Denise Gough squatting in her teens helped with film role

Evening Standard article on Denise Gough: Being a homeless teen helped with film role

Details: 07 July 2017; 17 July 2017

"Gough was only 15 when she left her family home in Ireland. After sleeping on friends’ floors she moved to London and, at 17, was living in a Camberwell squat. Now the star of BBC2 thriller Paula is appearing in one of two short films, Nadia and Eviction, that premiered at Bafta yesterday."

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TAGS: Interviews, TV Drama, Denise Gough

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