Which character was played by Michelle Collins in 'Eastenders'?
"""Hidden City"". Collins appeared in an episode of the BBC's ""Bergerac"" (series 4) in 1985. While she was filming the BBC play ""Pressures"" in 1988, Collins was spotted by ""EastEnders""'s producer Julia Smith, and was asked to audition for the role of Cindy, who was due to feature in eleven episodes of the soap. Collins excelled in her role. The manipulative, reckless nature of her character was a hit with viewers so her contract was extended and became a renowned villain in the series. She played Cindy Beale, the unfaithful wife of ""EastEnders"" stalwart Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), between 1988"
"and Amelia. Singer and actress Michelle Gayle is godmother to one of Gordon-Lawrence's daughters. She is a follower of the Mormon religion. Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence is a British former actress, most famous for playing the role of Etta Tavernier in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". She no longer acts and as of 2008 works in criminal law. She trained to be a dancer at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in New York City, when she moved there with her Jamaican born parents. However, she felt she was not good enough to excel in this profession, so in"
"Michelle Fowler Michelle Fowler (also Holloway) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Susan Tully from the first episode in 1985 until the character's departure in 1995. In December 2016, it was announced Michelle would be returning to the show after 21 years, with actress Jenna Russell taking over the role making her first appearance on 24 December 2016. In her first stint Michelle made some huge mistakes during her time in Albert Square mainly through having a habit of choosing the wrong men and her stubborn nature meant that she rarely accepted help or"
"Nicole Gale Anderson Nicole Gale Anderson (born August 29, 1990) is a Filipino-American actress. She is best known for her role as Heather Chandler on The CW series ""Beauty & the Beast"". She is also known for her roles as Macy Misa in the Disney Channel Original Series ""Jonas"", and as Kelly Parker and Miranda Collins respectively on the ABC Family series ""Make It or Break It"" and ""Ravenswood"". Anderson was born in Rochester, Indiana. Her father is an American who served as a Commander in the United States Navy, and her mother is of Filipino ethnicity. As a child,"
"season of ""Beauty & the Beast"" as a regular cast member. Gale served as the first international spokesperson for Underwriters Laboratories Youth Safety Smart program and has participated in Disney's Friends for Change. Nicole Gale Anderson Nicole Gale Anderson (born August 29, 1990) is a Filipino-American actress. She is best known for her role as Heather Chandler on The CW series ""Beauty & the Beast"". She is also known for her roles as Macy Misa in the Disney Channel Original Series ""Jonas"", and as Kelly Parker and Miranda Collins respectively on the ABC Family series ""Make It or Break It"""
"black characters in ""EastEnders"" were incorporated into the working-class culture of the soap as opposed to offering something different from it. He noted that the Taverniers, the focus of black characters in the early 1990s, for a while had the same mixture of generations and attitudes that characterized the Fowlers, one of the soap's core white families who had a dominant position in the series. However he stated that ""somewhat typically [...] the family broke up leaving the teenage Hattie on her own."" Hattie Tavernier Hattie Tavernier is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Michelle"
"Lisa Fowler Lisa Fowler (also Shaw) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Lucy Benjamin. The character was introduced as a ""home-wrecking blonde"" by executive producer Matthew Robinson on 7 December 1998. Show scriptwriters and BBC controller of drama, Mal Young, doubted Benjamin's casting in the role. Lisa is characterised as ""a loyal, romantic Earth Mother"" who is ""feisty, independent and ambitious"". However, after a volatile relationship with Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), Lisa became an ""eternal victim"". The characters became instrumental in one of ""EastEnders"" most highly publicised and anticipated storylines, dubbed Who Shot Phil?"
