1. Tanya Christine Franks was born on 16 August 1967 and is an English actress.
26 Facts About Tanya Franks
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Tanya Franks is best known for her role as Rainie Cross in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders.
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Tanya Franks's roles included the title role in Tess at The Kings Head Theatre in London in 1989 which was Time Out's Critics Choice, and Sylv in Steven Berkoff's 25th Anniversary production of East at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End and on tour.
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Tanya Franks then rose to prominence when her TV career began in 2000, after being cast in the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs as Karen Ellis.
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Tanya Franks continued in the soap opera for three years, with storylines including a cancer scare, infertility, surrogacy, and a child custody battle, before leaving the series in 2003.
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In 2004, Tanya Franks was cast as DI Rowanne Morell in the long-running ITV1 police serial-drama The Bill.
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Tanya Franks stayed with the serial for over a year, with her character investigating various murders of police officers and police corruption.
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In 2006, Tanya Franks starred opposite Sharon Horgan and Rebekah Staton in the BBC Three comedy series Pulling.
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Tanya Franks was cast as Karen, a promiscuous, raunchy, aggressive primary school teacher, who drinks heavily and is not suited to her job, for which she was nominated at The British Comedy Awards in 2009.
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Tanya Franks returned to EastEnders as Rainie in January 2008, and again in August 2010.
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Tanya Franks returned again in April 2011, before departing once more later that year.
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Tanya Franks made a surprise return to the show on 16 June 2014 and departed on 15 February 2015.
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EastEnders announced on 18 January 2018 that Tanya Franks would make a guest appearance the following day and return on a permanent basis later in the year.
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Tanya Franks returned for a brief stint on 23 August until 25 August 2022.
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In 2008, Tanya Franks starred as Sandra Farrell in the BBC Two mocumentary The Cup.
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In 2010, Tanya Franks appeared in an episode of the E4 teen drama Skins.
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From September 2010 to August 2011, Tanya Franks starred as a series regular in the CBBC comedy serial Hotel Trubble.
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Tanya Franks appears in Episode 7, Series 9 of New Tricks as literary agent Roxanne Guthrie.
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In 2013 Tanya Franks played Lucy Stevens, sister to Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller played by Olivia Colman, in the series Broadchurch.
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Tanya Franks played Mandy in the E4 sitcom Chewing Gum in 2015 and earlier in 2016 and 2018 she played Carol in the hit BBC comedy series Mum.
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In 2018, Tanya Franks appeared in an episode of Inside No 9.
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In 2016 Tanya Franks co-starred at The Menier Chocolate Factory in The Truth written by Florian Zeller and adapted by Oscar winning playwright Christopher Hampton.
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In 2022 Tanya Franks starred as Emilia at The Royal National Theatre's production of Othello by William Shakespeare.
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Co-productions included the national tour of You Don't Kiss and All Fall Away which the Guardian named Pick of the Week with Tanya Franks playing the lead role at the Latchmere Theatre.
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Tanya Franks has made three short films, the last of which Franks wrote, produced, and starred in, entitled One Day.
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Tanya Franks has been in a relationship with recruitment consultant Scott Mitchell, the widower of Dame Barbara Windsor, since July 2023.