Zöe Elizabeth Lucker (born 11 April 1974) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sonya Leach in ''
Coronation Street
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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, bu ...
BBC One
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soap opera
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Channel 4
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soap opera, ''
Hollyoaks
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In 2002, Lucker began portraying the role of Tanya Turner 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, bu ...
''. In 2004, she was nominated and won a '' TV Quick'' and ''
TV Choice
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ITV1
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, broadcast in New Zealand. She also appeared in BBC drama series, '' HolbyBlue'', playing the role of Kate Keenan. In 2009, Lucker appeared on ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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'' alongside John Suchet, winning £150,000 for the Caron Keating Foundation
In September 2009, Lucker was announced as a contestant for
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of ''
Strictly Come Dancing
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''. Her former ''Footballers Wives'' co-star, Laila Rouass 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
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and her partner Brian Fortuna. 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 BBC soap opera, '' EastEnders'', to portray the role Vanessa Gold. She left in October 2011. In June 2012, Lucker joined the cast of '' Waterloo Road'', to play Carol Barry, the matriarch of the crime family from Liverpool. In February 2015, Lucker joined the cast of ''
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a da ...
'', to play Reenie McQueen. 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
child sexual abuse
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storyline, with Reenie making her final appearance on 30 June 2016.
Personal life
Lucker is engaged to her partner, film editor James Herbert, with whom she had a daughter in September 2008.
Filmography
Awards
* Nominated for Most Popular Actress, 2004 –
National Television Awards
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