"was created, instead of using E8. Julia Smith came up with the name ""Eastenders"" after she and Holland had spent months telephoning theatrical agents and asking ""Do you have any real East Enders on your books?"" However, Smith thought """"Eastenders"""" ""looked ugly written down"" and was ""hard to say"", so decided to capitalise the second 'e'. After they decided on the filming location of BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire, Smith and Holland set about creating the 23 characters needed, in just 14 days. They took a holiday in Playa de los Pocillos, Lanzarote, and started to create the characters. Holland"
"character, Evie. In 2017, Stables landed a recurring role on the third season of the NBC show ""Superstore"" as Kelly, a quirky new hire who eventually becomes the love interest of Jonah Simms. Kelly Stables Kelly Stables (born January 26, 1978) is an American actress who has appeared on stage, as well as in film and television. She is known for her television roles, such as Melissa on ""Two and a Half Men"", Eden Konkler on ""The Exes"", and Kelly on ""Superstore"". Stables was born in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri. She was a well-known cheerleader in her high school years,"
"for the last ten years. Karl is a very different character for him, though, and the ladies of Weatherfield need to watch themselves as this sexy charmer will quickly make his presence felt. Michelle's acting credentials are first class with more than a decade leading some brilliant and memorable drama series. Of course Michelle's soap credentials are superb and in the same way she made Cindy Beale one of ""EastEnders""' most memorable bitches, I am certain she is going to be fantastic as the warm, funny, steely, flawed and larger-than-life northern matriarch Stella."" It was stated that Stella would be"
"the ladies of Weatherfield need to watch themselves as this sexy charmer will quickly make his presence felt. Michelle's acting credentials are first class with more than a decade leading some brilliant and memorable drama series. Of course Michelle's soap credentials are superb and in the same way she made Cindy Beale one of ""EastEnders""' most memorable bitches, I am certain she is going to be fantastic as the warm, funny, steely, flawed and larger-than-life northern matriarch Stella."" It was announced on 4 May 2011 that Catherine Tyldesley had been cast as Stella's daughter, Eva, completing the new family. Michie"
"Della Alexander Della Alexander is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" played by Michelle Joseph from 1 March 1994 until 16 May 1995. Della is the first lesbian character to be featured on the show. Della arrives in Walford in March 1994 as a new assistant to the market trader, Sanjay Kapoor (Deepak Verma). Della is a former hairdresser who had gone to the same school as the barman Steve Elliot (Mark Monero). Realising that Della has a talent that could be a potential money spinner, Steve decides to go into business with her. He and Della"
"Rya Kihlstedt Rya Kihlstedt (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. She is known for co-starring in the 1997 comedy film ""Home Alone 3"", and for her recurring roles as Dr. Michelle Ross in the Showtime crime drama ""Dexter"" and Marilyn Rhodes in the ABC musical drama ""Nashville"". Kihlstedt was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is a 1991 graduate of Skidmore College in Theatre Arts. She is of Swedish descent. In 1995, Kihlstedt played Lizzie Elmsworth in the BBC adaptation of Edith Wharton's last novel, ""The Buccaneers"". However, she is best known for her role as Alice Ribbons, one"
"Sophie Stanton Sophie Stanton (born 1971 in London, England) is an English actress, director and playwright. She is best known for her role as DCI Jill Marsden in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" in which she has appeared on and off since 2001. Born in London and raised in Suffolk from the age of three, first in Onehouse and then in Stowmarket from age nine Marsden first appeared on 5 March 2001, appearing for the storyline labelled 'Who Shot Phil?'. She left on 27 March 2001 In 2002, she appeared in January, April and then from 14 November to 6"
"behind the character"". Journalist Paul Flynn stated that Zoe was an example of this, describing her as a ""tabloid-friendly 18-year-old—who [...] brushed with lesbianism for all of five minutes."" Kinsella defended the kiss in an interview, commenting, ""It's not a gratuitous ratings getting move, it's not some kind of big lesbian kiss. It's the way two best friends who have a lot of love for each other show their emotions."" Zoe Slater Zoe Slater is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Michelle Ryan. She made her first appearance on 18 September 2000. After much speculation,"
"Susan Tully Susan Tully (born 20 October 1967 in Highgate, London) is an English television producer, director and former actress. Her most prominent television roles are those of single mother Michelle Fowler in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" and rebellious teenager Suzanne Ross in ""Grange Hill"". Tully played one of EastEnders' original characters, appearing in the first episode on 19 February 1985 and remaining central to the series until 1995. Tully then gave up acting to work behind the camera and has directed and produced British television programmes since then. She appeared as herself in the 2011 documentary ""Anna"", about"
