Donnaleigh Bailey (born 17 January 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of

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in the

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soap opera ''

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''. For her role as Michelle, she received two nominations for the

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. Since 2015, she has made occasional appearances in the

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soap opera ''

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''.

Life and career

Bailey was born in

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, on 17 January 1983. She attended

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and the

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. The minimum entry age for the latter was eleven, but wanting to join sooner, she lied about her age when she was nine. Bailey's professional acting debut came in 1996 when she appeared in an episode of '' Dangerfield''. She also made appearances in ''

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'' and ''

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''. Shortly after leaving drama school, she was cast as

in the

soap opera ''

''. Bailey revealed on her

profile for ''Doctors'' that when she was shopping with co-star

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who played

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, the two were stopped by a man who showed them a cut on his arm. Bailey said that the man "wouldn't believe that they didn't work in a surgery". This happened in another instance, this time with co-star

Diane Keen Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Fliss Hawthorne in the Granada sitcom ''The Cuckoo Waltz'' and Julia Parsons on the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''. She also appeared in Nescafé advertisements from 19 ...

: "one day Diane and I were going for lunch and saw a cyclist knocked off his bike. We ran towards him to see if we could help, but when we got to him I said, 'What can we do?'. I thought, 'This is serious, we can't pretend'. So I just rang for an ambulance. In 2010, Bailey announced her decision to leave ''Doctors''. She felt that since she had been cast on the series straight after leaving drama school, she wanted to explore other career opportunities. On the decision to leave, she said: "It was so sad, and filming the last episode was awful. I sobbed from the first scene of the day to the very end!" In 2011, Bailey set up kids drama workshops in

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, where she lives. In 2015, she began making occasional appearances in the

soap opera ''

'', her most notable role being Jess Heywood. Bailey's stage credits include the role of Leah in ''Beautiful Thing'', Nikki in ''Redundant'' and Colleen in ''Martha Loves Michael''. She is also an Open Door tutor, supporting disadvantaged students with preparation for drama school. In 2019, Bailey appeared in ''

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'', as well as an episode of ''

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''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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