Zöe Lucker

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name = "Zöe Lucker"
birthname = Zöe Lucker
birthdate = birth date and age|1974|04|11
location = Huddersfield, England
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height = 5 ft 6 ins
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notable role = Tanya Turner - Footballers Wives 2002-2006
other_awards = National Television Awards
Nominated - Most Popular Actress 2004, Footballers Wives
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Zöe Lucker (born April 11, 1974 [According to the State of London. "London Birth Index, 1905-1995". Center for Health Statistics, London Department of Health Services, London. At Ancestry.com] in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) is an English National Television Awards nominated and TV Quick Awards winning English actress best known for playing the role of Tanya Turner on ITV's "Footballers' Wives."

Biography

Lucker studied acting at The Arden "School of theatre".

In 2004, Lucker was nominated for a National Television Award in the category of "Most popular actress" for her work on "Footballers' Wives" and made an appearance in ITV's "Bad Girls" as her "Footballers' Wives" character "Tanya Turner".

Her other television credits include appearances in episodes of "Doctors", "Holby City", Lynda La Plante's "Killer Net", "Boyz Unlimited", "Trial and Retribution", "Where the Heart Is", "Coronation Street", "Brazen Hussies" and theatre work with the acclaimed Hull Truck Theatre Company.

In 2005, Lucker toured New Zealand extensively in the play, "Then comes love" and played the lead role in "Bombshell" for ITV1, which is yet to be screened on British Television but has been broadcast in New Zealand and sold to a number of other countries.

Lucker has also worked as a Presenter on programmes such as GMTV. She can currently be seen in "HolbyBlue" for the BBC with ex-EastEnders, actress, Kacey Ainsworth aka Little Mo Mitchell.

Starring as the presenter of Love The Place Your in, new property show about how the credit crunch is making people stay in their homes, due to be shown in October 2008 on UKTV Style.

Currently filming Love the Place Your in, up until early August before her baby is due at the end of August on the 28th.

Influence of the Dalai Lama

Lucker said meeting Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama was one of the most influential moments in her life. She said he was "an extremely charismatic man, and his great presence could be felt the moment he walked into the room". Following the stress of filming the Footballer's Wives series, Lucker looked for ways to relax and bought a book written by the Dalai Lama "The Art of Happiness". She made a pilgrimage to Dharamsala, in northern India to film the documentary "A date with the Dalai Lama" for ITV2 with her "Footballers' Wives" co-star Sarah Barrand,and describes her meeting him as a life changing event. [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=404405&in_page_id=1770 Dalai Lama cured my terrifying panic attacks, says Footballer's Wife Zoe | the Daily Mail ] ]

"When I first saw him my whole body just went into this weird state," she said. "We'd just trekked the Himalayas and there was this huge sea of people waiting to see him. Yet it was incredibly serene. Then he walked past us, about 3ft away, and waved. It's the first time I've ever been starstruck." [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=404405&in_page_id=1770 Dalai Lama cured my terrifying panic attacks, says Footballer's Wife Zoe | the Daily Mail ] ]

Personal life

After announcing her engagement to long term boyfriend James Herbert in February 2008, Lucker announced she was pregnant in March 2008 with her first baby, which is due on the 28th August 2008. Zoe has since had a baby girl named Lilly Alabama Herbert on 2nd September 2008 she weighed 8lb 12oz

Other

*One of four children, Zoe has two brothers called Richard and Steven and a sister called Suzy.
*She is a Huddersfield Town fan. [ [http://www.footballerswives.tv/features/feat_int/int_fw1/int_fw1_zl.html "Zoe Lucker plays Tanya Turner"] , Footballers' Wives Official Site]
*Had a Cocktail made for her based on her character Tanya Turner called "Cristal Tipps" on her 30th birthday.
*Before landing the role of Tanya Turner in "Footballers' Wives", she was about to give up acting for a career in teaching.
*Lucker originally auditioned for Bad Girls, as she did not get the role at the time, the producer of the show opted to give her a role as Tanya Turner for a new show produced by the same company Shed Productions called Footballers' Wives.
*In 2003, the hit Fitness release "Zoe Lucker - Little black dress workout" was released on both VHS and DVD.
* In 2004 her character in Footballers' wives did a 3 episode stint in sister show Bad Girls, which saw Tanya battle with the nasty and bitter cons of Larkhall prison.
* In 2005, went to New Zealand for a couple of months touring with the play Then Comes Love alongside Shane Cortese.
*In August 2006 the sun published an article saying that she was going to be in the 2007 series of Doctor Who as the villain The Rani, however this turned out to be false.
*Very close friends with her "Footballers Wives" co-stars Susie Amy and Alison Newman.
*Lives in Surrey with her fiance James Herbert in the countryside, which is closer to the HolbyBlue set in Chertsey.
*Had a baby girl a few weeks ago, Lilly Alabama Herbert was born on 2nd September 2008 and weighed 8lb 12oz

Awards

*Nominated for Most Popular Actress, 2004 - National Television Awards
*Most Popular Actress, 2004 TV Quick Awards

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0524712|name=Zöe Lucker