"a regular role on the HBO series ""Westworld"". It was announced in April 2017 that Woodward will appear in ""The Last of Us Part II"". Shannon Woodward Shannon Marie Woodward (born December 17, 1984) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Sabrina Collins on the FOX sitcom ""Raising Hope"" (2010–2014) and Elsie Hughes on the HBO science-fiction thriller series ""Westworld"" (2016–present). Woodward's first on-screen acting job came in 1991 when she played the recurring role of Missy on Nickelodeon's television series ""Clarissa Explains It All"". She reprised this role twice during the show's five seasons. Woodward next"
"Louise Plowright Louise Plowright (1 June 1956 – 1 March 2016) was a British actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She first came to prominence playing abrasive hairdresser Julie Cooper in the television soap opera ""EastEnders"" from 1989–90. Subsequent major roles on TV include Linda Harvey in ""Families"" and Michelle Thorn in """". The Cheshire-born singer-actress appeared in a number of regional and touring productions of musicals, where her roles included: April in ""Hot Shoe Shuffle"", Julie Johnston in ""Bad Girls – The Musical"", and, Phyllis Rogers Stone in ""Follies"", and most recently ""Chitty Chitty Bang"
"Carol Harrison Carol Harrison (born 8 February 1955 in West Ham, Essex, England) is a British actress and writer. She is known mostly for her work on British television, in particular her role as Louise Raymond in BBC's ""EastEnders"". Harrison made her acting debut in 1976, in the BBC police drama, ""Softly Softly"", which was a spin-off from the hugely popular ""Z-Cars"". In 1980 she made her film debut, securing a minor role in the 1980 adaptation of ""The Elephant Man"". She went on to appear in many successful television programmes including ""The Gentle Touch"" (1982); ""Q.E.D."" (1982); ""The Cleopatras"""
"play Othello - and I think the two young girls [who played Della and Binnie] did what they could, but they couldn't really give the programme any help."" Della Alexander Della Alexander is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" played by Michelle Joseph from 1 March 1994 until 16 May 1995. Della is the first lesbian character to be featured on the show. Della arrives in Walford in March 1994 as a new assistant to the market trader, Sanjay Kapoor (Deepak Verma). Della is a former hairdresser who had gone to the same school as the barman"
"grandson. Her older brother, Tracy Stafford, was a two-term Mayor of Wilton Manors, Florida and a five-term member of the Florida House of Representatives. Nancy Stafford Nancy Elizabeth Stafford (born June 5, 1954) is an American actress, speaker and author, known for her roles on television. She came to prominence in the 1980s as Michelle Thomas, law partner and friend of the title character on five seasons of ""Matlock"". She later hosted a syndicated TV series called ""Main Floor"" (1995–2005), a show about fashion and beauty. Nancy Elizabeth Stafford was born in Wilton Manors, Florida, a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale,"
"Shannon Woodward Shannon Marie Woodward (born December 17, 1984) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Sabrina Collins on the FOX sitcom ""Raising Hope"" (2010–2014) and Elsie Hughes on the HBO science-fiction thriller series ""Westworld"" (2016–present). Woodward's first on-screen acting job came in 1991 when she played the recurring role of Missy on Nickelodeon's television series ""Clarissa Explains It All"". She reprised this role twice during the show's five seasons. Woodward next appeared in made-for-television films: """" (1995) and ""Tornado!"" (1996). In 1997, she played an uncredited role in the CBS miniseries ""True Women"". Between 2000 and"
"Maisie Smith Maisie Louise Smith (born 9 July 2001, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex) is an English actress and singer. She has appeared in the feature film ""The Other Boleyn Girl"" (2008) and played the regular role of Tiffany Butcher in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" from 2008 to 2014. In November 2016, Smith temporarily returned to ""EastEnders"". Smith returned full time to ""EastEnders"" in January 2018. Smith attended the Singer Stage School, in Leigh-on-Sea, for about 18 months and began working professionally at a young age. In 2006, she was cast in the film ""The Other Boleyn Girl"" as a young Elizabeth"
"role of original character Mary Smith, but at the time Julia Smith had decided they did not want that character to be from London, so that role went to Linda Davidson. Three years on, Collins won the role of Cindy. She has commented, ""Cindy arrived for 11 episodes, working on a hat stall and as a tease for Wicksy, but evolved into a much juicier character. [EastEnders creator] Julia Smith said it would change my life. I didn't believe her - how wrong I was."" In 2015, for executive producer Matthew Robinson explained in a blog post why he had"
