Rosie Rowell

She was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne and for a while she lived on the old Byker Estate. She trained for the theatre at London's Central School of Speech and Drama and after working in regional theatre she made her television debut in South of the Border which ran for two series then stared in Soldier Soldier for five series along with several episodes of Casualty . In addition there were appearances in Band of Gold III , The Bill and Where Theres Smoke be fore she made her film debut in Gabriel and Me