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Live and Let Die
Episode 16
Connie is determined to keep everything running smoothly when a health minister visits the hospital, but Lisa sees an opportunity to drum up support for her mentoring scheme. While treating an elderly couple, Jess comes to the realisation that she doesn't love Sean and breaks up with him, turning to her father for emotional support. The tension between Mickie and Mubbs finally comes to a head when she tells him she's gay. Later, an unexpected encounter at the official reception gives him a chance to drown his sorrows
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Soap/Melodrama/Folkloric
Cast & Crew
Verona Joseph
(Actor)
.. Jess Griffin
Luisa Bradshaw-White
(Actor)
.. Lisa Fox
Ian Aspinall
(Actor)
.. Mubbs Hussein
Hugh Quarshie
(Actor)
.. Ric Griffin
Patricia Potter
(Actor)
.. Diane Lloyd
Amanda Mealing
(Actor)
.. Connie Beauchamp
Noah Huntley
(Actor)
.. Will Curtis
Jaye Jacobs
(Actor)
.. Donna Jackson
Kelly Adams
(Actor)
.. Mickie Hendrie
Chinna Wodu
(Actor)
.. Sean Thompson
Brenda Saunders
(Actor)
.. Zelda Streatham
John Burgess
(Actor)
.. Peter Streatham
Diane Parish
(Actor)
.. Lucy Faulds
Tanya Franks
(Actor)
.. Tina Papworth
Eoin O'Mara
(Actor)
.. Joe Papworth
Justin McDonald
(Actor)
.. Matthew Samuels
Rebecca Hobbs
(Actor)
.. Sophie Burrel
Steven Elder
(Actor)
.. Jeff Faulds
Leslie Stewart
(Writer)
Fraser McDonald
(Director)
Johann Knobel
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Verona Joseph
(Actor)
.. Jess Griffin
Luisa Bradshaw-White
(Actor)
.. Lisa Fox
Born:
December 09, 1974
in
London
Best Known For:
This Life, Holby City and EastEnders.
Early-life:
Luisa was born in London on December 9, 1974. She has an older sister, Sasha. She got into acting at a young age and portrayed Maria Watts in Grange Hill between 1991 and 1994.
Career:
Bradshaw-White's first break came in 1996, when she played Kira in popular BBC drama This Life. She went on to make guest appearances in A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Birds of a Feather and London's Burning. She had recurring roles in Bad Girls and Holby City. In 2013, she joined the cast of EastEnders as Tina Carter.
Quote:
'I was only 19 when I was in This Life and all the attention was mental. There were all these parties. It was full on and it was very difficult to keep grounded.'
Trivia:
She is a vegetarian.
Ian Aspinall
(Actor)
.. Mubbs Hussein
Hugh Quarshie
(Actor)
.. Ric Griffin
Born:
December 25, 1954
in
Accra, Ghana
Best Known For:
Playing Ric Griffin in Holby City.
Early-life:
Hugh Antony Kobna Quarshie was born on December 22, 1954, in Accra, Ghana, where he spent the first few years of his life. He moved to England and grew up in Golders Green, north London. Hugh went to school in Cheltenham and later studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford, where he was president of the African Society, and co-director of the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company. After graduating, he worked as a journalist, becoming a sub-editor at West Africa Magazine.
Career:
Made his small-screen debut in 1979 TV movie The Knowledge, and later featured in TV series Angels, Surgical Spirit and Medics. Appeared as Julius Caesar and Macbeth for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Starred in a string of movies including Highlander and Nightbreed. While filming Star Wars: Episode One _ The Phantom Menace in Italy, he drew more autograph hunters than co-star Liam Neeson because of his role as a priest in Italian horror film La Chiesa. He was asked to reprise his role of Captain Panaka in Attack of the Clones but turned it down. Over the past few years he has appeared in Conspiracy of Silence, The Afternoon Play, Doctor Who and Holby City.
Quote:
'My attitude to acting is if you take it too seriously then you're not taking your life seriously enough.'
Trivia:
In 2010, he traced his Ghanaian and Dutch origins in an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
Patricia Potter
(Actor)
.. Diane Lloyd
Amanda Mealing
(Actor)
.. Connie Beauchamp
Born:
April 22, 1968
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Connie Beauchamp in Holby City and Casualty.
Early-life:
Amanda Jane Mealing was born in London on April 22, 1968 and grew up in Dulwich, South London. The youngest of four children, she is the only adopted member of her family. Her older brother, who was 14 years her senior, died after using heroin when she was 15. At the age of six, Amanda made her professional debut in a Julie Andrews TV special. She started taking Saturday classes at the Italia Conti Academy, before enrolling full-time when she was nine. As a child star, she went on to land roles in Just William, The Morecambe & Wise Show, and Grange Hill.
Career:
Mealing went on to appear G.B.H., Anglo Saxon Attitudes, The House of Eliott, The Darling Buds of May and The Detectives. She had recurring roles in Jake's Progress, The Grand, and The Lakes. She joined the cast of Holby City in 2004, playing cardiothoracic consultant Connie Beauchamp. During a break from the series, she appeared in Strike Back: Project Dawn, Death in Paradise, and Law and Order: UK. In 2014, she reprised her role as Connie Beauchamp in Holby City sister show Casualty.
Quote:
On her Connie Beauchamp character: 'She's on a mission to take over, and she doesn't care whose toes she has to step on to do it.'
Trivia:
Mealing discovered that her birth mother modelled for Biba in London during the 1960s and her biological father was a half-Sierra Leonean poet and activist. The day after giving birth to her second son, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She made a full recovery.
Noah Huntley
(Actor)
.. Will Curtis
Jaye Jacobs
(Actor)
.. Donna Jackson
Kelly Adams
(Actor)
.. Mickie Hendrie
Chinna Wodu
(Actor)
.. Sean Thompson
Brenda Saunders
(Actor)
.. Zelda Streatham
John Burgess
(Actor)
.. Peter Streatham
Diane Parish
(Actor)
.. Lucy Faulds
Born:
November 01, 1969
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Denise in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born in north London on November 1, 1969. Her mother is a teacher, and she has two older brothers. After her parents split up when she was eight, Diane didn't speak to her father again for 20 years, but she says that she was young enough to adapt to his absence. Diane discovered her love of acting at a young age, and with the encouragement of her mother and teachers went on to win a place at the prestigious drama school, Rada.
Career:
Parish began her career in theatre, going on to make TV appearances in the likes of Lovejoy, Casualty, Holding On, The Vice and Clocking Off. She also made her soap debut in 1998, when she turned up as singer Lola in EastEnders. She followed up an acclaimed role in the drama series Babyfather with a two-year stint in The Bill as DC Eva Sharpe, a role she reprised in the spin-off MIT: Murder Investigation Team. In 2006, she returned to Albert Square, this time as Denise Fox and has stayed in Walford ever since.
Quote:
'EastEnders tackles issues just as much as any other soap. It's important to deal with everyday life. This is Britain - people enjoy misery!'
Trivia:
She became the first black actress to win a Royal Television Society award for her performance in Babyfather.
Tanya Franks
(Actor)
.. Tina Papworth
Eoin O'Mara
(Actor)
.. Joe Papworth
Justin McDonald
(Actor)
.. Matthew Samuels
Rebecca Hobbs
(Actor)
.. Sophie Burrel
Steven Elder
(Actor)
.. Jeff Faulds
Leslie Stewart
(Writer)
Fraser McDonald
(Director)
Johann Knobel
(Producer)
