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Tanya Branning
Tanya Cross (also Branning and Jessop) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders'', played by Jo Joyner. She made her first appearance on 27 June 2006. Joyner left the show temporarily on 25 December 2009 for maternity leave. After a guest appearance, Tanya eventually returned on 27 September 2010. On 1 April 2013, it was announced that Joyner would be departing the role and she made her final appearance on 28 June 2013. Tanya returned in February 2015 for two episodes as part of the show's 30th anniversary celebrations. She later reprised the role again in 2017 for four episodes, appearing between 25 December 2017 and 16 February 2018. Tanya's storylines have included opening her own salon, giving birth to her third child, discovering that her husband Max Branning (Jake Wood) had an affair with Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) before divorcing and then burying him alive with the help from her new partner Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky), marrying Greg Jessop (Stef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Joyner
Joanne Mary Joyner (born 24 May 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Mandy Carter in Channel 4 drama ''Ackley Bridge''. Since 2018, she has starred as Luella Shakespeare in the BBC crime drama series '' Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators''. Early life Joyner was born in Harlow, Essex to Anne (née McCormick) and Peter Joyner. She has one older brother, David. In 1999, she graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff with a BA in Acting. Career After a stint of guest roles in shows such as ''Always and Everyone'', '' The Cops'', '' Heartbeat'' and ''Clocking Off'', Joyner came to prominence after playing Beth Nicholls in Channel 4 comedy drama ''No Angels'' between 2004 and 2006. She later appeared in four episodes of '' North & South'' as Fanny Thornton and in two episodes of ''Doctor Who'' as Lynda Moss. In June 2006, Joyner began appearing as Tanya Branning in BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louie Beale
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2015, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins. January saw the arrival of the year's first baby, #Matthew Mitchell Cotton, Matthew Mitchell Cotton, son of Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack) and Charlie Cotton (2014 character), Charlie Cotton (Declan Bennett). The following month saw the show celebrate its 30th anniversary with EastEnders Live Week, a live week, which oversaw the live arrivals of Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood), and the second baby born in 2015, #Pearl Fox-Hubbard, Pearl Fox-Hubbard, Vincent's daughter with Kim Fox, Kim Fox-Hubbard (Tameka Empson). In March, #Claudette Hubbard, Claudette Hubbard (Ellen Thomas (actress), Ellen Thomas) arrived as Donna Yates (EastEnders), Donna Yates' (Lisa Hammond (actress), Lisa Hammond) foster mother and an acquaintance of Les Coker (Roger Sloman) foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Jossa
Jacqueline Mary Osborne (''née'' Jossa) (born 29 October 1992) is an English actress and television presenter. She is known for portraying Lauren Branning in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2010 to 2022, and winning the nineteenth series of the ITV series '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2019. She was a winner of ''The Masked Singer Live'' in April 2022 at Wembley Arena, appearing as Baby Dino. Early life Jossa was born on 29 October 1992 in Bexley. She trained at D&B Theatre School in Bromley, followed by the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has one older sister, Katrina, and two older brothers who died in infancy. She is the cousin of former ''EastEnders'' actress Megan Jossa. Career Jossa was cast in ''EastEnders'' in 2010 as Lauren Branning, Jossa was reportedly "excited" to join the show, saying she has always been a fan. Her first appearance was on 27 September 2010. Jossa also appeared in Lauren's internet spin-off series, ''Lauren's Diaries'', ... [...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] |
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] |
Robert Kazinsky
Robert John Appleby (born 18 November 1983), known professionally as Robert Kazinsky, is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Casper Rose in the Sky One drama ''Dream Team'', the Don in '' Captain Marvel'', Sean Slater in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', Chuck Hansen in ''Pacific Rim'', and Macklyn Warlow in the sixth season of HBO's ''True Blood''. In 2016, he played Orgrim Doomhammer in ''Warcraft'' and Jimmy Pritchard in the Fox television series '' Second Chance''. Early life Kazinsky was born Robert John Appleby in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England on 18 November 1983. Kazinsky is Jewish. He is also a fluent speaker of Hebrew. Kazinsky was educated at Hove Park School in Hove, from 1995 to 2000. He appeared in their productions of ''Bugsy Malone'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Kazinsky trained as an actor at the Guildford School of Acting from September 2002 to July 2005. He took his grandfather's middle name as his stage name. Career He adopted his grandfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Slater
