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| Laurie Brett | |
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| Born | Laurie Brett |
| Occupation | Actor |
Laurie Brett (born 1970) is a Scottish actress, currently known for her role as Jane Beale in EastEnders, in which she has starred since 2004.
Personal life
Brett was born in Hamilton, Scotland. She studied at the London Studio Centre. She is fluent in Spanish. She has participated in various charity events.
Brett was in a relationship with a musician named Dave Evans for six years. The couple met on a blind date in 2001 and got engaged; however, they split in 2007 before the wedding. Laurie told the Sunday Mirror, "It's an amicable split and we remain good friends."
On the Richard and Judy show, she revealed she speaks with a Scottish accent. However, on moving to London, she dropped the accent and can speak as a Londoner - fitting for her EastEnders role.
Brett has admitted to being a bit of a wild child in her youth, drinking heavily for 20 years.
Career
Brett has admitted that she was a self-starter in the entertainment business. As a child she had ballet lessons but was later forced to give this up due to a knee injury. At age 17 she left Scotland to attend drama school in London, whilst at drama school she earned a living working as a bouncer at a club, an usherette and also as a stage technician. However Brett wished to act full time and for this an Equity Card was required. The Stage newspaper offered one to actors signing up with Circo Magico Italiano so Brett signed to join.
She has toured with Circo Magico Italiano, a travelling circus, in Mexico and Central America, played a prostitute in the London production of the musical Les Misérables (her singing and dancing skills have made her a regular in the musical theatre), starred in fringe theatre productions and she has appeared in the UK Tour of The Rocky Horror Show as Magenta, starring alongside Jason Donovan as Frank. She has appeared in the musical Smokey Joe's Cafe.
Brett made her television debut in London's Burning (as an office girl) in 1992. She has appeared in several television advertisements, including most notably Learn Direct Scotland commercials.
Brett has made appearances on The Bill, My Hero, Family Affairs. It was when she was performing in Les Misérables that she was spotted by an EastEnders casting director.
She made her first appearance in EastEnders in June 2004, at which time the character was known as Jane Collins.
She participated in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 telethon appeals for Children in Need where she sang alongside the rest of the EastEnders cast. In the 2008 appeal, she was cast as Mary Poppins. She also appears as Jane in the 2010 spin-off series EastEnders: E20.
References
- ^ Brown, Allan (28.05.06). "Well, would you just Adam and Eve it?". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Grant Hodgson (February 11, 2007). Laurie: it's the ender for me and my lover. Sunday Mirror.
- Barber, Richard (2005-07-31). "I Just Loved A Wild Drunkard". United Kingdom: Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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