Diane Parish

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Diane Parish
Born (1969-11-01) 1 November 1969 (age 52)
Chelsea, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Children2

Diane Parish (born 1 November 1969) is an English actress. Born in Chelsea, London and a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Parish has appeared on British television for over two decades. She has appeared in a number of TV shows over the years, including the ITV dramas The Bill and M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team playing Detective Eva Sharpe. She is perhaps best known for her two roles in BBC One soap opera EastEnders. For a few episodes in 1998, she played singer Lola Christie. Since 2006 Parish has portrayed the character Denise Fox.[1] She is also known for appearing in two series of the BBC One comedy-drama Lovejoy (1993–1994).

Career[]

After graduating from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she worked mainly in theatre, including playing Cordelia in Talawa Theatre Company's 1994 production of King Lear.[2]

Parish has appeared in various television roles. In Lovejoy, she played Beth Taylor, the replacement for the character Eric Catchpole. Another television role was as Lola Christie, girlfriend of Mick McFarlane, the manager of the EastEnders night cafe, in 1998.[3]

Parish has also appeared in television dramas including The Bill and its spin-off M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, playing DC Eva Sharpe. Before The Bill she starred in Babyfather, for which she received the Royal Television Society's best actress award in 2001 – the first black actor to win a major RTS award.[3] Parish returned to EastEnders in May 2006, but this time playing regular character Denise Fox.[4] She departed from the soap opera temporarily in January 2008 in order to give birth to her daughter, returning in June 2008.[5] Parish also appeared as Millie in the 1996 film Indian Summer (also released under the title Alive And Kicking).

Filmography[]

Year Film Role Notes
1993 Frank Stubbs Receptionist Episode: "Starlet"
1993 Screen One Blackpool Waitress Episode: "Wide-Eyed and Legless"
1993–1994 Lovejoy Beth Taylor Main role (series 5–6)
1996 The Final Passage Milkie TV film
1996 Indian Summer Millie Film; also marketed as Alive and Kicking
1997 Casualty Donna Episode: "Déjà Vu"
1997 Holding On Janet TV mini-series
1998 Picking Up the Pieces Lisa Gee TV series
1998 Driving Miss Daisy Crazy Daisy Short film
1998 EastEnders Lola Christie Regular role
1999 Real Women Rachel TV series
2000 The Vice Shirley Robinson Episodes: "Betrayed: Parts 1 & 2", "Lovesick: Parts 1 & 2"
2000–2001 Clocking Off Sylvia Robinson Main role (series 1–2)
2001 Comedy Lab Jacks Episode: "Turn the World Down"
2001–2002 Babyfather Lesley Bailey Regular role
2002–2004 The Bill Eva Sharpe Regular role (series 18–20)
2005 Holby City Lucy Faulds Episode: "Live and Let Die"
2005 Murder Investigation Team Eva Sharpe Episodes #2.1, #2.2, #2.3, #2.4
2005 Waking the Dead Sheryl Palliser Episodes: "Black Run: Parts 1 & 2"
2006–present EastEnders Denise Fox Regular role, 1,200+ episodes (so far)
2010 East Street Charity crossover between Coronation Street and EastEnders
2010 EastEnders: Farewell Stacey Television film
2012 The B&B: Kim's Place 2 episodes: "The Deadline", "Branching Out"
2014 EastEnders: The Ghosts of Ian Beale Charity special
2020 The Queen Vic Quiz Night Charity crossover between Coronation Street and EastEnders
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square Herself Episode: "Denise and Kim"

References[]

  1. ^ "Diane Parish age and career before playing EastEnders' Denise Fox". Metro. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  2. ^ "Yvonne Brewster: Nobody was offering black actors Shakespeare so we staged our King Lear". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Changing the scenery". BBC News. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Kellie Shirley and Diane Parish to join EastEnders" (Press release). BBC. 7 November 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  5. ^ Green, Kris (18 August 2007). "'Kevin Wicks' quits 'EastEnders'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

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