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Mercy Olubunmi
Mercy Chubb (also Olubunmi) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and its Internet spin-off '' EastEnders: E20'', played by Bunmi Mojekwu. Mercy is one of four main characters in ''EastEnders: E20'', alongside Zsa Zsa Carter (Emer Kenny), Leon Small (Sam Attwater) and Fatboy (Ricky Norwood). She was the only character from the spin-off not to be automatically transitioned into ''EastEnders''. It was subsequently announced that she would join ''EastEnders'' due to positive reaction to the character, and made her first appearance in the soap on 31 May 2010. In May 2011, it was announced that Mercy was to leave ''EastEnders'' and she departed on 12 July 2011. Appearances ''EastEnders: E20'' In series 1 of ''EastEnders: E20'', Mercy, who is friends with Fatboy, is trying to create a project for the local church with the youth minister Benjamin (Damien Lynch), to attempt to bring younger people to the church, and if it is successful, Mercy's grandmother (pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunmi Mojekwu
Bunmi Adaeze Mojekwu is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Mercy Olubunmi in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. Early life Mojekwu was born in Brixton, South London, to Nigerian parents. She is the eldest of four children. In 2006, her family moved to Kent. Acting career Mojekwu began acting at school with a small role in '' The Wizard of Oz''. She joined Identity Drama School in Kent in 2006 and won the school's Actress of the Year award in her first year. Mojekwu went on to play Paris in Bola Agbaje's award-winning play ''Gone Too Far!''. In 2008, she starred as Ronnie in Channel 4's ''Fallout'' and in 2009 she got the part of Mercy Olubunmi in the Internet teen drama '' EastEnders: E20'', a spin-off from the long-running BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Jackson
Billie Jackson (credited as Billy until 2004) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Devon Anderson from 1993 to 1997, and by Bluey Robinson for a brief return in 2004. The character returned in 2010, along with other members of the Jackson family. It was confirmed in November 2009 that Anderson would reprise the role, 13 years after he was last seen on the soap. He made his return on 4 February 2010. The character was killed off in October 2010, and made his last credited appearance on 14 October. Storylines Billie is the only son of Carol Jackson, Carol and Alan Jackson (EastEnders), Alan Jackson and he arrives in Walford in 1993 along with his half brother Robbie Jackson, Robbie and his half sisters Bianca Jackson, Bianca and Sonia Fowler, Sonia. He is very close to his father and when Alan has an affair with the malicious Frankie Pierre (Syan Blake) and moves out of the family home, Billie takes the separation badly. On Christmas Day 1996, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Victoria
The Queen Victoria (more often referred to as The Queen Vic or The Vic) is the Victorian public house in the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders''. It has the fictional address of 46 Albert Square, Walford, London E20. Appearance and development In the series' backstory, Albert Square was built around 1860 during the reign of Queen Victoria. In February 2020 Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) revealed that the original landlords of The Queen Victoria were Mr and Mrs Bagstock, and that he’d drowned his wife in the bath. Originally the pub was to be called The Balmoral Arms but after the death of Prince Albert it was renamed as a tribute to the mourning Queen. In reality, Albert Square is based on the real Fassett Square in Hackney, but there is no pub there so The Queen Victoria is based on what was once College Park Tavern on Harrow Road in Harlesden. Initially, the pub's exterior is first seen painted brown. This is later changed to a green and cream colour scheme in late 1990, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Richie
Shane Patrick Paul Roche (born 11 March 1964), known as Shane Richie, is a British actor, comedian, television presenter and singer. Following initial success as a stage and screen performer, he became best known for his portrayal of the character Alfie Moon in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' (appearing 2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present) and then in its spin-off RTÉ Drama '' Redwater'' in 2017. In 2020, he appeared on the twentieth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here'' and finished in fourth place. Richie has presented a number of BBC game shows including ''Reflex'', '' Win Your Wish List'' and ''Decimate''. He also regularly appears in pantomime and in the last few years has starred as Robin Hood. He first took the role appearing at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton in 2016, then repeated it again in 2017 at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking. He then reprised the role once again in 2018 at the Milton Keynes Theatre. In 2019 he starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfie Moon
Alfie Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Shane Richie. He made his first appearance on 21 November 2002, and left on 25 December 2005. He returned to ''EastEnders'' on 21 September 2010, following the return of his on-screen wife, Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), two episodes previously, and they continued to feature until 22 May 2015. Alfie appeared in a guest stint between 26 December 2015 and 25 January 2016, before starring in the six-part drama spin-off series '' Kat & Alfie: Redwater'' in 2017. Richie returned for two short stints in 2018, concluding with his exit on 22 January 2019. Richie then made a virtual cameo appearance on 12 July 2022, followed by a permanent return from 12 September 2022. Some of the character's more prominent storylines have included: his turbulent relationship withand later marriage toKat Slater (Jessie Wallace) ; the dementia and death of his grandmother, Nana Moon (Hilda Braid); believing that Kat's son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Brown
June Muriel Brown (16 February 1927 – 3 April 2022) was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1985–1993; 1997–2020). In 2005, she won Best Actress at the ''Inside Soap'' Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement award at The British Soap Awards. Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to charity, and promoted to an OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours. In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, making her the second performer to receive a BAFTA nomination for their work in a soap opera, after Jean Alexander. In February 2020, at the age of 93, she announced that she had left ''EastEnders'' permanently. Early life Brown was born on 16 February 1927 in Needham Market, Suffolk, one of five children of Louisa Ann (née Butler) and Henry William Melton Brown. Her ancestry included Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot Branning
