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Melissa Holly Suffield (born 24 December 1992) is a former English actress from

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, best known for her role in the

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'' as

Lucy Beale Lucy Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. The character was played by Eva Brittin-Snell (from 1993 to 1996), Casey Anne Rothery (from 1996 until 2004), Melissa Suffield (from 2004 to 2010), and Hetti Bywater ...

. Her first appearance on the show was 28 October 2004, and her last was on 27 August 2010.BBC EastEnders Cast
Retrieved on 10 August 2008

Career

Suffield's first professional acting role was in an episode of the children's series ''

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'' in March 2003, entitled ''Toys: in 1953''. She was featured in an advertisement for 'Master Storyteller, Magic Grandad', one episode of ''

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'' (''Five Little Pigs'') and in two episodes of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''. She is a voice for one of the children in the toddler's programme on

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, '' Boo!'', She appeared on ''

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'' in February 2005.

''EastEnders''

Suffield is best known for her appearance in television

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''EastEnders'', where she played

, daughter of

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, a long standing character. She also appeared in the spin off series of 2010, '' EastEnders: E20'' as Lucy. Suffield helped raise money for Children in Need in November 2007, by appearing in a special

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medley featuring cast from ''EastEnders'' and in Children in Need 2008, doing a West End when Melissa appeared in

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. She also appeared in a

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medley for Children in Need 2009. In May 2010, it was announced that Suffield had been axed from ''EastEnders'', after she allegedly ignored warnings about her "unruly" behaviour. On 14 November 2011, it was announced the character would be returning to ''EastEnders'' in January 2012, with

Hetti Bywater Harriet Jessica Phoebe “Hetti” Bywater (born 10 September 1994) is an English former actress. She is best known for portraying Lucy Beale in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', taking over the role from Melissa Suffield in January 2012 until ...

taking over the role.

Post ''EastEnders''

In August 2009, Suffield took part in a documentary called ''16: Too Young To Vote?'' as part of

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's ''Adult Season'', where she journeys around the

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to find out whether sixteen year olds should get the right to vote. In September 2009, she reported for the programme on BBC, ''

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'', on the dangers of sunbeds. She also exposed centres that were not following guidelines by checking peoples ages. She also took part in a celebrity version of ''

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''. Suffield has also acted in ''

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''. In March 2015, she played the titular role in ''Norma Jeane'', a musical about

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. In December 2019, it was reported that she had currently acted and directed a

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at Swallows Leisure Centre in

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Personal life

Suffield was born on 24 December 1992 in

, England. She plays the guitar and piano, and has taken

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lessons since the age of two, and still dances under the

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syllabus at the intermediate grade. She attended Hatch End High School. Suffield has four sisters; Jessica, Daisy, Annabelle and Eloise. Suffield is now married to cruise director Robert Brendan, and the couple had their first child together, a baby boy, in March 2020. They currently live in

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, on the

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in Kent.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

References

External links

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Melissa Suffield
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