Roberta Taylor
| Roberta Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Roberta Alexandra Mary Roberts 26 February 1948 West Ham, East London Essex England |
| Occupation | Actress, author |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse(s) | Victor Taylor (1966-1970s) (divorced) Peter Guinness (m. 1996) |
| Children | 1 |
Roberta Alexandra Mary Taylor (née Roberts; born 26 February 1948) is an English actress and author. She is best known for her roles of Irene Raymond in EastEnders (1997–2000), and Inspector Gina Gold in The Bill (2002–2008).
Taylor worked in the theatre and appeared at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre from 1980 to 1992. During that period, she played La Duchesse de Guermantes in a stage adaptation of Marcel Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) entitled A Waste of Time, in which Rupert Everett and Gary Oldman were also in the cast. She was also seen in Noël Coward's Design for Living, Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband. She was the Princess Kosmonopolis in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth in 1992, and in 1995 played the Nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Lyric Hammersmith.
She has also appeared in episodes of the television series Doctors, Sharman, Holby City, Silent Witness and Inspector Morse. She has appeared as a guest on The Paul O'Grady Show and in the films The Witches (1990) and Tom & Viv (1994). She has also appeared as herself on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
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