Melissa Suffield
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Melissa Hollie Suffield (born 24 December 1992) is a British actress from London
, best known for her role in the BBC
soap opera
EastEnders
as Lucy Beale
. Her first appearance on the show was 28 October 2004 and her last on 27 August 2010.
, entitled Toys: in 1953. She was featured in an advertisement for 'Master Storyteller, Magic Grandad', 1 episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot
(Five Little Pigs) and in two episodes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. She is a voice for one of the children in CBeebies
toddlers programme Boo! She appeared on The Friday Night Project
in 2005. Melissa helped raise money for Children in Need
in 2007 by appearing in a special Beatles medley featuring cast from EastEnders and in Children In Need 2008 doing a West End
when Melissa did Mary Poppins
. She also appeared in a Motown medley for Children in Need
2009. Melissa is best known for her appearance in television soap
EastEnders, where she played Lucy Beale
, daughter of Ian Beale
, a long standing character. She also appeared in the 2010 spin-off series EastEnders: E20
as Lucy.
Suffield is currently filming Rough and Ready II, where she will play Sammy.
, England. She plays the guitar and piano among many other instruments at which she is skilled. Although she does not take lessons or perform, she enjoys singing too, as was shown in the EastEnders Beatles medley for Children in Need 2007
and in the 2008 appeal, in which she performed a song from the stage version of Mary Poppins
, alongside Laurie Brett
, who plays her on-screen stepmother, Jane Beale. She has since reprised a singing role in the EastEnders Children in Need medley for 2009. She has taken ballet
lessons since the age of two, and still dances under the Royal Academy of Dance
syllabus at the intermediate grade. Suffield has three sisters; Jessica, Daisy and Annabelle.
In August 2009, Suffield took part in a documentary called 16: Too Young To Vote? as part of BBC Three
's Adult Season, where she journeys around the United Kingdom
to find out whether 16-year-olds should get the right to vote. In September 2009 she reported for the BBC Watchdog
programme on the dangers of sunbeds. She also exposed centres that were not following guidelines by checking peoples ages. She took part in a celebrity version of total wipeout.
In May 2010 it was announced that she had been axed from EastEnders after she allegedly ignored warnings about her "unruly" behaviour, although the character would be retained with another actress in the role.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, best known for her role 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 opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
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...
as Lucy Beale
Lucy Beale
Lucy Katherine Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Eva Brittin-Snell from 1993 to 1996, Casey Anne Rothery from 1996 until 2004, Melissa Suffield from 2004 to 2010 and Hetti Bywater from 2012 onwards. Lucy was introduced in December 1993 as the newborn baby...
. Her first appearance on the show was 28 October 2004 and her last on 27 August 2010.
Career
Suffield's first professional acting role was in a 2003 episode of the children's series Magic GrandadMagic Grandad
Magic Grandad was an educational programme which originally aired on BBC Two Schools section Watch during 1995. The show saw Magic Grandad played by Geoffrey Bayldon take his young grandchildren, played by Kristy Bruce and James Moreno, back in time to such historical moments as the Great fire of...
, entitled Toys: in 1953. She was featured in an advertisement for 'Master Storyteller, Magic Grandad', 1 episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios...
(Five Little Pigs) and in two episodes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. She is a voice for one of the children in CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
toddlers programme Boo! She appeared on The Friday Night Project
The Friday Night Project
The Sunday Night Project was a British comedy-variety show by Princess Productions that first aired on Channel 4 in February 2005 under the title The Friday Night Project...
in 2005. Melissa helped raise money for Children in Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
in 2007 by appearing in a special Beatles medley featuring cast from EastEnders and in Children In Need 2008 doing a West End
West End of London
The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment . Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...
when Melissa did Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is a series of children's books written by P. L. Travers and originally illustrated by Mary Shepard. The books centre on a magical English nanny, Mary Poppins. She is blown by the East wind to Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London and into the Banks' household to care for their...
. She also appeared in a Motown medley for Children in Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
2009. Melissa is best known for her appearance in television soap
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
EastEnders, where she played Lucy Beale
Lucy Beale
Lucy Katherine Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Eva Brittin-Snell from 1993 to 1996, Casey Anne Rothery from 1996 until 2004, Melissa Suffield from 2004 to 2010 and Hetti Bywater from 2012 onwards. Lucy was introduced in December 1993 as the newborn baby...
