Jessie Wallace is known for portraying the role of Kat Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders since 2000.
29 Facts About Jessie Wallace
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Jessie Wallace was nominated for the 2011 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Pat Phoenix in the BBC Four television film The Road to Coronation Street.
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Jessie Wallace is of Irish ancestry, by way of Cork and Dublin.
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Jessie Wallace's parents divorced when she was aged three and she and her sister were raised by their father.
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Jessie Wallace adopted her stage name after her late grandmother.
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Jessie Wallace met and became friends with actor Iain Glen, who helped her apply for London drama college The Poor School, from which she graduated in 1999.
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Jessie Wallace is known for playing the role of Kat Slater in BBC One soap opera EastEnders between 2000 and 2005.
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In Summer 2008, Jessie Wallace said she hadn't ruled out a return to EastEnders.
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In February 2010, it was announced that Shane Richie was returning to play Alfie Moon, leading to large amounts of speculation as to whether Jessie Wallace would be returning.
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On 9 February 2010, the BBC confirmed that Jessie Wallace would be returning to EastEnders, reprising her role as Kat Slater.
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On 17 February 2006, Jessie Wallace was the guest host of an edition of the Channel 4 programme The Friday Night Project.
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Jessie Wallace made her West End theatre debut, replacing Denise van Outen in the role of "Maureen" in Rent remixed at the Duke of York's Theatre from 27 December 2007 until 2 February 2008.
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Jessie Wallace competed with partner Darren Bennett in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing which began on 20 September 2008.
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Jessie Wallace toured the UK in the 25th Anniversary production of Stepping Out by Richard Harris, playing the role of Sylvia.
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Jessie Wallace appeared as Pat Phoenix in The Road to Coronation Street, a one-off drama exploring the origins and conception of Coronation Street, to mark the show's 50th anniversary in December 2010.
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In 2014, Jessie Wallace reprised her role as Marie Lloyd in the music video for Tim Arnold's single "The Piccadilly Trot".
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Jessie Wallace later appeared on Arnold's album The Soho Hobo on a duet that he wrote called "Soho Sunset".
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In May 2015, Jessie Wallace performed a duet at Soho Theatre with singer-songwriter Tim Arnold to mark the release of his album The Soho Hobo.
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In 2015, Jessie Wallace was cast as Fairy Godmother in the White Rock Theatre production of Cinderella.
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Jessie Wallace is a patron of the theatre charity The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
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In July 2015 it was announced that Jessie Wallace would appear alongside Richie in a stage adaptation of The Perfect Murder by Peter James at the Theatre Royal in February 2016.
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Jessie Wallace entered the soap cast in the later stages of a three-year relationship with Majorca based ex-criminal, Paul Whitworth.
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In 2003, Jessie Wallace was suspended from EastEnders by the BBC for excess drinking, partying and adverse publicity; she returned to the soap, but was then stopped by police and arrested for drink driving, being one and half times over the limit.
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The couple started dating, and then moved in together after Jessie Wallace confirmed she was pregnant.
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Jessie Wallace gave birth to daughter Tallulah Lilac on 2 November 2004, but the couple split up shortly afterwards, with Jessie Wallace's lawyers placing a gag order on Morgan.
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Jessie Wallace admitted, at one point, taking drugs, but denied taking them since the birth of her daughter.
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In early 2020, Jessie Wallace was suspended from EastEnders again by the BBC, with a two-month suspension incurred due to an "incident while filming".
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In June 2022, Jessie Wallace was arrested after she assaulted a police officer outside a nightclub in Bury St Edmunds.
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Jessie Wallace was released without charge but received a conditional caution.