Sean Slater is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Robert Kazinsky who made his first appearance on 22 August 2006. Sean's existence was revealed on 9 December 2005 when his sister Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) returns to Walford after their mother, Jean (Gillian Wright), attempts suicide. Kazinsky was suspended from work for two months in 2007. It was announced on 18 January 2008 that Kazinsky would be leaving the show and he made his final appearance on 1 January 2009. He returned for a brief stint on 26 April 2019 and departed again on 6 May 2019. Kazinsky returned again for one-off stints on 1 November 2021 and 7 April 2022. Storylines Backstory Growing up, Sean adored his father Brian and younger sister Stacey (Lacey Turner), but had a fractured relationship with his mother Jean (Gillian Wright) due to her bipolar disorder. He became rebellious, constantly going out of his way to scare Jean. Sean punched his father during an argument. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacey Turner
Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Stacey Slater on the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she has won over thirty awards, including four National Television Awards and ten British Soap Awards. She has also appeared on '' Bedlam'', ''Switch'' (both 2012) and ''Our Girl'' (2013–2014). Early life Turner was born in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, to Catholic parents Bev and Les. She was raised along with her two younger sisters in Hertfordshire, near the BBC television studios in Elstree. She had commented: "From my bedroom window you could see part of the square he external filming lot for ''EastEnders'' and you could hear them all filming at night. I used to say to my mum: "I wanna be on that!" It was whilst living there that Turner decided to become an actress. At the age of 10, Turner trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, but left after a year stating t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacey Slater
Stacey Slater (also Branning and Fowler) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', portrayed by Lacey Turner. She first appears in episode 2826, originally broadcast on 1 November 2004. The character is introduced as a feisty and troublesome teenager and extension to the already established Slater family. She was created by scriptwriter Tony Jordan with Turner in mind. Producers explored the character's backstory with the introduction of her mother, Jean Slater (Gillian Wright), who has bipolar disorder. They then paired Stacey with Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements) and writers developed a series of problems for their marriage, including an abortion and Stacey's affair with Bradley's father, Max Branning (Jake Wood). In 2009, the character was placed in an issue-led storyline when she is diagnosed with bipolar disorder; the show worked with various charities to develop the story. Writers also incorporated Stacey in the "Who Killed Archie?" plot and revea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Wood
Jake Dylan Wood (born 12 July 1972) is an English actor and podcaster, known for his role as Max Branning in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. He has also made guest appearances in series including ''Only Fools and Horses'' and ''Red Dwarf''. In 2014, Wood competed on BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing'' alongside professional dancer Janette Manrara. In the United States, he is known as the voice of the GEICO gecko. In 2018, he began co-hosting ''Pound for Pound'', a boxing podcast with Spencer Oliver. Early life Wood was born in Westminster, London to an English father and a French mother. He attended City of London Academy Highbury Grove and trained as an actor at the Anna Scher Drama School in Islington, North London. Career His first acting role was in the 1984 television series ''The Gentle Touch''. He has since appeared in several television series including ''May to December'', ''Minder'', ''Only Fools and Horses'', '' Nightingales'', '' Murder in Mind'', ''Press Gang'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Within eight months of the show's original launch, it had reached the number one spot in Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, BARB's television ratings and has consistently remained among the top-rated series in Britain. Four ''EastEnders'' episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 List of most watched television broadcasts in the United Kingdom#Most watched programmes, most-watched programmes in the UK, including the number one spot when over 30 million watched the 1986 Christmas Day episode. ''EastEnders'' has been EastEnders in popular culture, important in the history of British television drama, tackling many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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