, daughter of Ian Beale
Ian Beale
Ian Albert Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Adam Woodyatt. He is the longest-serving character and the only remaining original character to have appeared continuously since the first episode on 19 February 1985...
, a long standing character. She also appeared in the 2010 spin-off series EastEnders: E20
EastEnders: E20
EastEnders: E20 is a British Internet soap opera, which began airing on 8 January 2010. A spin-off from the established BBC soap EastEnders, it is set in EastEnders regular setting of Albert Square, a Victorian square in the fictional borough of Walford, in the East End of London...
as Lucy.
Suffield is currently filming Rough and Ready II, where she will play Sammy.
Personal life
Suffield was born on 24 December 1992 in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England. She plays the guitar and piano among many other instruments at which she is skilled. Although she does not take lessons or perform, she enjoys singing too, as was shown in the EastEnders Beatles medley for Children in Need 2007
Children in Need 2007
Children in Need 2007 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for Children in Need. It culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One on the evening of Friday 16 November, through to the morning of Saturday 17 November. The broadcast was hosted by Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton, joined...
and in the 2008 appeal, in which she performed a song from the stage version of Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is a series of children's books written by P. L. Travers and originally illustrated by Mary Shepard. The books centre on a magical English nanny, Mary Poppins. She is blown by the East wind to Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London and into the Banks' household to care for their...
, alongside Laurie Brett
Laurie Brett
Laurie Brett is a Scottish actress, currently known for her role as Jane Beale in EastEnders, in which she has starred since 2004.-Personal life:...
, who plays her on-screen stepmother, Jane Beale. She has since reprised a singing role in the EastEnders Children in Need medley for 2009. She has taken ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
lessons since the age of two, and still dances under the Royal Academy of Dance
Royal Academy of Dance
The Royal Academy of Dance is an international dance education and training organization, and examination board that specialises in the teaching and technique of Ballet. The RAD was established in London, England in 1920 as the Association of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain, and received its...
syllabus at the intermediate grade. Suffield has three sisters; Jessica, Daisy and Annabelle.
In August 2009, Suffield took part in a documentary called 16: Too Young To Vote? as part of BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
's Adult Season, where she journeys around the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
to find out whether 16-year-olds should get the right to vote. In September 2009 she reported for the BBC Watchdog
Watchdog (TV series)
Watchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers' reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK...
programme on the dangers of sunbeds. She also exposed centres that were not following guidelines by checking peoples ages. She took part in a celebrity version of total wipeout.
In May 2010 it was announced that she had been axed from EastEnders after she allegedly ignored warnings about her "unruly" behaviour, although the character would be retained with another actress in the role.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rough and Ready II | Sammy | Filming |
| 2010 | Little Crackers | Alison | In the episode "First Kiss" |
| 2004-10 | 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... |
Lucy Beale Lucy Beale Lucy Katherine Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Eva Brittin-Snell from 1993 to 1996, Casey Anne Rothery from 1996 until 2004, Melissa Suffield from 2004 to 2010 and Hetti Bywater from 2012 onwards. Lucy was introduced in December 1993 as the newborn baby... |
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| 2003 | Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios... |
Young Lucy | In the episode Five Little Pigs |
| 2003 | Magic Grandad Magic Grandad Magic Grandad was an educational programme which originally aired on BBC Two Schools section Watch during 1995. The show saw Magic Grandad played by Geoffrey Bayldon take his young grandchildren, played by Kristy Bruce and James Moreno, back in time to such historical moments as the Great fire of... |
Melissa | In the episode Toys: in 1953 |
Stage Credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Beauty and the Beast | Belle | Touring |
| 2010-11 | Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740... |
Belle Belle Belle is the feminine form of the French word which means beautiful.It may also refer to:-Business:* Belle Baby Carriers, a U.S. baby carrier manufacturer* Belle International, a Chinese footwear retailer-Computers and software:... |
Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone |
| 2010 | Olly's Prison | Sheila | The Cock Tavern |
External links
- Melissa Suffield at the BBC