Diane Parish
Encyclopedia
Diane Parish is a British
actress best known for her role as Denise Johnson in the BBC
Soap
EastEnders
and DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill
.
(RADA) she worked mainly in theatre
, using the received pronunciation
she was taught at RADA to extend her repertoire of Shakespeare. She also undertook some minor television roles including Beth Taylor alongside Ian McShane
in Lovejoy
, and Lola Christie, girlfriend of Mick McFarlane, the manager of the EastEnders
night cafe, in 1998.
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.
Parish returned to EastEnders
in May 2006 but this time playing regular character Denise Fox. She departed from the soap opera temporarily in January 2008 in order to give birth to her daughter, returning in June 2008.
Parish made an appearance in the 1996 film Indian Summer
, also released by the name Alive And Kicking
and played the character named Millie. In the film, Parish is briefly nude in many shots.
England
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actress best known for her role as Denise Johnson in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Soap
Soap
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EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
and DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
.
Career
After graduating from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic ArtRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
(RADA) she worked mainly in theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, using the received pronunciation
Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation , also called the Queen's English, Oxford English or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms...
she was taught at RADA to extend her repertoire of Shakespeare. She also undertook some minor television roles including Beth Taylor alongside Ian McShane
Ian McShane
Ian David McShane is an English actor, director, producer, voice artist, and comedian.Despite appearing in numerous films, McShane is best known for his television roles, particularly the BBC's Lovejoy and HBO's Western drama Deadwood...
in Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Lovejoy is a TV series about the adventures of Lovejoy, a British antiques dealer and faker based in East Anglia, a less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue. The episodes were based on a series of picaresque novels by John Grant...
, and Lola Christie, girlfriend of Mick McFarlane, the manager of the EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
night cafe, in 1998.
Parish has also appeared in television dramas including The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
and its spin-off M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (TV series)
MIT: Murder Investigation Team was a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long running series, The Bill. The series is based around the investigations of a London Murder Investigation Team, and is closely styled after the American series CSI:...
, playing DC Eva Sharpe. Before The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
she starred in Babyfather
Babyfather
Babyfather is a BBC Two television programme which aired in the UK in 2001 and 2002. The show has been described as a "black, male, UK version of Sex and the City". It ran for two series, and was based on a novel written by Patrick Augustus. The writers of the screenplay include Avril E...
, for which she received the Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
's best actress award in 2001 – the first black
Black British
Black British is a term used to describe British people of Black African descent, especially those of Afro-Caribbean background. The term has been used from the 1950s to refer to Black people from former British colonies in the West Indies and Africa, who are residents of the United Kingdom and...
actor to win a major RTS award.
Parish returned to EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
in May 2006 but this time playing regular character Denise Fox. She departed from the soap opera temporarily in January 2008 in order to give birth to her daughter, returning in June 2008.
Parish made an appearance in the 1996 film Indian Summer
Indian Summer (1996 film)
Indian Summer, also known as Alive & Kicking, is a 1996 British drama film directed by Nancy Meckler, written by Martin Sherman and starring Jason Flemyng, Antony Sher and Bill Nighy. A young dancer becomes seriously ill, and finds comfort with an older man. The title comes from Indian...
, also released by the name Alive And Kicking
Alive and Kicking
Alive and Kicking may refer to:* Alive & Kicking an African social enterprise* Alive N Kickin', a U.S. band formerly known as Alive and Kicking* "Alive and Kickin'", a song by Mr.Big from the 1991 album Lean into It...
and played the character named Millie. In the film, Parish is briefly nude in many shots.
Filmography
- LovejoyLovejoyLovejoy is a TV series about the adventures of Lovejoy, a British antiques dealer and faker based in East Anglia, a less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue. The episodes were based on a series of picaresque novels by John Grant...
– Beth Taylor (1993–94) - The Final PassageThe Final PassageThe Final Passage is Caryl Phillips's debut novel. First published in 1985, it is about the Caribbean diaspora exemplified in the lives of a young family from a small island of the British West Indies who decide to join the 1950s exodus to the mother country...
– Milkie (1996) - Indian SummerIndian Summer (1996 film)Indian Summer, also known as Alive & Kicking, is a 1996 British drama film directed by Nancy Meckler, written by Martin Sherman and starring Jason Flemyng, Antony Sher and Bill Nighy. A young dancer becomes seriously ill, and finds comfort with an older man. The title comes from Indian...
– Millie (1996) - Holding On – Janet (1997)
- EastEndersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
– Lola Christie (1998) - Picking up the Pieces – Lisa Gee (1998)
- Real Women – Rachel (1998)
- Clocking OffClocking OffClocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott...
– Sylvia Robinson (2000–02) - BabyfatherBabyfatherBabyfather is a BBC Two television programme which aired in the UK in 2001 and 2002. The show has been described as a "black, male, UK version of Sex and the City". It ran for two series, and was based on a novel written by Patrick Augustus. The writers of the screenplay include Avril E...
– Lesley Bailey (2001–02) - The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
– DC Eva Sharpe (2002–04) - M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team – DC Eva Sharpe (2005)
- EastEndersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
– Denise FoxDenise FoxDenise Celeste Fox is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Diane Parish. She made her first appearance on 11 May 2006. Parish temporarily left EastEnders in early 2008 to give birth to her second child...
(2006—)