"""EastEnders"" characters, who frequent a pub called Rub-a-Dub. Actress and comedian Judith Jacob played the role of Bianca in the sketches. Jacob had previously appeared as a regular character in ""EastEnders"" between 1986 and 1989, as health visitor Carmel Jackson (unrelated to Bianca's family). Bianca Jackson Bianca Jackson (also Butcher) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" played by Patsy Palmer. The character was introduced by executive producer Leonard Lewis and appeared initially from 1993 to 1999, when Palmer opted to leave. In 2002 executive producer John Yorke brought the character back for a special spin-off show."
"Pam St Clement Pam St Clement (born Pamela Ann Clements; 11 May 1942) is an English actress, best known for playing Pat Butcher in the BBC One soap opera ""EastEnders"" regularly from June 1986 until January 2012, with a guest appearance in May 2016, therefore becoming one of the programme's longest-serving cast members. Born Pamela Ann Clements, her parents, Ann Tribe and Reginald Clements, married in 1940. Shortly after St Clement's birth in 1942, her mother died of tuberculosis, and she was put into foster care when her father remarried. St Clement subsequently grew up in various different foster homes"
"Patsy Palmer and Natalie Cassidy giving powerhouse performances at its centre, this is a storyline that will inform, move, and shake up the audience as it shakes up the Jackson family."" Producers worked with charities such as Macmillan Cancer Support, whose Head of Health and Social Care, Jacqui Graves, congratulated the show ""for helping to raise awareness of the condition."" On 21 June 2015, it was announced that Coulson had decided to leave, speaking of her departure she said: ""I've had a fantastic time playing the formidable Carol Jackson and although I'll miss everything about ""EastEnders"", I feel the time"
"Claudie Blakley Claudia Blakley (born 1974) is an English actress. Her father was Alan Blakley, a member of the 1960s pop band the Tremeloes, her mother Lin Blakley, is an actress known for her work on ""EastEnders"" playing Pam Coker since 2014, and her sister Kirsten Blakley is the lead singer of the indie band Little Spitfire. Blakley trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1998, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in ""The Seagull"" at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. She is best known for her role as Emma Timmins in the"
"of the menopause. She revealed a doctor told her she had the balding gene in September 2016. Nadia Sawalha Nadia Sawalha (born 18 November 1964) is a British actress and television presenter known for her role as Annie Palmer in the BBC One soap opera ""EastEnders"" from 1997 to 1999. After winning the 2009 series of ""Celebrity MasterChef"", Sawalha has continued to make appearances on cookery shows, not only as a presenter, but also as a chef. She currently appears on ITV Daytime show ""Loose Women"" and was one of the original presenters from its start in 1999. Nadia returned"
"Lin Blakley Linda E. ""Lin"" Blakley (née Stevens) is a British actress, best known for her role as Pam Coker in the BBC soap opera, ""EastEnders"". In 2004, Blakley appeared in the film ""The Football Factory"" as the mother to Tamara (Sophie Linfield) and the stage productions of ""Effi's Burning"" and ""All My Sons"" as Effi and Kate respectively. The following year, she played Pam in ""Shaking Dreamland"" and Maureen Groves in ""Derailed"". In 2006, Blakley made guest appearances in ITV1 drama ""Vital Signs"" and BBC medical drama ""Doctors"" as Irene and Susan Staplehurst respectively. She also appeared in stage"
"Lindsey Alley Lindsey Erin Alley (born December 6, 1977) is an American actress and singer, who for several years lived in New York City and now resides in Los Angeles. Alley was born in Lakeland, Florida.<ref name=""Most Popular People Born in Lakeland/Florida/USA""></ref> She began acting at the age of six. In her first starring role, she played the role of Patsy in the movie ""Ernest Saves Christmas"" in 1988. From 1989 to 1994, she performed as a mouseketeer in The Disney Channel's revival of the ""Mickey Mouse Club"" (later known as ""MMC""), on which she remained until the show was"
"Nadia Sawalha Nadia Sawalha (born 18 November 1964) is a British actress and television presenter known for her role as Annie Palmer in the BBC One soap opera ""EastEnders"" from 1997 to 1999. After winning the 2009 series of ""Celebrity MasterChef"", Sawalha has continued to make appearances on cookery shows, not only as a presenter, but also as a chef. She currently appears on ITV Daytime show ""Loose Women"" and was one of the original presenters from its start in 1999. Nadia returned to the show in 2013 as a panelist after a presenter revamp. After training at the Italia"
