Malory Towers (TV series)

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Main cast

• Ella Bright as Darrell Rivers, an intelligent and excitable girl who has recently been expelled from her previous school. Darrell has word-blindness. She plans to become a medical doctor like her father.
• Danya Griver as Gwendoline Mary Lacey, a spoiled and callous girl who has been homeschooled by a Governess her whole life up until enrolling in Malory Towers. Over the series she develops a romantic interest in Ron Gilson. While initially intending to go on to finishing school in Switzerland, by the end of the series after her father falls ill she plans to join the Women's Royal Naval Service.
• Zoey Siewert as Alicia Johns, a naughty and rebellious Canadian girl who influences Darrell into playing tricks and is interested in sports. Her parents work overseas so she is full-board.
• Sienna Arif-Knights as Sally Hope, a mature but moody girl who is unknowingly sick. She later becomes Darrell's best friend and plans to become a nurse.
• Imogen Lamb as Mary-Lou Linnet, a naive girl and the youngest of Darrell's form. She is talented at art and develops an interest in becoming a teacher.
• Natasha Raphael as Irene Edwards, a ditzy but sweet girl who is talented at Music and Maths but struggles with other subjects, and comes from a Jewish family.
• Beau Bradfield as Jean Dunlop, a mature girl who is intelligent and talented at Lacrosse. She becomes editor of the school newspaper and aims to work as a journalist.
• Ashley McGuire as Matron Kathleen, the Matron of the North Tower girls. Though she is strict, she does mean well. An emergency family situation causes her to leave Malory Towers, but she is later brought back by the girls who have missed her.
• Carys John as Ellen Wilson, a clever Scholarship student who is initially the reluctant best friend of Gwendoline, but eventually leaves her for the other girls. It is revealed that in the Christmas Special, she is moved up a form.
• Amelie Green as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Robinson, a tomboyish, sheltered girl who loves horses and keeps a Horse named Thunder, who she considers her “best friend” and insists on seeing.
• Jennifer Wigmore as Miss Elizabeth Grayling, the good-natured Headmistress at Malory Towers.
• Jude Harper-Wrobel as Ron Gilson, the school gardener whose family lives near Malory Towers. He is friends with Darrell and often assists her. In between seasons 3 and 4 Ron starts helping his uncle and begins training to be a fisherman. He is also a musician and develops a romantic interest in Gwen. At the end of the series he is set to join the military as part of conscription.
• Geneviève Beaudet as Mam’Zelle Rougier, the French teacher at Malory Towers. She is strict and hyper-critical, but later gets better and listening and interacting. In addition to teaching, she oversees the girls when they reach the Fourth Form as their mistress. She marries Irene's father in season 4.
• Jason Callender as Mr. Parker, the Second Form master for Darrell's form then Felicity's form master.
• Karl Theobald as Mr. Edwards, Irene's father who marries Mam’Zelle Rougier
• April V Woods as Felicity Rivers, Darrell's younger sister. The character was originally played by Minti Gorne in seasons 1 through 3.
• Edesiri Paula Okpenerho as June Johns, Alicia's troublesome younger cousin
• Amy Roerig as Clarissa Carter, a member of Felicity's form. Clarissa loves to play sports, but after the doctor says she has a weak heart it limits the activities she can participate in. It is later revealed that Clarissa suffers from Graves' disease, which has been causing her to have the symptoms of a weak heart when that's not actually the cause.
• Ava Azizi as Susan Heather, a member of Felicity's form that is a bit mischievous but also respects and honours the rules. She serves as the head of form during the girls first year.
• Kimia Lamour as Connie Batten, one of the twins in Felicity's form. Connie excels at athletics but has a hard time reading and studying history.
• Aviella Burch as Ruth Batten, one of the twins in Felicity's form. Ruth has an excellent history of finding good references for essays in the library, but she is only average at athletics.
• Emily Costtrici as Josephine "Jo" Jones, a new girl in the second form from a wealthy family who disregards the rules.
• Amanda Lawrence as Matron Shipley, Kathleen's replacement who is extremely strict, even more so than Matron Kathleen.
• Ciara Prioux as Celeste, a young woman from France who joins Felicity's class because her Mother is sick, though she doesn't know that's why she's been sent there. Her mother previously attended Malory Towers. She attends only during the first term before returning home.
• Ellie Goldstein as Nancy Thomas, the niece of Matron Kathleen who joins Felicity's class. Nancy has down syndrome, which has kept her from joining most schools and landed her in an orphanage. When Kathleen learned her niece had been sent to an orphanage she left Malory Towers to become her legal guardian.

Recurring cast

• Twinkle Jaiswal as Katherine, a strict but fun girl and the Head of First Form.
• Saskia Kemkers as Emily, an intelligent but private girl.
• Hannah Saxby as Pamela, an athletic older girl who is later revealed to be a Debutante.
• Imali Perera as Miss Potts, the kind but strict Maths, Science and Art teacher. She is the First Form mistress.
• Christine Horne as Margaret, the assistant to Matron Kathleen.
• Birgitte Solem as Miss Elizabeth Grayling, the good-natured Headmistress at Malory Towers.
• Edie Whitehead as Georgina Thomas, a wealthy girl whose father is quite snobby and mean.
• Christien Anholt as Mr. Lacey, Gwendoline's strict father.
• Emily Piggford as Miss Julia Johnson and Jennifer Johnson, a pair of twin criminals. Miss Julia Johnson is a trained teacher, but Jennifer Johnson pretends to be her at times.
• Bre Francis as Mavis, an older girl who is talented at singing.
• Charles Jackson as Fred Gilson, Ron's little brother. After being introduced in the Christmas Special Fred is asked to take Ron's place as a gardener at Malory Towers when Ron gets asked to help his uncle and become a fisherman.
• Louis Tamone as Mr. Jones, Josephine's rich but kind father
• Gerald Kyd as Mr. Murray, an archeologist who comes to look for lost treasure.
• Sophie Harkness as Jane Shipley, a nurse and Matron Shipley's younger sister who originally came to Malory Towers to visit her sister but gets roped into being temporary Matron.
• Jodie Steele as Lily Vernon, a professional actor who is a cousin of Miss Grayling. Lily has fallen under hard times but is too stubborn to ask for assistance. When Miss Grayling learns the truth she asks Lily to stay on board as the theater teacher.

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