Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence is a British former
actress
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, most famous for playing the role of
Etta Tavernier
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soap opera
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''
EastEnders
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''. She no longer acts and as of 2008 works in
criminal law
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.
Career
She trained to be a
dancer
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at the
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in
New York City
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, when she moved there with her
Jamaica
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n born parents. However, she felt she was not good enough to excel in this profession, so in 1981 she switched to
stage acting and later to film and television.
Her first notable role was in the 1989 film
Strapless
''Strapless'' is a 1989 film written and directed by David Hare.
Plot summary
An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions releas ...
, where she played a
nurse
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. However, her role in ''EastEnders'' has been her most notable. She played the school teacher Etta Tavernier from 1990–1992, returning briefly in 1994. The introduction of the Tavernier family heralded the first time that an entire family had joined the programme all at once. Their introduction was also a well-intentioned attempt to portray a wider range of
black
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characters than had previously been achieved on the show. During her stint, Gordon-Lawrence's character battled with many family, marital and religious problems, including the abortion of an
unborn child
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, who had been diagnosed with
sickle-cell anaemia
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.
Since leaving ''EastEnders'' she has gone on to appear in the television mini-series ''close relations'' (1998), the televised film ''The Greatest Store in the World'' (1999) and an episode of the
ITV
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ITV
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police drama ''
The Bill
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The programme focused on ...
'' (2001). She has been credited in no other roles since this time and as of 2008, she works for Wainwright & Cummins LLP solicitors in London within their criminal department. She is a credited police station representative, and has expertise in this specific area of criminal law.
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Personal life
She lives in Hayes
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* Hayes (given name)
Businesses
* Hayes Brake, an American designer and manufacturer of disc brakes
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, South East London, with the former boxing
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champion Horace Notice and their daughters, Naomi and Amelia.[MICHELLE MARK II]
", ''The Voice''. URL last accessed on 2007-01-05. She is a follower of the Mormon
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religion.
References
External links
*
steelandshamash.co.uk
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British soap opera actresses
British television actresses
British film actresses
British stage actresses
English people of Jamaican descent
Black British actresses
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