Dorothy "Dot" Branning (also Cotton) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, '' EastEnders'', played by June Brown. In a special episode entitled ''EastEnders: Dot's Story'' (2003) a young Dot was played by Tallulah Pitt-Brown in flashbacks. A tragicomic character, Dot was known for her devout Christian faith, gossiping, chain smoking, hypochondria, and motherly attitude to those in need. Dot first appeared in ''EastEnders'' in July 1985 as the mother of notorious criminal and original character Nick Cotton ( John Altman). The character worked as a launderette assistant for most of that time, along with original character Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), and was close friends with original characters Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin) and Lou Beale (Anna Wing). Dot moved away with her son and his family in 1993. In reality, Brown left the show in 1993, unhappy with the development of her character. Brown returned to the role in April 1997, and on 28 April 2017, Dot ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ross (actor)
Lee Ross (born 1970) is an English actor known for his roles as nice guy Kenny Phillips in the classic CITV dramedy ''Press Gang'' and as the violent and sadistic Owen Turner in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. He is also known for his work in the drama series '' Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest'', '' Secrets & Lies'' and ''The Catherine Tate Show''. Career Prior to his first acting role, Lee Ross attended Stockwood High School, Luton. He first became a familiar face on British television in 1983 as one of the children in a Colgate commercial which featured a parody of the hit Madness song ''Baggy Trousers''. His first acting role was as Fat Sam in Micky Dolenz' West End production of ''Bugsy Malone''. He then went on to play Dodger in the TV series '' Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest'', which was a spin-off from the series ''Dramarama''. The series ran from 1985 till 1986. He next played Kenny Phillips in ''Press Gang'' from 1989 to 1991. He also had lead roles in two films in 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Turner
Owen Turner is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Lee Ross. He originally appeared in the show on 15 June 2006 and left the show in late 2006. In 2009, it was announced that Ross would return to the show; he appeared on 30 July 2009. Ross' character made his final appearance on 26 November 2009 after being murdered by his ex-wife's new fiancé - Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet). Storylines 2006 Owen is the ex-husband of Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and father of her daughter, Libby (Belinda Owusu). He arrives in Walford looking for Libby, whom he has not seen since Denise divorced and left him, due to his alcohol problem. Denise sleeps with Owen, and a couple of days later, he hits her, witnessed by Denise's daughters, Chelsea (Tiana Benjamin) and Libby. Denise ends their relationship so, drunk, Owen holds her hostage in her flat. He drags her up the stairs by her hair and she stabs him with a fork. After Denise's boyfriend Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Gilet
Don Gilét (born 17 January 1967) is an English actor, best known for his roles in BBC productions '' Babyfather'', '' EastEnders'' and ''55 Degrees North''. Personal life He was brought up in Caldmore, Walsall, with two older sisters. He attended Blue Coat Academy Church of England and Sunday school at Caldmore Gospel Hall in Caldmore, and the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. He currently resides with his family in Bedfordshire. Gilét is close friends with '' EastEnders'' co-star Diane Parish, both having been in '' Babyfather'' together. Career Gilét's first television appearance was on the Channel 4 dating show '' Streetmate'', where he was interviewed as the friend of a participant. His first major role was playing Johnny Lindo in '' Babyfather'' (opposite future EastEnders co-star Diane Parish), before landing the lead role in the detective series ''55 Degrees North'', as Detective Sergeant Nicky Cole. In 2006, he played Leo Charles in ''The Line of Beauty'' and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Johnson
Lucas Johnson is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Don Gilet. He made his first on-screen appearance on 3 April 2008. Lucas is introduced as a reformed drug addict and criminal-turned-preacher who appears as the estranged father of established character Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin/Zaraah Abrahams). He also has a young son, Jordan ( Michael-Joel Stuart), and later goes on to marry Chelsea's mother Denise (Diane Parish) - whom he had previously been in a relationship with prior to their reunion. While the character originally appeared to be respectfully dedicated to his own religious convictions, Lucas slowly became the show’s secondary antagonist when he causes the death of his former wife Trina (Sharon Duncan Brewster) by leaving her to die in a raking accident; murders Denise's ex-husband Owen Turner (Lee Ross) on their wedding day; drowning his son's dog Sugar after the latter risks unearthing Owen's corpse; and strangling Denise befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Duncan Brewster
Sharon Duncan-Brewster (born 8 February 1976) is a British actress. She is known for her role as Crystal Gordon in '' Bad Girls'' during the first four series; her role as Trina Johnson on ''EastEnders''; and her role as Maggie Cain in the autumn 2009 ''Doctor Who'' special, ''The Waters of Mars''. More recently, she has played Imperial Planetologist Dr. Liet-Kynes in Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's ''Dune''. Career Duncan-Brewster portrayed the role of Crystal Gordon in the first four series of ITV prison drama series '' Bad Girls''. After leaving the programme at the end of its fourth series she guest-starred in ''Holby City'', '' Waking the Dead'', ''Babyfather'' and daytime soap opera ''Doctors''. From February to September 2009 Duncan-Brewster appeared on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' as Trina Johnson, estranged wife of Lucas Johnson. She appeared in the 2009 ''Doctor Who'' special "The Waters of Mars" as Maggie Cain. Duncan-Brewster also appeared o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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