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Tonicha Dobre (née Jeronimo; born 4 November 1977) is a British actress, born in
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, of partial Portuguese extraction. She is best known for her role as
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in ''
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'' between 1994 and 1997 when her character was killed off.


Early life and education

Jeronimo has a Portuguese father named Antonio, a mother named Susan, an older sister named Filipa, and her eldest sister named Lisa. Jeronimo and her family left
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when she was 11 years old, living for a short time in
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, before moving to
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permanently. Jeronimo attended the Carousel School of Dancing (renamed to Studio 16 in 2016) in
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, from the age of 2 years old. She was one of the youngest actors ever to be offered a place at the
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, however she had to turn the offer down, after taking her first TV acting role in ''
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'' at the age of 16 years old instead.


Career

After leaving ''Emmerdale'' she joined the
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company, where she worked regularly with the playwright
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, who was also the director of the theatre. From December 1997 to January 1998, she starred in the
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''
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'' at the
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. From February to April 1998, she toured ''
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'', at the
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in
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, the Pavilion Theatre in
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, the
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, the Forum Theatre in
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, and the
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. From April to June 2000, she starred in John Godber's production of ''Seasons in the Sun'' at the
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, and the
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in
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. From December 2000 to January 2001, Jeronimo and her then-husband Stuart Wade, appeared in
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's pantomime version of Cinderella at the
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. She played the title role, while husband Stuart played the role of
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. From May to June 2001, she starred in Alice Bartlett's stage adaption of '' Little Malcolm and his Struggles Against the Eunuchs'', again with Wade, at the Hull Truck Theatre, and the
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. In May 2001, she starred in Kate Bramley's production of '' Doctor Faustus'', again with Wade, at the Hull Truck Theatre. From December 2001 to January 2002, she starred in ''Cinderella'' for a third time, this time with her sister Filipa Jeronimo (now known as Pippa Adams), as well as Wade, at the
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in
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. From December 2003 to January 2004, she and Wade starred in the pantomime of ''
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'' at the Grand Opera House in York. Jeronimo played the role of Fairy Peapod, while Wade played the role of Simple Simon. Jeronimo and Wade owned a hairdressing business, and Wade owned a property developing business. After ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' ended, they both decided to leave acting for a while to focus on their growing family. Jeronimo also worked for
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for eight years, between 2001 and 2009. In September 2008, she founded the acting school Tonicha Lawrence Academy (abbreviated to the TLA), which is based at
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in
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. She also founded the acting agency TLA Boutique Management at the same time. TLA Boutique Management originally offered representation to children and adults in the industry, by getting them auditions, before focusing solely on representing children. In 2020 TLA Boutique Management separated from the acting school, and was renamed Wrap Management. ''Wrap Management'' represents experienced children and adults from
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. In January 2014, Jeronimo published a book titled ''The Business in Show.'' In May 2016, she joined the cast of the
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medical drama ''
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'', playing the role of Steph Sims in three episodes between May and August. She played the mother of Carmel Sims played by Jeronimo's daughter Sydney Wade. She reprised her role as Steph Sims again in an August 2016 episode of
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, and a February 2017 episode of
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.


Personal life

In August 2000, Jeronimo married Stuart Wade (born 1 August 1969,
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) who played her on-screen husband
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in ''
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'', in
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. Jeronimo has three children: a daughter named Sydney Wade, a daughter named Ava Dodds, and a son named Lorcan Alexander Dodds (commonly known as Lorcan Alexander). Her daughter Sydney is also an actress. All three children have had roles at the TLA Leeds: Sydney is a
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teacher and screen teaching assistant currently at the school; Ava is a current school ambassador for dance; and Lorcan is the former head of dance at the school. In 2017, she moved back to
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, to work with her sister Pippa Adams, who runs a youth acting company called Drama Lab. In 2018, she opened up a bar and restaurant called Ruby's Lounge and Bistro in
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. Her actress daughter Sydney works in the kitchen of Ruby's as a cook. In January 2020, she married Andrei Dobre, a Romanian, with whom she has one child.


Filmography


Television


References


External links

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The T WordTonicha Lawrence Academy
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