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Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of
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 fe ...
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soap opera ''
EastEnders'' (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she has won
over thirty awards, including four
National Television Awards
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and ten
British Soap Awards
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. She has also appeared on ''
Bedlam'', ''
Switch
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'' (both 2012) and ''
Our Girl
''Our Girl'' is a British television military drama series, written and created by Tony Grounds, first broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2013. The series initially starred Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes, a young working-class woman, who joins the ...
'' (2013–2014).
Early life
Turner was born in
Edgware
Edgware () is a suburban town in northern Greater London, mostly in the London Borough of Barnet but with small parts falling in the London Borough of Harrow and in the London Borough of Brent. Edgware is centred north-northwest of Charing Cros ...
, in the
London Borough of Barnet
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, 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
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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
Sylvia Young Theatre School is an independent school in Marble Arch, London, England. It is a specialist performing arts school named after its founder and principal, Sylvia Young OBE.
Outline
The Sylvia Young Theatre School was founded in ...
, but left after a year stating that it "wasn't my cup of tea".
She has since revealed that she was bullied whilst at school for being "too geeky". Instead, she attended a local girls' private school, Peterborough and Saint Margaret's School in
Stanmore and went to dance, singing and acting classes outside school.
Career
''EastEnders''
Turner's earliest work included appearances on stage and in advertisements (notably a
Haribo
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advert).
In 2004, Turner went on to audition for the role of
Demi Miller
Demi Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Shana Swash. She made her first appearance on 6 September 2004 and made her last on 7 July 2006 when she was axed by ''EastEnders'' executive producer Kate ...
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