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Alison Newman (born 25 January 1968) is a British actress, best known for her role in the hit
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, and as DCI Samantha Keeble in the
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soap opera ''
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''.


Biography

Alison Newman was born in
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,
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, to David and Jenny Newman. She has one sister called Sarah. Both her parents were school teachers who encouraged her to take up acting as a hobby, but discouraged her from attending stage school when she was younger, a decision she subsequently agreed was probably sensible. Instead she joined the
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when she was 16. Her father died in October 2002, while she was filming the second series of ''
Footballers' Wives ''Footballers' Wives'' is a British television drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives, broadcast on ITV from 2002 to 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different couples, but ...
''. The producers allowed her to take time off from filming some of her last scenes in the series finale so she could be with her family. Despite studying drama at the
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Alison Newman did not work as an actress for almost ten years after graduating. She says that she hated the experience of being at drama school and lost her confidence. During this time, she worked in a variety of professions, including publishing, catering, barwork and spent a number of years working in the music industry. She returned to acting when she was almost 30 after being offered a part in a play written by
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, with whom she had previously worked as an assistant director. This was followed by a role playing a psychotic serial killer in ''
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III'' (1999) with
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(who she would later appear with in ''
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''), and the film ''Butterfly Collectors'' (1999), alongside
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''Footballers Wives''

In 2002, Newman was cast in the role of ruthless lesbian football agent, and later club chair, Hazel Bailey in ''Footballers Wives''. Newman was allegedly awarded the role on the strength of a two-episode guest appearance in the series '' Bad Girls'', in which she played Renee Williams who set out to secure revenge on nemesis Top Dog Yvonne Atkins (
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). Both programmes were made by
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. The part of Hazel Bailey required Newman to have her naturally blonde hair dyed red. Newman left the show at the end of series 4, when her character decided to return to sports representation, after becoming romantically involved with a professional tennis player.


Other work

After ''Footballers Wives'', Newman played Diane Scott in '' Rocket Man'' for BBC One in the autumn of 2005. In 2008, she appeared as Lynette Hopkins in ''
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'', another Shed Productions drama for ITV1, and later that year she appeared as Detective Inspector Samantha Keeble in several episodes of the BBC soap ''
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''. She played the part of a back-street abortionist in an episode of the popular BBC One drama ''
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'', as well as appearing in the short film ''Father'' in 2013. In July 2014 Newman resumed the role of DI Samantha Keeble in ''EastEnders'' when her character was put in charge of the
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murder case. She departed the role again in June 2016. She returned to the series once again in January 2022 and is currently still in the role. Newman has extensive theatre experience, including ''Loveplay'' by
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; ''Luminosity'' by
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; ''Night of the Soul'' by David Farr and ''The Big Lie'' by Anthony Neilson, all for the
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, as well as ''The Censor'' and ''The Lying Kind'', both by Anthony Neilson, for the
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, London. Between 2003 and 2006, she appeared in
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, both on tour and in the West End. Her most recent theatre work was in ''Two Women'', by
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, and performed at the
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between February and March 2010. She co-created the TV series ''
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'' with
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.


Personal life

Newman is married to Hugh Williams, a graphic designer. They live in
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.


Filmography


Television


Film


Theatre


References


External links

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Alison Newman on Twitter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Alison English television actresses 1968 births Living people Actresses from Dorset Alumni of the University of Manchester National Youth Theatre members