"Lacey Turner Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is a British actress, best known for her portrayal of Stacey Slater in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she received over thirty awards, including four National Television Awards and ten British Soap Awards. She is also known for her work on ""Bedlam"" and ""Switch"" (both 2012), as well as ""Our Girl"" (2013–2014). Turner was born in Edgware, Barnet, Greater London to parents Bev and Les. She was raised as a Catholic with her two younger sisters, Daisy Turner (born 1990) and Lily Harvey (born 2001, known for"
"Jackson (Patsy Palmer) and Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen). Santer deemed it the ""soap wedding of the year—and perhaps the soap wedding of the decade"", commenting that playing the romance against the ""thriller"" of the ""whodunnit"" storyline provided a balance he hoped audiences would be ""gripped by and satisfied with."" In November 2009, actor Charlie Clements, announced that he would be leaving the soap in 2010. It was rumoured that Bradley would be seen to commit suicide during the live episode, but this was refuted by an ""EastEnders"" spokesperson. It was later revealed that Bradley would make his last appearance in"
"worked alongside the West cliff High School for Boys Charity Week committee in 2013. Kirsty Hickey Kirsty Nicole Hickey (born 17 January 1996) is an English actress. Kirsty was born in London. In 2006 she attended the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 2004 Kirsty appeared on the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" in the Christmas party. She played numerous characters Zoe Slater, (Michelle Ryan), Pauline Fowler, (Wendy Richard) and Pat Butcher, (Pam St. Clement) all in famously well-known sketches, as well as singing and playing onset characters. Hickey also appeared in Ministry Of Mayhem on ITV, Granada alongside Holly Willoughby"
"private ceremony in Ibiza in September 2017. Despite her Catholic upbringing, Turner is currently irreligious. Lacey Turner Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is a British actress, best known for her portrayal of Stacey Slater in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she received over thirty awards, including four National Television Awards and ten British Soap Awards. She is also known for her work on ""Bedlam"" and ""Switch"" (both 2012), as well as ""Our Girl"" (2013–2014). Turner was born in Edgware, Barnet, Greater London to parents Bev and Les. She was raised as a Catholic with"
"does change your life."" The role has also garnered Palmer nominations as ""Most Popular Actress"" at the 1996 National Television Awards, ""Best Actress"" at the 1999 British Soap Awards, ""TV Soap Personality"" at the 2009 Television and Radio Industries Club Awards, ""Best On-Screen Partnership"" (with Sid Owen) in the 2001 British Soap Awards, and ""I'm a Survivor"" at the 2009 ""All About Soap"" Bubble Awards. The character of Bianca Jackson has received critical acclaim from critics and fans alike. ""EastEnders"" executive producer Diederick Santer has described Bianca as ""one of the most popular characters ""EastEnders"" has ever had"", while James"
"and executive producer of ""EastEnders"", Diederick Santer, added, ""I'm delighted to welcome Patsy Palmer home to ""EastEnders"". Bianca is one of the most popular characters the show has ever had"". In 2014 it was announced she was leaving the show. Palmer made a guest appearance on the Christmas Day 1993 episode of ""Top of the Pops"" introducing 'No Limit' by 2 Unlimited with presenter Mark Franklin. Palmer worked on the first series of ""OK TV"" with Fiona Phillips in 1999. In the first episode of the series she was shown at a beauty salon where she got her hair shampooed"
"alluding to her former prostitution and alleged sexual promiscuity. Comedian Lee Evans had once used Pat as one of his jokes in his latest tour Live at the O2 Arena. In the first episode of Series 3 of ""The Inbetweeners"", Jay gets his ears pierced with large round earrings and is mocked by his friend Simon Cooper, who calls it the ""Pat Butcher look"". Pat Butcher Pat Butcher (also credited with the names Wicks and Evans), is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". She was played by Pam St. Clement from 12 June 1986, just over a"
"Pat Butcher Pat Butcher (also credited with the names Wicks and Evans), is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". She was played by Pam St. Clement from 12 June 1986, just over a year after the show first aired, until her departure on 1 January 2012. Pat was also portrayed by Emma Cooke in a soap 'bubble' ""Pat and Mo: Ashes to Ashes"", delving into her past with sister-in-law Mo Harris (Laila Morse), which aired in 2004. The character was killed off on 1 January 2012, shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Her funeral was on"
