1. Alexandra Louise Bastian was born on 27 February 1982 and is an English actress, known for her roles as Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, Sally Armstrong in the ITV drama series The Bill and Becky Clarke in the BBC soap opera Doctors.
Ali Bastian has competed in the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Ali Bastian was signed to Storm Models, and has worked for Littlewoods within a new range called Drama Queens.
Ali Bastian joined the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in 2001 as Becca Hayton.
Ali Bastian was involved in a controversial storyline where her character was fired from her teaching job and sent to prison after having an affair with one of her students Justin Burton, who was portrayed by Chris Fountain.
Ali Bastian then appeared on television in Cavegirl, A Touch of Frost, Twenty Four 7, and Here After.
Ali Bastian joined the long-running ITV police drama The Bill as PC Sally Armstrong in 2007, and departed in late 2009.
In 2009, Ali Bastian was a contestant on the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing, departing in the semi-final, where she was partnered with Brian Fortuna.
In 2011, Ali Bastian starred in the UK touring version of Bill Kenwright's production of Verdict by Agatha Christie, playing alter-ego Helen Rollander.
In late 2018, it was announced that Ali Bastian had joined the cast of the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors as Becky Clarke.
Ali Bastian made an unannounced departure from Doctors in the episode broadcast on 6 November 2019 and confirmed after the episode had aired that she had left the show.
Ali Bastian explained that she had made the decision to leave Doctors to reduce her workload so that she could concentrate on getting pregnant in real life.
Ali Bastian felt that her body "was crying out for a break" and said that her exit had helped her to conceive a baby.
In September 2024, Ali Bastian announced that she had been diagnosed with stage II breast cancer.