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Greg Jessop
Greg Jessop is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Stefan Booth. He is introduced as the fiancé of Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), and first appeared on screen on 1 October 2010 to work on the reconstruction of The Queen Victoria public house. On 15 April 2011, Greg and Tanya wed, just before hearing that Tanya's ex-husband Max (Jake Wood) and their daughter Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald) have been involved in a car accident. Joyner has warned that Tanya could break Greg's heart. In June 2011, it was announced that Booth was leaving the soap at the end of his storyline, and Greg left on 12 August 2011. Booth confirmed that Greg will return. He returned for a single episode on 21 October 2011. Greg has been described as "gorgeous" and "loyal" and a "himbo with a good heart". Joyner opined that Greg was right for Tanya, saying, "She'll be safe with Greg. He's the right man for Tanya at the moment." In February 2011 it was announced that filming had starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Booth
Stefan Booth (born 4 October 1979) is an English actor and singer, best known for playing Greg Jessop in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1 October 2010 to 21 October 2011. Background Booth went to school at Monkton Combe School in Bath and grew up between the West Country and Berkshire. He now lives in London. Career Booth played Jamie Nash in ''Hollyoaks'' from 2001 until 2003 and also appeared as a semi-regular character, Sergeant Marc Rollins, in ''The Bill''. In 2006, he came second in the ITV ice skating competition ''Dancing on Ice'', partnered with professional ice skater Kristina Lenko. On 20 May 2006, Booth appeared on a celebrity episode of ''The Weakest Link'', featuring famous faces from the worlds of music and dance. He was the third one voted off. In August 2006, he filmed a guest part in an episode of ''The Royal'' in Scarborough. Booth appeared as a guest vocalist on a number of tracks by CLSM and other UK Hardcore artists in the mid-2000s. Booth ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeline Duggan
Madeline Elizabeth Duggan (born 28 June 1994) is a British actress, known for her portrayal of Lauren Branning in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2006 to 2010. Career In 2003, Duggan portrayed the role of Little Cosette in a production of ''Les Misérables'' at the Palace Theatre, London. She then played the lead role in two short films; Amanda in '' Between Us'' (2004), and Ellie in ''Spoilt Eggs'' (2006). Duggan first appeared on screen as Lauren Branning in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' on 3 July 2006. She was dropped from the series in May 2010 by executive producer Bryan Kirkwood, and was replaced by Jacqueline Jossa. In October 2011, it was announced that she would be starring in the feature film '' Everyone's Going To Die''. In 2016, Duggan had a minor role in ''The Tunnel''. In April 2020 she revealed that she was now working part-time in a doctor's surgery because "being an out of work actress doesn't pay". In 2020 amid the COVID-19 crisis Duggan joined a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zöe Lucker
Zöe Elizabeth Lucker (born 11 April 1974) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sonya Leach in ''Coronation Street'' Tanya Turner in the ITV drama series, ''Footballers' Wives''; Vanessa Gold in the long-running BBC One soap opera, ''EastEnders''; Carol Barry in the BBC One school-based drama series, '' Waterloo Road''; and Reenie McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks''. Education Lucker was educated at Huddersfield New College. She studied acting at Oscars Academy of Performing Arts in Huddersfield, and later at the Manchester Arden School of Theatre. Career In 2002, Lucker began portraying the role of Tanya Turner on ITV drama series, ''Footballers' Wives''. In 2004, she was nominated and won a ''TV Quick'' and ''TV Choice'' Award for Best Actress for her role of Tanya Turner; she was also nominated for a National Television Award in the category of Most Popular Actress for her work on ''Footballers' Wives''. In 2005, Lucker toured New Zealand exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Gold
Vanessa may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais * ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole * ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie Wayne and performed by Hugo Winterhalter * ''Vanessa'', a song by Grimes and d'Eon from Darkbloom * ''Vanessa'' (opera), a Samuel Barber opera that premiered in 1958 * ''Vanessa'' (1977 film), a 1977 West German film featuring Olivia Pascal * ''Vanessa'' (Mexican TV series), 1982 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez * ''Vanessa'' (UK TV series), British talk show presented by Vanessa Feltz * ''Vanessa'', former name of Canadian television channel Vivid TV People * Vanessa (name), a female given name and list of persons named Vanessa * Esther Vanhomrigh, for whom Jonathan Swift coined the name Fictional characters * Vanessa (''King of Fighters''), a character in SNK Playmore's ''The King of Fighters'' video game series * Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Wallace
Karen Jane Wallace (born 25 September 1971), known professionally as Jessie Wallace, is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Kat Slater on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' since 2000. Her role as Kat won her the National Television Awards for Most Popular Newcomer (2001), as well as the British Soap Award for Best Newcomer (2001), Most Popular Actress (2003) and the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2011). She was also nominated for the 2011 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Pat Phoenix in the BBC Four television film ''The Road to Coronation Street''. Early life Wallace was born in Enfield, North London, to James, a telecommunications engineer, and Annette, a secretary. Wallace is of Irish ancestry, by way of Cork and Dublin. Her parents divorced when she was aged three and she and her sister were raised by their father (however, she did see her mother at weekends). She adopted her stage name after her late grandmother. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat Moon
Kathleen "Kat" Slater (also Moon) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Jessie Wallace. She is also played by Kate Peck in a flashback in 2001 and Sumar-Elise Sandford in a flashback in 2018. Kat is the second eldest Slater family sister and first appeared on 18 September 2000. Kat's usual dress is very short skirts and leopard-print tops, with much make-up and heavy fake tan. Her initial stint saw her involved in many storylines, most significantly in a plot twist which sees her sister Zoe (Michelle Ryan), revealed to be her daughter after she was raped by her uncle Harry (Michael Elphick) as a child. Another key aspect to the character's storylines is her marriage to Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), prior to which she became briefly engaged to Alfie's love rival Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs); after Kat jilted Andy on their wedding day, he blackmailed her into sleeping with him in his revenge bid against Alfie and Kat. Wallace has won multiple awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Woodyatt
