1. Estelle "Essie" Harrison is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by actress Kaye Wragg.
70 Facts About Essie Harrison
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Essie Harrison first appeared in the series sixteen episode "My Name Is Joe", broadcast on 6 May 2014.
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Essie Harrison is characterised as an opinionated nurse who is not afraid to challenge the healthcare system.
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Essie Harrison is played as a warm person who makes a good friend for fellow characters and strives to provide excellent patient care.
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Essie Harrison's introduction to the show was controversial and featured the discovery that her grandfather Joe Goodridge was an escaped Nazi war criminal.
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Essie Harrison has been involved in other relationship stories featuring registrar Raf di Lucca, which resulted in marriage, and locum consultant Ben Sherwood.
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Producers decided to revisit the story in 2020, when Essie Harrison learns her cancer has returned.
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Essie Harrison is killed off in the show's 1033rd episode, broadcast on 11 August 2020.
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Essie Harrison is characterised as warm nurse with a rebellious side and is not afraid to challenge the healthcare system.
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Essie Harrison makes a great friend for other characters and a writer from BBC Online branded her "a rock".
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Essie Harrison is an independent female with "spontaneous, emboldening and fun" characteristics.
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Wragg has labelled Essie Harrison as having "a big heart" and being "fantastic" at her nursing job.
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Essie Harrison seems really sorted and then all these cracks appear, which makes her great to play.
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Essie Harrison is introduced into the show as the granddaughter of sick patient Joe Goodridge.
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Essie Harrison was particularly interested in stories of escaped war criminals and he believed it was inevitable that he would cover the subject during his career.
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Essie Harrison noted that Joe's story worked well against pitted Jewish registrar Sacha Levy having to treat a patient pretending to be "a sweet old man" despite him helping to kill Jews in World War II.
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Essie Harrison is then offered a job at Holby City hospital and she develops a friendship with colleague Sacha.
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Essie Harrison was worried for a while that she'd messed it all up, but the beauty of it is that they're both at an age where they don't want any other relationships.
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Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy reported that Essie Harrison would resume her nursing duties at the hospital and her relationship with Sacha.
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Essie Harrison returned to the show during the series seventeen episode titled "Squeeze the Pips".
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When she returns Essie Harrison reveals that she slept with another man and Sacha no longer wants to be with her.
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Wragg believed that Essie Harrison really loves Sacha and she makes him realise that they want the same things out of life, to be "settled and happy".
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Essie Harrison later secures a job as the hospital's new Transplant coordinator.
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The duo's relationship faces fresh problems when Sacha wants Essie Harrison to meet his children.
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Essie Harrison is convinced that Sacha's Jewish family will not accept her because of her grandfather's past.
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Sacha's Wragg told a What's on TV reporter that Essie Harrison knows it will be inevitable that Sacha's children will be a part of her life but she is not ready.
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Essie Harrison is enjoying having Sacha to herself in the early stages of their romance.
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Essie Harrison just wanted to enjoy being in love for a bit longer before the reality of family life kicked in.
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The actress added that Essie Harrison is "madly in love with Sacha" and the physical need for a child takes over.
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Essie Harrison explained that writers had planned "big questions" for them to face.
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The first questioning whether or not Essie Harrison has left having children too late in her life.
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The scenes featured Essie Harrison struggling with the fact she is unable to get pregnant.
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Essie Harrison was later paired with registrar Raf di Lucca as they embark on a casual relationship.
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Essie Harrison revealed that he and Wragg enjoyed the playing story with Sacha's jealously.
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Essie Harrison thought it would be inevitable that they would clash at times, which he was looking forward to portraying.
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Essie Harrison fosters teenager Parker Whitfield, who is the son of Raf's ex-girlfriend Kim.
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Essie Harrison decides to leave and Raf supports Essie through her distress.
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Writers remained committed to developing the couple and in later episodes Raf decides to ask Essie Harrison to marry him.
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Essie Harrison realises he could never behave like his sibling.
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McFadden added that Sacha eventually accepts that Essie Harrison marrying Raf is in her best interests.
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Essie Harrison believed Essie felt "torn" because she does still have feelings for Sacha but cannot be with him.
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Essie Harrison's departure sees him shot dead by Fredrik Johanssen.
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Essie Harrison tries hard to impress Essie but often says the wrong things.
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Essie Harrison soon realises Ben is just trying to get acquainted with his new colleagues and begins to like him.
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Condou said Ben leaves because he feels "awkward" and finds it "difficult" that Essie Harrison left him for another man.
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Essie Harrison is suffering from effects of drug withdrawal and he bonds with Essie over his drug addiction.
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Essie Harrison goes to the hospital pharmacy where he finds pharmacist Mel Watson, takes her hostage brandishing an infected needle and pleads for drugs.
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Essie Harrison manages to locate Ivor and tries to convince him to let Mel go, but he takes her hostage too.
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Wragg explained that Essie Harrison puts herself in danger because "she's like a dog with a bone" and thought she could help Ivor.
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Mel suffers an asthma attack but he forbids Essie Harrison from helping her colleague.
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We know Essie Harrison was a bit wild in her younger years, but it's revealed she had drug problems; not to the same level as Ivor, but she certainly understands addiction.
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Wragg took a three-month break from the series in 2018 and teased on Twitter that Essie Harrison's story was "not quite over".
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Wragg told Sue Crawford of Daily Express that Essie Harrison left to "catch up with her life".
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Essie Harrison decides to return to London to visit a doctor but tries to avoid Holby City hospital.
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Essie Harrison ends up being taken there after other hospitals are over capacity.
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Wragg explained that Essie Harrison did not want to see her former colleagues and the move was accidental.
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Wragg believed that Essie Harrison had a "unique relationship" with Henrik, she felt able to confide in him and she wanted him to treat her.
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Essie Harrison tells Essie that she will need to undergo a hysterectomy to survive.
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Essie Harrison is upset because it is a final confirmation that she will never be able to conceive a child of her own.
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Essie Harrison described the story as "two most caring nurses now have to care for each other" in their cancer battle.
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Essie Harrison hoped it would raise awareness of cancer and praised Wragg and Walkinshaw's "heart-breaking performances".
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In one episode Isla becomes ill and Essie Harrison is unaware of her medical history.
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The need for Isla's medical history leads Essie Harrison to tell Sacha the truth.
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Essie Harrison decides to keep quiet and let her continue to care for Isla.
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Wragg said that even Essie Harrison is beginning to believe Isla is her own child.
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Essie Harrison eventually tells Fletch the truth who decides to involve social services to make a final decision about Isla's care.
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McFadden confirmed in July 2020 that Essie Harrison would be leaving Holby City at the conclusion of her cancer story.
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Essie Harrison departs in the twenty-fifth episode of series 22, broadcast on 11 August 2020.
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Essie Harrison's appearance serves as a "manifestation" about Jac's fears of dying.
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Tyler wrote that she and audiences "were thrilled" that Essie Harrison returned to the series.