"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"
"1973 they had a second daughter, Claudie, who became an actress, notable for starring in Pride and Prejudice and Lark Rise to Candleford. Blakley is also Patron of Windlesham Drama Group. Lin Blakley Linda E. ""Lin"" Blakley (née Stevens) is a British actress, best known for her role as Pam Coker in the BBC soap opera, ""EastEnders"". In 2004, Blakley appeared in the film ""The Football Factory"" as the mother to Tamara (Sophie Linfield) and the stage productions of ""Effi's Burning"" and ""All My Sons"" as Effi and Kate respectively. The following year, she played Pam in ""Shaking Dreamland"" and"
"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"
"(a review of the year 2016 in British soap) named Stacey's postpartum psychosis storyline as one of the ""best bits of January"". Stacey Slater Stacey Fowler (also Slater and Branning) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Lacey Turner. She made her first appearance on 1 November 2004. The character was introduced as a feisty and troublesome teenager, an extension of the already established Slater family. She has featured in numerous high-profile storylines, including abortion, drug abuse, a troubled relationship with her mother Jean (Gillian Wright), discovering she has bipolar disorder, an affair with her"
"returning 27 November of that year. It was announced on 23 August 2013, that Bianca's latest boyfriend, Terry Spraggan, would arrive on the square, a short time after meeting him off-screen in Manchester. It was confirmed in April 2014 that Patsy Palmer would be leaving ""EastEnders"" and her final scenes will air in the Autumn. A spokesman for Palmer said: ""Patsy is really sad to be leaving the show as she loves playing Bianca and working with executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins but she knows it's the right decision at this time in her life."" The soap’s executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins,"
"Stacey Slater Stacey Fowler (also Slater and Branning) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Lacey Turner. She made her first appearance on 1 November 2004. The character was introduced as a feisty and troublesome teenager, an extension of the already established Slater family. She has featured in numerous high-profile storylines, including abortion, drug abuse, a troubled relationship with her mother Jean (Gillian Wright), discovering she has bipolar disorder, an affair with her father-in-law Max (Jake Wood), becoming a victim of rape and murdering her rapist Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb). The love triangle between Stacey,"
"Betsy Palmer Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek; November 1, 1926 – May 29, 2015) was an American actress, known as a regular supporting movie and Broadway actress and television guest star, as a panelist on the game show ""I've Got a Secret"", and later for playing Jason Voorhees' mother, Pamela Voorhees, in the popular slasher film ""Friday the 13th"" (1980). Palmer was born Patricia Betsy Hrunek on November 1, 1926, in East Chicago, Indiana, the daughter of Marie (née Love), an adoptee, who launched the ""East Chicago Business College"" before she married, and Rudolph Vincent Hrunek, an industrial chemist"
"regularly took ketamine. Wallace admitted, at one point, taking drugs, but denied taking them since the birth of her daughter. Jessie Wallace Jessie Wallace (born Karen Jane Wallace; 25 September 1971) is an English actress and model. She is known for her role of Kat Slater in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", for which she won the National Television Awards for Most Popular Newcomer (2001) and also won the British Soap Awards Best Newcomer (2001) and Most Popular Actress (2003), and the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2011). She was nominated for the 2011 BAFTA TV Award for Best"
"kiss in the toilets witnessed by Bernadette. In November 2007, it was announced that Patsy Palmer would be reprising her role as Bianca Jackson in ""EastEnders"". A popular character who originally appeared in the serial between 1993 and 1999, Bianca was reintroduced in April 2008. Along with Bianca came four children, three of whom had not been seen in the serial before. They included Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), the fifteen-year-old daughter of Bianca's deceased partner; Liam Butcher (James Forde), Bianca and Ricky's son who previously appeared in the serial; Tiffany Dean (Maisie Smith), Bianca's five-year-old daughter, named after her friend"
