1. Cheryl Fergison is known for portraying the role of Heather Trott in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role in which she starred in from 2007 until 2012.
17 Facts About Cheryl Fergison
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Cheryl Fergison is known for playing Joanna Harding in the Linda Flint sketches of Little Britain, opposite David Walliams, and played Judy in The IT Crowd.
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Cheryl Fergison starred in a promotional video for the band Keane's single "Atlantic", which was included on their Under the Iron Sea DVD.
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In November 2007, Cheryl Fergison participated in the Children in Need charity appeal with her EastEnders co-stars which was broadcast on BBC One.
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Since appearing on EastEnders, Cheryl Fergison has made a variety of television appearances on shows such as GMTV, The Paul O'Grady Show, This Morning and Loose Women.
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Cheryl Fergison won the Best Comedy Performance award at the 2008 Inside Soap Awards, and was then nominated for Best Comedy Performance and Best Onscreen Partnership Award at the 2008 British Soap Awards.
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Cheryl Fergison later appeared in Let's Dance For Sport Relief, dancing to "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice, and appeared in an episode of BBC Two's Shooting Stars in August 2010.
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On 17 September 2011, Cheryl Fergison was axed from EastEnders and it was announced that she would leave at the end of her current contract, departing the show on 21 March 2012.
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In March 2012, Cheryl Fergison appeared on The Saturday Night Show.
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On 15 August 2012, Cheryl Fergison entered the Celebrity Big Brother 10 house.
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Cheryl Fergison was one of the celebrity contestants on Your Face Sounds Familiar.
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Cheryl Fergison played the role of Jo in the 2014 series of Big School on BBC One.
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On 24 December 2016, Cheryl Fergison reprised her role on EastEnders as Heather, in the form of a recorded voiceover.
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Cheryl Fergison is a keen singer and has posted numerous singing videos to her YouTube account.
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In 2015, Cheryl Fergison was diagnosed with stage II womb cancer.
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Cheryl Fergison did not make her diagnosis public until April 2024.
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In 2024, Cheryl Fergison revealed that after leaving EastEnders, she struggled with money problems and ended up using food banks.