Zöe Elizabeth Lucker (born 11 April 1974) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sonya Leach in ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
''
Tanya Turner
Tanya Louise Turner (also Laslett and Frederico) is a fictional television character. She is the lead character on the ITV drama ''Footballers' Wives'', and also briefly appeared on the drama '' Bad Girls''. Tanya is portrayed by English actress ...
in the
ITV
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ITV
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** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
drama series, ''
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 ...
'';
Vanessa Gold Vanessa may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais
* ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole
* ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie W ...
in the long-running
BBC One
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soap opera
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, ''
EastEnders
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'';
Carol Barry in the BBC One school-based drama series, ''
Waterloo Road''; and
Reenie McQueen
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in the
Channel 4
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soap opera, ''
Hollyoaks
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''.
Education
Lucker was educated at
Huddersfield New College
Huddersfield New College is a former grammar school and current sixth form college located in Salendine Nook on the outskirts of Huddersfield, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The current principal is Angela Williams.
On 17 May 2016 the ...
. She studied acting at Oscars Academy of Performing Arts in Huddersfield, and later at the Manchester
Arden School of Theatre
The Arden School of Theatre, also known as The Arden, is a drama school which is part of the Performing Arts faculty at UCEN Manchester in England, United Kingdom.
History
The school was founded jointly by the Royal Exchange Theatre and South ...
.
Career
In 2002, Lucker began portraying the role of
Tanya Turner
Tanya Louise Turner (also Laslett and Frederico) is a fictional television character. She is the lead character on the ITV drama ''Footballers' Wives'', and also briefly appeared on the drama '' Bad Girls''. Tanya is portrayed by English actress ...
on ITV drama series, ''
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 ...
''. In 2004, she was nominated and won a ''
TV Quick
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'' and ''
TV Choice
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in the category of Most Popular Actress for her work on ''Footballers' Wives''. In 2005, Lucker toured New Zealand extensively in the play ''Then Comes Love'' as the female lead Jane opposite
Shane Cortese
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and played the lead role in ''
Bombshell'' for
ITV1
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, broadcast in New Zealand. She also appeared in BBC drama series, ''
HolbyBlue
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'', playing the role of Kate Keenan. In 2009, Lucker appeared on ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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'' alongside
John Suchet
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Suchet has two brothers, one of whom is the actor Sir David Suchet.
Early life
Suchet was born in Lon ...
, winning £150,000 for the
Caron Keating
Caron Louisa Keating (5 October 1962 – 13 April 2004) was a Northern Irish television presenter.
Early life and education
Keating was born on 5 October 1962 in Fulham, west London, to an English father with southern Irish roots and a Northern ...
Foundation
In September 2009, Lucker was announced as a contestant for
series 7 Series 7 may refer to:
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*Series 7 exam, officially the General Securities Representative Exam, the most comprehensive financial securities exam offered by the FINRA
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of ''
Strictly Come Dancing
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''. Her former ''Footballers Wives'' co-star,
Laila Rouass
Laila Rouass (née Abdesselam) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayals of Amber Gates in ''Footballers' Wives'' (2004–2006) and Sahira Shah in '' Holby City'' (2011–2012, 2021). She has also starred in '' Primeval'' and ...
also participated in the series. She was partnered up with professional ballroom dancer
James Jordan. Despite earning high scores and having the third highest average, the couple were eliminated on 31 October, after being in a dance-off against
Ali Bastian and her partner
Brian Fortuna
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Biography
Brian Fortuna is currently starring in Theatre Production's Limited ''Over the Rainbow'' as Danny Cassidy. He rec ...
. In November that year, it was confirmed that she would take part in the ''Strictly Come Dancing'' 2010 live tour at arenas across the UK.
In March 2010, Lucker joined the cast of
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. She left in October 2011.
, the matriarch of the crime family from Liverpool. In February 2015, Lucker joined the cast of ''
. Reenie has been billed as "good-time party girl without an 'off' switch and can be exhausting company although deep down she is the most vulnerable of Nana's children" and hasn't set the best example to her children and has let them down in the past. She made her first appearance on 16 April 2015. It was later announced in December 2015 that Lucker would be leaving the role at the conclusion of the
Lucker is engaged to her partner, film editor James Herbert, with whom she had a daughter in September 2008.