Marlaine Gordon is a British

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Acting career

One of Gordon's first roles was playing Amanda Jackson in '' Through The Dragon's Eye'' (1989), an educational children's programme made for

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productions. One of her most notable television credits was playing Aisha Pinnock in the

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'' (1992), but she is most famous for playing the role of

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, the bubbly girlfriend of

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Mark Monero Mark Monero (born 1968) is a British actor and musician. He has had various roles including parts in ''Babylon'', ''Wilt'', ''Prayer for the Dying'', ''Sid and Nancy'' and remains best known for his role as Steve Elliot in the BBC soap opera '' ...

), in the popular BBC

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'' (1995–1996).

Music career

Marlaine was in a girl band called

E'voke E'voke were a British female vocal duo from the mid-1990s, who had several club and chart hits in the UK and are best known for their 1996 single " Arms of Loren". The two members – Marlaine Gordon and Kerry Potter – both went to the Sylvia ...

Personal life

In 2001 Gordon's boyfriend Martin Rimmer, a

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with the

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, died in the corridor of his barracks following a forbidden alcohol binge with his colleagues. The cause of death given was inhalation of vomit in association with acute alcoholic poisoning. Her brother-in law is the former Harlow Town FC player-manager

Ryan Kirby Ryan Kirby (born 6 September 1974) is an English former professional footballer who was last player-manager of Grays Athletic. Playing career Kirby, who played as a right back and centre half, began his career with the youth team of Brimsdown R ...

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