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Lindsey Coulson (born 13 April 1960) is an English actress, known for her role as

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in the

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soap opera '' EastEnders''. For this role, she won the 2000 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance. Coulson is also well known for her roles in ''

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'' (2001), '' Murder Investigation Team'' (2003–2005), ''

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'' (2006), as Sarah Tanner in ''

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'' (2018–2021) and as Penny Armstrong in '' The Bay'' (2019–2021). She has appeared in the films '' AKA'' (2003) and ''

Funny Cow ''Funny Cow'' is a 2017 British comedy-drama film directed by Adrian Shergold and written by Tony Pitts. The film stars Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Stephen Graham, and Alun Armstrong. Original songs and score were composed by Rich ...

'' (2017).

Early life

Coulson was born in

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, London. She was a hairdresser for six years, before studying acting at the

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, formerly Mountview Theatre School, is a drama school in Peckham, south London, England, founded in 1945. The Academy provides specialist vocational training in acting and musical theatre, as well as production ...

, graduating in 1982. She went on to appear in such works as an experimental production of ''

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'', in which she played a 33-weeks-pregnant

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.Small screen: All cried out
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''. URL. Retrieved 13 February 2007.

Career

Television

''EastEnders''

Coulson's big television break came in 1993, when she became a household name after being cast in the part of Carol, the feisty battleaxe of the Jackson family, in the successful BBC serial drama ''EastEnders''. She remained in the role for four years, but a desire to try her hand at other roles prompted her to quit the role in 1997. She returned to the show for six months in 1999 and won the 2000

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for Best Dramatic Performance. Despite saying in 2008 she would never return to ''EastEnders'', it was announced on 25 October 2009 Coulson would reprise her role as

in ''EastEnders'' in 2010 with her on-screen family

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, who played Sonia Fowler,

Dean Gaffney Dean Martin Gaffney (born 14 February 1978) is an English actor, known for his role as Robbie Jackson on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1993 to 2003 and 2017 to 2019; he also made guest appearances in 2004, 2010 and 2015. In 2006, he ...

, who played

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, and the character of

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played by

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. The Jackson family have now reunited with

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, who rejoined the soap in 2008 in her role of

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. Coulson made her onscreen comeback in February 2010 before leaving once again in October 2015.

Other roles

Her TV debut was in ''A Bear Behind'', a 1989 children's series in which she and a puppet bear called Boz adventured around the country in their horse-drawn caravan and lived on a houseboat. Following ''EastEnders'', Coulson went on to star in ''Out of Hours'' alongside John McArdle, but, after the medical drama failed to get commissioned for a second series, she rejoined ''EastEnders'' for a three-month stint to help facilitate the exit of

, who played her on-screen daughter

. During this spell, Coulson received the best dramatic performance at the

British Soap Awards The British Soap Awards (BSAs) are an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom which honours the best moments in British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV and has been presented by Phillip Schofield since 2006. The trophies gi ...

. Coulson went on to have roles in ''

'', ''

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'', '' Paradise Heights'', '' Manchild'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Murder Investigation Team'', ''

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'', '' Urban Gothic'' and '' Where the Heart Is'' among others. She later starred in the 2004 TV film '' She's Gone'' opposite

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and the 2005 TV film ''The Stepfather'' opposite

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. In 2006, Coulson played Ann Peterson in the

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drama ''

''. Each episode focused on the stories of the people living in a particular house in the street. Coulson's on-screen husband Brian, a school teacher, was played by

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. In 2007, Coulson starred in an episode of BBC ''

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'' series 4 episode 4 "Nine Lives". Her character name was Caroline Baker. She played the role of Hester Reed in the BBC police drama '' The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: The Chinese Walls'' (2006), and she also appeared in the series four episode of '' Doctor Who'' entitled " Midnight", in June 2008. She has since appeared in the ITV drama series '' The Level'' and '' The Bay''.

Theatre

On stage, Coulson has appeared in ''Snake'' at the

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and has played

in ''

''. She later starred in ''Three More Sleepless Nights'' at the National Theatre in 2009. The show ended on 27 August 2009.

Radio

Coulson starred in comedy series ''Lucky Heather'' on

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in 2000.

Film

She has also appeared in a critically acclaimed film, '' AKA'', which was shown at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival in 2003. Coulson appeared as Funny Cow Mum in the 2017 comedy-drama film ''

'', alongside

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. The film had its world premiere on 9 October 2017 in the United Kingdom at the

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. and was released theatrically in the UK by eOne on 20 April 2018.

Personal life

Coulson has been married twice. Her first husband was the showbusiness agent Philip Chard and the couple have a daughter. In 1996, the '' Sunday Mirror'' ran a story claiming that Chard had uncovered an alleged affair between Coulson and her ''EastEnders'' co-star,

Michael French Michael French (born Michael Clark, 17 September 1962) is an English actor, known for his roles as David Wicks in ''EastEnders''; Nick Jordan, a consultant and Clinical Lead, Senior Consultant in emergency medicine in '' Casualty'' and former ...

, who played

David Wicks David Wicks is a fictional character from the BBC TV soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Michael French. David originally appeared from 23 December 1993 to 21 November 1996. He returned to the show on 1 January 2012 and departed two weeks late ...

.Who shall I bed first ..you or your wife?
", '' Sunday Mirror''. URL. Retrieved 13 February 2007. Coulson has denied that she and French were romantically involved. In 1998 she commented, "Because our characters had an affair, they tried to make it a real life one and that was nonsense. He was a really good friend and we started on the show at the same time. Apparently two people of the opposite sex can't go out together without it being an affair, which is a shame".Lindsey's new job on doctor's orders; EastEnders' Carol is now a feisty medic.
, ''The Birmingham Post''. URL. Retrieved 13 February 2007. Following her split from Chard in 1996, Coulson began dating Harry Harris, the brother of

, who plays her daughter Bianca in ''EastEnders''.EastEnder Carol's love life is more complicated than TV soap plot
", '' Sunday Mirror''. URL. Retrieved 13 February 2007.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coulson, Lindsey 1960 births Living people English television actresses English film actresses English soap opera actresses English stage actresses Actresses from London