Patsy Palmer

She appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and only just missed out on the semi-final coming 4th.

As well as being an actress she owns and runs her own production company.

She played Bianca Jackson on UK soap Eastenders for 6 years.

Her first appearance on Eastenders was 16.11.1993.

One of Patsy's earliest roles was in a West End production of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

She has been married twice, she married Nick Love in 1998 but the pair divorced in 2000. She remarried in 2001 when she married Richard Merkell.

She trained to be an actress at the Anna Sher Theatre School in London.

She appeared on Strictly Come Dancing to help raise money for the Children in Need fund.

She appeared in an advert for spot cream.

Her brother Harry Harris is married to actress Lindsey Coulson who played her mum in Eastenders.

She owns and runs her own production company.

She released a workout video called Patsy Palmer - the Urban Workout.

In an interview on This Morning in 2005, Patsy called EastEnders 'rubbish'.

She was married to film-writer and director Nick Love in 1998 but it only lasted 5 months.

When she was 12 she wrote her own play about prostitution.

She has two older brothers, Albert and Harry.

Patsy has 3 children called Charlie, Fenton and Emilia.

Patsy's real name is Julie Harris.

As a child Patsy starred in Grange Hill.

Patsy appeared in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing with Anton du Beke.

Patsy is five foot seven inches tall.