Montserrat Lombard

Montserrat Lombard (born 1 August 1982) is a British actress known for playing Sharon 'Shaz' Granger in the BBC drama series Ashes to Ashes.

Early life Lombard was born in London and is of Spanish and Italian descent. She speaks Spanish, Italian, and English.

Career Her television credits include regular roles in Love Soup (2005–2008) and Roman's Empire (2007). She is probably best known for her role as WPC Shaz Granger in the BBC drama Ashes to Ashes (2008–2010).

Other credits include guest roles in Doctors, Twisted Tales, Nathan Barley, Murder in Suburbia ("Witches", as a school girl named Myra who, among other things, bakes brownies and attempts to seduce her music teacher dressed in lacy underwear), and a part in the feature-length ITV drama Tunnel Of Love. Lombard has also played Lavya in the episodes "Hello Queppu" and "Artefact" of the BBC Two sci-fi comedy series Hyperdrive, and Stevie in the fourth episode of the BBC Two comedy Saxondale. She appeared as Lady Anne in the BBC Radio 4 comedy The Castle, and has appeared in several stage productions, including People Who Don't Do Dinner Parties.

Lombard played June in the short film Vanilla Song, created by National Film and Television School students, as well as Ian Sciacaluga's short film noir, Imbroglio. She played The Muse in William Mager's 2008 short film, Stiletto, funded by Apex Arts and the Hitchcock Production Fund. She had a small role in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. In 2009, she worked on the film St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, playing Zoe, the Emo.

She played Maria in the premiere episode of the 2011 TV series, The Borgias. She voiced the role of Mirania in the 2011–12 game The Last Story for Nintendo Wii.

She appeared in ITV's Marple: A Caribbean Mystery in 2013 as Esther Walters. From September 2013 to January 2014 she starred alongside Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock in Barking in Essex at the Wyndhams Theatre.

In May 2016 she appeared on BBC Two in Ben Elton's comedy Upstart Crow as Shakespeare's dark lady muse Emelia (series 1 episode 4, and in October 2018 reprised the role in series 3 episode 6). In March 2017 she appeared in Private View, the series 3 finale of Inside No. 9 on BBC Two as a sarcastic waitress, Bea. Also in 2016 she appeared as different characters in Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories, a series of short films for Sky Arts directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard and scored by Jarvis Cocker. In 2019, she voices Mia on Thomas and Friends in US/UK versions. In 2023 she played Gwen Tyler in the BBC series Beyond Paradise, and, in 2024, played Jess in the film "Tyger."

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2003 London Sonnet Young Lovers – Girl Short film 2005 Vanilla Song June Short film 2005 Imbroglio Short film 2007 English Language (with English Subtitles) Backing Vox & Tambourine Short film 2008 Stiletto The Muse Short film 2008 Scratch Susan Short film 2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Sally's Friend 2009 Stalking Ben Chadz Izzy Short film 2009 Finding Sol Mia Short film 2009 St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Zoe 2010 The Savage Canvas Jill Saunders Short film 2010 Magpie Minnie Short film 2012 8 Minutes Idle Alice 2012 Outside Bet Becka 2012 Tower Block Jenny 2013 Albatross: A Love Story Short film 2013 Charlie Countryman Madison Uncredited 2014 I Remember You Penny Short film 2016 Bliss! Karen Robson 2017 The Ministry of Stories Anthology Vampire 2017 Altered Cynthia Short film 2017 To Wendy Who Kicked Me When I Said I Love You Wendy Short film 2019 Rare Beasts Val 2019 Thomas & Friends: Digs and Discoveries Mia, Passengers (voices) UK/US versions 2024 Tyger Jess 2024 Just Kids Ben's Mother Short film

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