"her mother's career path by also becoming an actress, and is now known as Aisha Jacob Williams. Judith Jacob Judith Jacob (born 13 December 1961) is a British actress best known for her role as the health visitor Carmel Roberts in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", a role she played from 1986 to 1989. During her period in Albert Square, her character suffered from severe marital abuse and her husband's attempted murder and eventual separation. Jacob attended London’s Anna Scher Theatre. Two of her classmates were also future ""EastEnders"" actors, Susan Tully (who played Michelle Fowler) and Phil Daniels (as"
"Carole Weyers Carole Weyers (born November 30, 1984) is a Belgian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Finding Focus (2011) and Winterlong (2016) and for portraying Elodie in the WGN America series Manh(A)ttan. She has also been chosen to portray the character of Caroline Baldwin in the screen adaptation of André Taymans' comic books. Carole Weyers was born in Anderlecht, Belgium. She graduated from the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium) in 2006, then from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (London, UK) in 2007. In 2010, she moved to Los Angeles,"
"1999. Its success brought on three sequels, all released in 2000, and led to Egan landing bigger parts in more well-known television series such as ""Murder in Mind"", ""Holby City"", ""Midsomer Murders"", ""Doctors"", ""The Bill"" and ""Casualty"". Rebecca Egan Rebecca Egan is a British actress known mostly for the role of Marilyn Tanner in the ""Second Sight"" series, and has most recently been seen in the guest role of Kendra Hills-Smythe in the British soap opera ""EastEnders"". The daughter of thespians Peter Egan (born 1946) and Myra Frances (born 1943), Egan followed in her parents' footsteps when she made her"
"husband had become terminally ill. She wrote the foreword to the book, ""The Q Guide to Charlie's Angels"" (2008). Roberts was married to husband Barry Roberts from 1974 until his death in 2006. They had no children. Roberts resides in Hollywood Hills, California. Tanya Roberts Victoria Leigh Blum (born October 15, 1955), known by the stage name Tanya Roberts, is an American actress and producer. She initially rose to prominence as Julie Rogers in the final season of ""Charlie's Angels"" in 1980. She is known for her role as Kiri in ""The Beastmaster"" (1982), Stacey Sutton in the James Bond"
"Michelle Ryan Michelle Claire Ryan (born 22 April 1984) is an English actress. She played Zoe Slater on the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". In 2007, she starred in the short-lived American television series ""Bionic Woman"". She appeared as the evil sorceress Nimueh in the 2008 BBC fantasy series ""Merlin"", and as Lady Christina de Souza in the 2009 ""Doctor Who"" episode ""Planet of the Dead"". Michelle Ryan was born in Enfield, Greater London, and was a student at Chace Community School. A member of a local theatre group since she was 10, she was picked for her role in ""EastEnders"""
""""", ""Two Mothers for Zachary"", ""Clear and Present Danger"", ""Pay It Forward"" and ""Project X"". Colleen Flynn Colleen Flynn (born May 23, 1962) is an American actress. In 1995, Flynn earned a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance on ""ER"". She starred on short-lived series such as ""Flipper"" and ""To Have & to Hold"". She also appeared in a recurring roles on ""China Beach"", ""The Practice"", ""Judging Amy"" and ""Nip/Tuck"". Flynn guest-starred on television series such as ""The X-Files"", ""Crossing Jordan"", ""Without a Trace"", ""The Drew Carey Show"", ""Everwood"", ""The"
"Nancy Stafford Nancy Elizabeth Stafford (born June 5, 1954) is an American actress, speaker and author, known for her roles on television. She came to prominence in the 1980s as Michelle Thomas, law partner and friend of the title character on five seasons of ""Matlock"". She later hosted a syndicated TV series called ""Main Floor"" (1995–2005), a show about fashion and beauty. Nancy Elizabeth Stafford was born in Wilton Manors, Florida, a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, in 1954, where she was raised as a Southern Baptist. She graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in"
"Cathy Murphy Catherine McKevitt Murphy (born 7 August 1967) is a British actress. She is known for her television roles as Tilly Watkins in the BBC drama ""The House of Eliott"" (1991–94), Cheryl Barker in the Channel 5 soap opera ""Family Affairs"" (2003–04), and as Julie Perkins in the BBC soap opera ""Eastenders"" (2010–11). Born in Essex, England. Murphy studied at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She played the role of Lorna in 1991, a love interest of Mark Fowler in soap opera ""EastEnders"". In 2005 she returned to play the recurring role of Trisha Taylor. She had earlier played"
"she had ""had no fear at all."" She reflected that the judges were seeking ""kids who looked like real kids, bovver-booty London kids."" On 29 March 2014, Ainsworth appeared in ""Casualty"" as DS Annie Reardon. Kacey Ainsworth Kacey Ainsworth (born 19 October 1968) is an English actress, best known for playing the long-suffering Little Mo in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" (2000–2006), for which she won the 2002 National Television Award for Most Popular Actress, and twice won the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2002–03). Her other television roles include the BBC drama ""HolbyBlue"" (2007–2008) and the ITV drama"