Adam Brinley Woodyatt (born 28 June 1968) is an English actor. He is known for his role as Ian Beale in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', which he played between 1985 and 2022. Early life and education Woodyatt was born on 28 June 1968 in Walthamstow, and grew up in east London. He was educated at two independent schools: Forest School, on the edge of Epping Forest, in Walthamstow in north east London, where he shared classes with comedy writer Sharat Sardana and cricket captain Nasser Hussain; and the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He also attended Llanidloes High School, Llanidloes, Wales. Career Aged 13, Woodyatt appeared on stage at the National Theatre in Tom Stoppard's play '' On the Razzle''. Following the completion of his studies at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, Woodyatt appeared in the BBC's children's drama series ''The Baker Street Boys'' (1983). He then put his acting career on hiatus and worked as a butcher in Wales for a brief period, before joining the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Beale
Ian Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Adam Woodyatt. He is the drama's longest-serving main character and, following the departure of Pauline Fowler ( Wendy Richard) in 2006, became the only one to have appeared continuously from its inception. The character appeared in his 2,000th episode in the show on 26 March 2007, and his 3,000th on 27 May 2016. After 36 years on the show, Woodyatt departed ''EastEnders'' on 22 January 2021. He made an unannounced appearance for the funeral of Dot Cotton (June Brown) on 12 December 2022. Ian is the most-married character in ''EastEnders'' history, with six marriages to five women (Cindy Williams, Mel Healy, Laura Dunn, twice to Jane Collins, and Sharon Watts) and two aborted engagements to Mandy Salter and Denise Fox. Ian is the owner of 45 Albert Square, traditionally represented within the series as the family home of the Beale and Fowler family, and in 2020 he bought the Queen Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Brett
Laurie Brett (born 28 March 1969) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Jane Beale in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Christine Mulgrew in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road''. Early and personal life Brett was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland and studied at the London Studio Centre. She is fluent in Spanish. Brett has admitted to being a bit of a wild child in her youth, drinking heavily for 20 years. Brett speaks with a Scottish accent; however, on moving to London, she adopted a London accent – fitting for her ''EastEnders'' role. She says she has always had a "knack" with accents and has admitted that prior to appearing in ''Waterloo Road'' speaking with a Scottish accent became very handy when people would ask if she was Jane from ''EastEnders''. She has admitted that when asked that question she would then reply in her native Scottish accent and people then assumed they were mistaken. Brett was in a relationship with mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Beale
Lesley Jane Beale (also Clarke and Collins) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders'', played by Laurie Brett. She made her first appearance on 22 June 2004. Brett took maternity leave in 2011 and departed on 19 May. She returned on 8 November and departed again on 27 January 2012. Jane made a temporary return to the show on 6 January 2014 until 20 May and permanently from 24 November 2014 to 23 October 2017. She made two voiceover appearances on 8 and 25 December 2017. Jane’s storylines have included her relationship and later marriages to Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), an affair with Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp), accidentally shot by Ian's stepson Steven Beale (Aaron Sidwell) which results her desire to have a child of her own following a hysterectomy, a relationship with Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), her popular friendship with Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), covering up her adopted son Bobby's (Eliot Carrington) role in the murder of her stepdaughter Lucy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Borthwick
Jamie Simon Borthwick (born 23 June 1994) is an English actor who has portrayed the role of Jay Brown in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' since 2006. He is also known for his role in Not Going out as The kid who Kicks Lee Career Borthwick has portrayed Jay Brown in ''EastEnders'' since 2006. His first appearance aired on 14 December. His first appearance on mainstream television was as an orphan in the ''Celebrate Oliver!'' musical alongside Shane Richie and Joseph McManners. In late 2006 Borthwick had a one-off role in ''Not Going Out''. He has also appeared in the "Life In The Underpass" episode of ''Gina's Laughing Gear''. Borthwick won the award for Best Dramatic Performance From a Young Actor or Actress at the 2008 British Soap Awards and dedicated it to his late grandmother, who died one day prior to his win. Personal life Borthwick carried Kevin Mitchell (boxer), Kevin Mitchell's championship belt into the ring prior to a bout in July 2007. He attended Sylvia Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Brown
Jay Brown (also Mitchell) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Jamie Borthwick. He made his first appearance on 14 December 2006. Jay's storylines since joining the programme have included being part of a gang, coping with the death of his father Jase Dyer (Stephen Lord), being orphaned by age 14 which results in his going into foster care and then being taken care of by the Mitchell family, as well as maturing from a wayward teen, becoming a surrogate brother to Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe/Harry Reid/Max Bowden), helping Ben cover up the murder of Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison), being arrested for having indecent images of a child on his mobile phone after discovering his girlfriend Linzi Bragg (Amy-Leigh Hickman) is below the age of consent, drug dealing and developing a drug habit by taking cocaine. In August 2017, in a two-hander episode between Phil and Jay, Jay finds out that Phil accidentally killed his biological father, a homele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
