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Melissa Suffield Born Melissa Hollie Suffield
24 December 1992
London, EnglandOccupation Actress, presenter Years active 2003–present Melissa Hollie Suffield (born 24 December 1992)[1] is a British actress from London, best known for her role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Lucy Beale. Her first appearance on the show was 28 October 2004[2] and her last on 27 August 2010.
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Career
Suffield's first professional acting role was in a 2003 episode of the children's series Magic Grandad, entitled Toys: in 1953.[citation needed] She was featured in an advertisement for 'Master Storyteller, Magic Grandad', 1 episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot (Five Little Pigs)[2] and in two episodes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.[citation needed] She is a voice for one of the children in CBeebies toddlers programme Boo![3] She appeared on The Friday Night Project in 2005.[4] Melissa helped raise money for Children in Need in 2007 by appearing in a special Beatles medley featuring cast from EastEnders and in Children In Need 2008 doing a West End when Melissa did Mary Poppins. She also appeared in a Motown medley for Children in Need 2009.[5] Melissa is best known for her appearance in television soap EastEnders, where she played Lucy Beale, daughter of Ian Beale, a long standing character. She also appeared in the 2010 spin-off series EastEnders: E20 as Lucy. Suffield is currently filming Rough and Ready II, where she will play Sammy.
Personal life
Suffield was born on 24 December 1992 in London, England. She plays the guitar and piano among many other instruments at which she is skilled. Although she does not take lessons or perform, she enjoys singing too, as was shown in the EastEnders Beatles medley for Children in Need 2007 and in the 2008 appeal, in which she performed a song from the stage version of Mary Poppins, alongside Laurie Brett, who plays her on-screen stepmother, Jane Beale. She has since reprised a singing role in the EastEnders Children in Need medley for 2009. She has taken ballet lessons since the age of two, and still dances under the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus at the intermediate grade. Suffield has three sisters; Jessica, Daisy and Annabelle.[6]
In August 2009, Suffield took part in a documentary called 16: Too Young To Vote? as part of BBC Three's Adult Season, where she journeys around the United Kingdom to find out whether 16-year-olds should get the right to vote. In September 2009 she reported for the BBC Watchdog programme on the dangers of sunbeds. She also exposed centres that were not following guidelines by checking peoples ages. She took part in a celebrity version of total wipeout.In May 2010 it was announced that she had been axed from EastEnders after she allegedly ignored warnings about her "unruly" behaviour,[7] although the character would be retained with another actress in the role.[8]
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 2011 Rough and Ready II Sammy Filming 2004-10 EastEnders Lucy Beale 2003 Agatha Christie's Poirot Young Lucy In the episode Five Little Pigs 2003 Magic Grandad Melissa In the episode Toys: in 1953 Stage Credits
Year Title Role Notes 2011 Beauty and the Beast Belle Touring 2010-11 Beauty and the Beast Belle Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone 2010 Olly's Prison Sheila The Cock Tavern References
- ^ "Melissa Suffield: Summary". tv.com. http://www.tv.com/melissa-suffield/person/333929/summary.html. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ a b BBC EastEnders Cast Retrieved on 2008-08-10
- ^ Boo! (TV Series) - Children
- ^ IMDB - Melissa Suffield
- ^ Youtube Eastenders tribute to the Beatles Retrieved on 2008-08-10
- ^ Hill, Susan (7 March 2010). "EastEnders beauty puts the record straight". Daily Star. Northern & Shell. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/125231/EastEnders-beauty-puts-the-record-straight/. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Green, Kris (30 May 2010). "'EastEnders' bosses axe "unruly" actress". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a222578/eastenders-bosses-axe-unruly-actress.html. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/news-extra/article/11942/eastenders-characters-to-be-recast.html Yahoo News, 7 June 2010
External links
- Melissa Suffield at the Internet Movie Database
- Melissa Suffield at the BBC
Categories:- 1992 births
- English soap opera actors
- English child actors
- Actors from London
- English television actors
- Living people
- English television presenters
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