Bronagh Waugh is an actress from Northern Ireland. She played Cheryl Brady in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2009 to 2013. At the 2010 British Soap Awards, Waugh was nominated for awards for Best Newcomer, Best Actress and Best Comedy Performance for her portrayal of Cheryl. She was also nominated for two National Television Awards. Since leaving Hollyoaks, Waugh has appeared in dramas including The Fall, Unforgotten and the crime dramas Ridley and Strike.

Filmography

• 2026Molly vs. THE MACHINES — Elizabeth Lagone
• Art Detectives — Charlotte Wallace
• In Flight — Melanie
• The Stolen Girl — DI Shona Sinclair
• 2023Murmur — Hannah
• 2023The Heist Before Christmas — Georgina
• Our House — Allison
• Ridley — DI Carol Farman
• The Suspect — Cara
• Viewpoint — DC Stella Beckett
• Des — Charlotte Proctor
• 2019Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar — Lucy
• 2018A Dark Place — Donna Reutzel
• Derry Girls — Cathy Maguire
• 2018Grace and Goliath — Mo
• 2017Axis — Siobhán (voice)
• Channel Zero — Young Maria
• 2015A Christmas Star — Maria O'Hanlon
• The Fall — Sally Ann Spector
• Storyland — Sarah
• 2008Miss Conception — Receptionist
• Supernatural — Ms. Watt
• Midsomer Murders — Blaise McQuin

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2025Letters from the Blitz — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• 2019Lost Lives — Self (voice)