1. Tamzin Maria Outhwaite is an English actress, presenter and narrator.
19 Facts About Tamzin Outhwaite
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Tamzin Outhwaite played Rebecca Mitchell, the general manager of the five-star hotel Babylon, in the BBC drama series Hotel Babylon.
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The only daughter of Anna and Colin Frank Outhwaite, born in Ilford, Essex, Outhwaite has two younger brothers.
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Tamzin Outhwaite was educated at Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green.
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Tamzin Outhwaite's maternal great grandfather and his eldest son were born in Barga, Italy, and became naturalised British citizens in 1957, living first in Glasgow, Scotland, and then settling in Fishburn, England running an ice cream business.
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Tamzin Outhwaite attended the Stagestruck Theatre Company as a teenager, taking part in several productions during the mid-1980s.
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Tamzin Outhwaite found national fame in 1998 when she was cast as Mel Healy in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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Tamzin Outhwaite left EastEnders in 2002, shortly after the departure from the soap of co-star Martin Kemp, who had played her on-screen husband Steve Owen.
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Tamzin Outhwaite stated in 2006 that she would not rule out returning to EastEnders and her return was confirmed on 24 October 2017.
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Tamzin Outhwaite departed the soap for a second and final time in November 2019, when Mel was killed off.
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In 2007, Tamzin Outhwaite appeared in a revival of Boeing Boeing at the Comedy Theatre, as well as the film Cassandra's Dream, which first premiered in June.
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In July 2013, Tamzin Outhwaite joined the cast of the popular BBC One comedy-drama series New Tricks as DCI Sasha Miller, replacing Amanda Redman as head of the team in the show.
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Tamzin Outhwaite had earlier appeared in series 9, episode 6 of the show, guest-starring as a different character who is brought to justice at the end of the episode.
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In March 2016, Tamzin Outhwaite was cast to play Teresa Phillips in a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's How the Other Half Loves at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
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Tamzin Outhwaite has done introductory segments of true crime episodes of NBC's Dateline for British television audiences.
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In May 2020, Tamzin Outhwaite played Indie Hendricks in Dun Breedin, a project by Julie Graham about women who are going through the menopause during lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In 2021, Tamzin Outhwaite appeared on The Masked Dancer, masked as Scarecrow.
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Tamzin Outhwaite was unmasked in the final and finished in fourth place.
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In 2013 the pair separated and Tamzin Outhwaite had filed for divorce which was finalised in April 2014.