Maughan's acting career began playing Ophelia in an
Open University tour of
Hamlet. In 1973, Maughan was chosen for the role of Rachel Rosing in a
Granada Television serialisation of
Howard Spring's novel,
Shabby Tiger. She next worked with
John Stride in the final series of
Yorkshire Television's
The Main Chance, playing the Nordic Inge Lindstrom. Maughan then went on to star in such series as
The Enigma Files, From 1987 to 1998, while running the internationally successful
Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé, (Taster's Choice in the United States) alongside actor
Anthony Head, and in 2012,
Kidnap and Ransom, also starring Eve. In the 2011 series of
Celebrity MasterChef, an ill-prepared Maughan was shocked and delighted to make it to the semi-final. This was followed by a film made each year from 2012 to 2014:
The Babymakers, directed by Jay Chandrasekhar;
Flying Home directed by Dominique Derudiere, and
Time Lapse, directed by Bradley King; and finally
The Atticus Institute, directed by Chris Sparling – all shot in the USA. In September 2014, Maughan starred in the British premiere of
Neil LaBute's well received play
Autobahn at the King's Head Theatre in Islington. She finished the play with a 30-minute monologue. She later appeared in the film
Untitled playing the drug dealing mastermind controller of a struggling filmmaker. In November 2015 she joined the programme
Loose Women as a guest panellist. ==Personal life==