Hayley Squires

Hayley Squires (born 16 April 1988) is an English actress and playwright, best known for her work in the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake.^[1] Squires has also appeared in Call the Midwife (2012), Southcliffe (2013), Complicit (2013), Blood Cells (2014), A Royal Night Out (2015) and Murder (2016). Her first play, Vera Vera Vera, was produced by the Royal Court Theatre in 2012.^[2]

Hayley Squires
Born	Hayley McGinty (1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 36) Forest Hill, London, England
Alma mater	Rose Bruford College
Occupation(s)	Actress and playwright
Years active	2012–present

I, Daniel Blake won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Best British Film at the 2017 BAFTAs, and was the Audience Award winner at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Squires was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the BAFTAs.^[3]

Early life

Born in Forest Hill, South London, as Hayley McGinty in 1988, Squires grew up with her mother, father and older brother.^[4] The family moved to Kent when she was 14. Her mother was a cook at her school and her father managed a video shop.^[5]

She trained at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup and graduated in 2010 with BA (Hons) Acting alongside best friend and fellow actor David Carlyle.^[4][6] She has a quote from A Midsummer Night's Dream tattooed underneath her left arm; it reads: And though she be but little, she is fierce.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director
2014	Blood Cells	Hayley	Luke Seomore, Joseph Bull
2015	A Royal Night Out	Debbie	Julian Jarrold
	Polar Bear (short)	Lea	Sean Buckley
2016	I, Daniel Blake	Katie	Ken Loach
	Away	Kaz	David Blair
2017	Giantland	Mum	Yousaf Ali Khan
2018	Happy New Year, Colin Burstead	Gini Burstead	Ben Wheatley
	In Fabric	Babs	Peter Strickland
2021	In the Earth	Olivia Wendle	Ben Wheatley
	The Electrical Life of Louis Wain	Marie Wain	Will Sharpe
	True Things	Alison	Harry Wootliff
2023	Beau Is Afraid	Penelope	Ari Aster
	Hoard	Cynthia	Luna Carmoon[8]
2024	Blitz †	Tilda	Steve McQueen

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Call the Midwife	Maureen Warren	Episode #1.1
2013	Complicit	Joan	Television film
	Southcliffe	Louise Cooper	3 episodes
2016	Murder	Bryony Phelps	Episode: "The Lost Weekend"
2017	The Last Leg	Herself – Guest appearance	Episode No. 12 of Series 10
	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams	Waitress	Episode: "The Commuter"
	The Miniaturist[9]	Cornelia	3 episodes
2018	Collateral	Laurie Stone	3 episodes
2020	Adult Material	Jolene Dollar	4 episodes
2022	The Essex Serpent	Martha	6 episodes
	Maryland	Mary	Television film[10]
2023	Great Expectations	Sara
2024	Inside No. 9	Devonshire	Episode: "The Curse of the Ninth"

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	As Good a Time as Any	Amy	The Print Room
2017	The Pitchfork Disney[11][12]	Haley Stray	Shoreditch Town Hall, Directed by Jamie Lloyd
	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof[13]	Mae	Apollo Theatre, Directed by Benedict Andrews
2018	The Lover and The Collection	Sarah/Stella	Harold Pinter Theatre, Directed by Jamie Lloyd

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Performance	Result
British Independent Film Awards	2016	Best Actress	I, Daniel Blake	Nominated
		Most Promising Newcomer		Won
British Academy Film Awards	2017	Best Actress in a Supporting Role		Nominated
Denver Film Festival	2016	Special Jury Prize: Best Actress		Won
Empire Film Awards	2017	Best Female Newcomer		Nominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards	2016	Best Supporting Actress		Won
London Film Critics' Circle	2017	British/Irish Actress of the Year		Nominated
National Film Awards	2017	Best Breakthrough Performance		Nominated
British Academy Television Awards	2021	Best Actress	Adult Material	Nominated
49th International Emmy Awards	2021	Best Actress		Won

References

1. "Hayley Squires: The girl who came from nowhere to win hearts at Cannes". Hindustan Times. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
2. "Vera Vera Vera, Royal Court, review". The Daily Telegraph. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
3. "Bafta nominee Hayley Squires on I, Daniel Blake, and why working-class girls aren't victims". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
4. Famurewa, Jimi (29 September 2016). "Hayley Squires: Ken Loach's new muse and red carpet revolutionary". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
5. "Hayley Squires: 'Some women enjoy the performance of sex'". The Guardian. 3 October 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022.
6. Shoard, Catherine (28 September 2016). "Hayley Squires – working classes cast as bad mothers". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
7. Interview Hayley Squires: ‘I used to argue with everyone’ The Guardian
8. Grater, Tom (25 April 2022). "Saura Lightfoot Leon, Hayley Squires & Joseph Quinn Starring In UK Debut 'Hoard'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
9. "Anya Taylor-Joy and Romola Garai star in The Miniaturist". BBC News. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
10. "Zawe Ashton, Hayley Squires and Daniel Mays to star in Lucy Kirkwood's Maryland on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
11. "Review: The Pitchfork Disney (Shoreditch Town Hall)". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
12. Gardner, Lyn (3 February 2017). "The Pitchfork Disney review – exhilarating chocoholic apocalypse". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
13. "Hayley Squires Joins Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Apollo Theatre | Boxoffice.co.uk". www.boxoffice.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

External links

• Hayley Squires at IMDb