Hayley Squires

Personal context

Summary

Hayley Squires is an English actor and playwright known for I, Daniel Blake, Adult Material, and her play Vera Vera Vera. Her work and interviews often address working-class life and women’s agency; she has criticized the limited roles available to working-class women. In discussing Adult Material, she described feminism as equality in rights, opportunity, and voice, and spoke in support of #MeToo and continuing public discussion of consent and sexism. No public party affiliation, DEI role, or queer advocacy is on record.