Tanya Franks
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Tanya Franks 16 August 1967 |
| Occupation | Actress, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Website | tanyafranks |
Tanya Franks (born 16 August 1967) is an English actress, writer and producer, who is most known for starring roles on television in Family Affairs, The Bill, Pulling, as Rainie Cross in EastEnders, and Lucy Stevens in Broadchurch. Franks is also the founder of Stock-pot Productions, a film and theatre production company. She returned to EastEnders in 2011 as a regular, but later departed and made a surprise return to the show in 2014.
Franks worked for 14 years in theatre both in the UK and abroad. Her roles included the title role in Tess at The Kings Head Theatre in London in 1989 which was Time Out's Critics Choice, and Sylv in Steven Berkoff's 25th Anniversary production of East at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End and on tour. Tanya then rose to prominence when her TV career began in 2000, after being cast in the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs as Karen Ellis. Franks continued in the soap opera for three years, with storylines including a cancer scare, infertility, surrogacy, and a child custody battle, before leaving the series in 2003. In 2004, Franks was cast as DI Rowanne Morell in the long-running ITV1 police serial-drama The Bill. Franks stayed with the serial for over a year, with her character investigating various murders of police officers and police corruption.
In 2005, Franks appeared as a guest lead in an episode of the BBC1 medical serial-drama Holby City and in 2006, Franks appeared in an episode of the BBC1 drama series Doctors.
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