Siobhan Hayes is an actress best known for her role as Abi Harper in the British

United Kingdom

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 television series My Family.

Hayes portrayed Abi Harper as a dimwitted and clumsy student

Student

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 in the British sitcom

British sitcom

A British sitcom tends, as it does in most other countries, to be based on a family, workplace or other institution, where the same group of contrasting characters is brought together in each episode. Unlike American sitcoms, where twenty or more episodes in a season is the norm, British sitcoms...

 My Family, a role she has reprised since 2002 to 2008 when the character was written out of the programme as becoming a nun. She played office trainee Sandy in the radio version of Absolute Power. She has also made guest appearances in Little Britain

Little Britain

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, Paul Merton: The Series

Paul Merton: The Series

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, Marple: Murder at the Vicarage, Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather was a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1989 until 1998. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.The first episode sees sisters...

, and The Bill

The Bill

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early appearances included playing a pupil of class 5C from 1991 onwards in the series Up the Garden Path

Up the Garden Path

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In 2005 she appeared on the third series of the BBC

BBC

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's prime-time pro-celebrity dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

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, dancing with professional Matthew Cutler

Matthew Cutler

Matthew David Cutler is an English dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American champion. He was a professional dancer on the BBC dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing.-Early life:...

. The couple were the first to be eliminated.

On 1 February 2008, it was announced that Hayes would be playing new character Melinda in EastEnders

EastEnders

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. Melinda is the partner of the show's returning Ricky Butcher

Ricky Butcher

Richard Francis "Ricky" Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Sid Owen. Introduced as a school boy in 1988, Ricky is one of the longest-running, male protagonists to feature in EastEnders. Owen originally left the role in 2000 to pursue a music career...

 played by Sid Owen

Sid Owen

Sid Owen is an English actor, television presenter and former singer, most famous for playing the role of Ricky Butcher in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, which he appeared in from 1988 until 2000, 2002 until 2004 and then again from March 2008.-Career:Prior to his role in EastEnders he had a...

. This is Siobhan's second role in EastEnders as she also played a character called Jane on 4 July 1991.

Hayes will be starring in the 2011

2011 in film

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 British live-action 3D family comedy film Horrid Henry: The Movie

Horrid Henry the Movie

Horrid Henry: The Movie is a 3D family comedy film based on the fictional character Horrid Henry. The first British film for children to be shot in 3D, its UK release date was 29 July 2011...

, playing the role of the titular character's mother.

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