Helen Pearson (born 16 November 1959) is a British actress who has been in three major soap operas, '' EastEnders'' (during 1990 as April McIntosh), ''

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'' (from 2000 to 2001 as Carol Wareing), and as

Frankie Osborne Frankie Osborne (also Dean) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Helen Pearson. She made her first on-screen appearance on 9 October 2002. Frankie was once the longest-serving female character in ...

in ''

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'' from 2002 until 2017.

Career

Her first acting role was in 1987, playing a

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in ''

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''. She also played April in '' EastEnders'' in the early 1990s She has also appeared in the television dramas '' The Darling Buds of May'' and '' Murder in Mind''. Before making her ''Hollyoaks'' debut, she also played the character Mrs. Atkins in '' Attachments''. On Halloween 2017, after having been the longest-serving female on ''

'' as Frankie Osborne for 15 years, the character was killed off and Pearson left the show.

Personal life

Pearson married in 2013. In 2015, she was convicted for drink driving. She is the older sister of

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, the incumbent puppeteer for

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearson, Helen British soap opera actresses British television actresses Living people English soap opera actresses 1959 births