Age: 38
female
Charlotte Murphy (born 30 November 1987) is an Irish actress best known for her role as Ann Gallagher in the BBC series Happy Valley (2014–2023). She won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw at the Abbey Theatre. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Play at the 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performance as Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, directed by Michael Grandage.
Mike had a hard life. sometimes has depression. His dad Marvin was jerk, cheated on his wife, mean to everyone, after some very heated moments when Mike got into a fight with his father while defending his mom June, they broke up. After 2 years since then, the family is hardly in contact with each other. Mike lives with his younger sister Meredith, they are in contact with their mother only occasionally and not with dad. An eco-obsessed vegetarian, Meredith now has appetite for meat and begs Mike to help her get rid of it or accept it. She is at college so Mike has to support her. She is not the only who needs help, his childhood love Isabel shows up with tears and begs to sleep there for few days cause she is afraid, her policeman bf Bob is missing. She sleeps in bed, he is on couch, feelings are back. The next one is Marvin. Mike doesn't want to talk to him. Marvin begs for a hearing, claiming he has changed. Mike interrogates him and learns that Marvin still loves his mom, regrets his actions, and wants to help win her back. Mike doesn't believe it, but when he sees his father cry on a bench later, he understands that he has changed. He reunited with his mom, she has a boyfriend Randy and there are lies about her being a whore. Mike therefore beats up three men in a bar and wrecks a woman's car. Mike tries to help his dad but tell him if he will hurt her he will kill him. Randy beats her up and is a thug who kidnaps Bob. Bob was corrupt and died in shootout and Randy too.
