In 1973, Maughan was chosen for the role of Rachel Rosing in a Granada Television serialisation of Howard Spring's novel, Shabby Tiger. In 1973, she joined Alan Bennett at the Lyric Theatre in his original production of Habeas Corpus, playing "Felicity Rumpers". She next worked with John Stride in the final series of Yorkshire Television's The Main Chance, playing the Nordic "Inge Lindstrom".