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Learning Curve
Episode 7
Diane applies for a consultant's job, and Owen tries to shut Chrissie out - but she won't take no for an answer. The board put pressure on Connie to make a statement about Michael, though she's reluctant to get involved. Dean meets a woman in a lift who asks him to provide her with painkillers. However, when it turns out she is an actress hired for his practical exam, he may have jeopardised his chances
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Movie/Drama
Soap/Melodrama/Folkloric
Cast & Crew
Patricia Potter
(Actor)
.. Diane Lloyd
Mark Moraghan
(Actor)
.. Owen Davis
Tina Hobley
(Actor)
.. Chrissie Williams
Amanda Mealing
(Actor)
.. Connie Beauchamp
Paul Henshall
(Actor)
.. Dean West
Sharon D Clarke
(Actor)
.. Lola Griffin
Paul Bradley
(Actor)
.. Elliot Hope
Sharon Maughan
(Actor)
.. Tricia Williams
Kelly Adams
(Actor)
.. Mickie Hendrie
Adam Best
(Actor)
.. Matt Parker
Alex Macqueen
(Actor)
.. Dr Greene
Andrew Lewis
(Actor)
.. Paul Rose
Vicky Hall
(Actor)
.. Susan Dolan
Sue Jenkins
(Actor)
.. Veronica Brody
Conrad Nelson
(Actor)
.. Patrick Thomas
Michelle Abrahams
(Actor)
.. Down Thomas
Lisa Livingstone
(Actor)
.. Shelley Price
Simon Molloy
(Actor)
.. James Whiteley
Ceallach Spellman
(Actor)
.. Troy Dolan
Andrew Cornish
(Writer)
Steve Finn
(Director)
Oliver Kent
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Patricia Potter
(Actor)
.. Diane Lloyd
Mark Moraghan
(Actor)
.. Owen Davis
Tina Hobley
(Actor)
.. Chrissie Williams
Born:
May 20, 1972
in
London
Best Known For:
Holby City and her Corrie days.
Early-life:
Very shy as a child, London-born Tina was sent to speech and drama classes in an attempt to counter her introversion. Hobley enrolled with a very strict speech and drama teacher, whom she adored and stayed with for many years, before moving from there to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (WDADA).
Career:
Hobley is best known for playing feisty ward sister Chrissie Williams in BBC medical drama Holby City. After graduating from WDADA, where she trained from 1990 to 1993, Hobley starred in a number of TV dramas, including Coronation Street, Harbour Lights and The Bill. In 2014, she took part in Celebrity MasterChef. She has also appeared in All Star Mr & Mrs, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy and Big Star's Little Star with her daughter Olivia. In early 2016, she was a contestant on Channel 4's sporting reality show The Jump.
Quote:
'I haven't lived the normal actor's life, where I don't know where my next job is coming from - but that in itself feels exciting.'
Trivia:
Hobley supports the Starlight Foundation.
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.
Paul Henshall
(Actor)
.. Dean West
Sharon D Clarke
(Actor)
.. Lola Griffin
Paul Bradley
(Actor)
.. Elliot Hope
Born:
May 28, 1955
in
Nuneaton
Best Known For:
EastEnders and Holby City.
Early-life:
Bradley was born on May 28, 1955, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He attended the University of Manchester before joining the Royal Exchange, Manchester repertory company.
Career:
Bradley landed his first major role in 1982 in The Young Ones. He's since cropped up in The Bill, Red Dwarf and Bottom but is most noted for his role in EastEnders, where he spent six years as Nigel Bates, and in Holby City, where he has played Elliot Hope since 2005.
Quote:
Speaking about getting the role of Elliot in Holby: 'I was delighted and celebrated by going to New Zealand to watch rugby!'
Trivia:
He has worked as a guitarist for John Otway.
Sharon Maughan
(Actor)
.. Tricia Williams
Kelly Adams
(Actor)
.. Mickie Hendrie
Adam Best
(Actor)
.. Matt Parker
Alex Macqueen
(Actor)
.. Dr Greene
Andrew Lewis
(Actor)
.. Paul Rose
Vicky Hall
(Actor)
.. Susan Dolan
Sue Jenkins
(Actor)
.. Veronica Brody
Conrad Nelson
(Actor)
.. Patrick Thomas
Michelle Abrahams
(Actor)
.. Down Thomas
Lisa Livingstone
(Actor)
.. Shelley Price
Simon Molloy
(Actor)
.. James Whiteley
Ceallach Spellman
(Actor)
.. Troy Dolan
Andrew Cornish
(Writer)
Steve Finn
(Director)
Oliver Kent
(Producer)