"Guvnors"" from 2014 until 2015. She will be starring in the horror film The Spiritualist, which is currently in post-production. Jasmyn Banks Jasmyn Grace Banks (born 20 August 1990) is an English actress. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and YPTC RAaW London Banks has acted in stage productions since 2005 and she has had roles in various television productions since 2006. She was cast as Alice Branning in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" in 2012, making her screen debut on 10 May that year. She departed the show on 24 December 2013. Banks trained at"
"Make It Right"". Visage provided vocals for The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M.'s ""It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"", which was included on ""The Bodyguard"" soundtrack. She entered the House on Day 1. On Day 31, she left the house in fifth place. Nadia Sawalha is an English actress and television presenter, best known for her role as businesswoman Annie Palmer in the BBC One soap opera, ""EastEnders"" from 1997 to 1999. She became a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show ""Loose Women"" from 1999 to 2002; before returning in 2013. After winning the second series of ""Celebrity MasterChef"", Sawalha has"
"Kirsty Hickey Kirsty Nicole Hickey (born 17 January 1996) is an English actress. Kirsty was born in London. In 2006 she attended the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 2004 Kirsty appeared on the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" in the Christmas party. She played numerous characters Zoe Slater, (Michelle Ryan), Pauline Fowler, (Wendy Richard) and Pat Butcher, (Pam St. Clement) all in famously well-known sketches, as well as singing and playing onset characters. Hickey also appeared in Ministry Of Mayhem on ITV, Granada alongside Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern. She played mini Polly with her trolley with Holly as the"
"Jasmyn Banks Jasmyn Grace Banks (born 20 August 1990) is an English actress. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and YPTC RAaW London Banks has acted in stage productions since 2005 and she has had roles in various television productions since 2006. She was cast as Alice Branning in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" in 2012, making her screen debut on 10 May that year. She departed the show on 24 December 2013. Banks trained at the Young Persons Theatre Company (RAaW London) and the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. She appeared in various stage"
"Paget Brewster Paget Valerie Brewster (; born March 10, 1969) is an American actress, voice actress, and singer. She was first recognized for her recurring role as Kathy on the fourth season of the NBC sitcom ""Friends"". Her breakthrough role came as Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the CBS crime drama ""Criminal Minds"", on which she appeared regularly from 2006 to 2012 and has since returned to for guest appearances before returning regularly in 2016. Her other roles include Elise and Mr. Mumbles on The Hub's ""Dan Vs."", Frankie Dart on ""Community"", Sadie Doyle on the ""Thrilling Adventure Hour"" segment"
"soap opera ""EastEnders"" in 1998. Hooper directed several ""EastEnders"" episodes between 1998 and 2000, two of which were hour-long specials that represented the soap when it won the British Academy Television Award for Best Soap Opera in 2000 and 2001; the first was the episode in which Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) learns her daughter Bianca (Patsy Palmer) had an affair with her fiancé Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass). The Jackson episode marked the beginning of a week of episodes that lead to Palmer's departure from the soap, and Robinson had hired Hooper to direct the key episodes of that storyline. Hooper"
"Jessie Wallace Jessie Wallace (born Karen Jane Wallace; 25 September 1971) is an English actress and model. She is known for her role of Kat Slater in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", for which she won the National Television Awards for Most Popular Newcomer (2001) and also won the British Soap Awards Best Newcomer (2001) and Most Popular Actress (2003), and the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2011). She was nominated for the 2011 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Pat Phoenix in the BBC Four drama ""The Road to Coronation Street"" (2010). Wallace"
"Daisy Turner (actress) Daisy Turner (born 28 June 1990) is an English model and actress. Turner made her debut on Hollyoaks in the recurring role of Jenny Houston on 15 April 2011. She is the younger sister of ""EastEnders"" actress Lacey Turner. Turner was born in Hendon, London in 1990. She was brought up by her parents Bev and Les along with her two sisters Lacey Turner and Lily Harvey who are also actresses. Turner's older sister Lacey has played Stacey Slater in long-running soap opera ""EastEnders"" since 2004. Her younger sister Lily appeared in ""EastEnders"" as Shenice in March"