Lisa Maxwell (actress)
| Lisa Maxwell | |
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at the 2009 BAFTA award ceremony in London
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| Born |
24 November 1963 Elephant and Castle, London, England |
| Residence | Cotswolds |
| Occupation | Actress, television presenter |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Jessup (m. 2014) |
| Children | 1 |
Lisa Maxwell (born 24 November 1963) is an English actress and television presenter, best known for her roles in The Bill between 2002 and 2009. In 2009, Lisa joined the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women as a regular panellist and stayed until March 2014.
Born in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, south London in November 1963, she was trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, and first acted on TV aged 11 in a schools programme A Place Like Home. In 1981 she participated in BBC TV's A Song for Europe as a member of the group Unity. They finished in last place with the song "For Only a Day". When she was conceived, her father John Murphy had a pregnant wife. Her 22-year-old mother Val returned to her parents' home, where all three brought her up. She met her father for the first time when she was 45. She has three paternal half-siblings.
Maxwell's first senior role was in Remembrance (1982), and in the same year she voiced Kira in the Jim Henson film The Dark Crystal.
In 1993 she auditioned for the part of Daphne Moon in Frasier, but the part eventually went to Jane Leeves.
She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon in the ITV1 drama The Bill between 2002 and 2009. She joined the cast in late-2001 and filmed her last scenes on The Bill on 20 March 2009.
In September 2013 she appeared in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, playing Naomi, the girlfriend of established character, David Wicks (Michael French).
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