Alicya Eyo
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| Alicya Eyo | |
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| Born | 16 December 1975 Huyton, Liverpool |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–present |
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Alicya Eyo (born 16 December 1975, Huyton, Liverpool) is a British theatre, film and television actress. She is best known for portraying Denny Blood[1] in the award-winning and critically acclaimed prison drama series Bad Girls.[2][3]
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[edit] Early life
She was brought up in the Toxteth area of Liverpool. When she was fourteen, she moved to London.
Alicya’s love of drama started when she was nine. She attended classes every Saturday, with dancing. When she won competitions, she believed it went from there. She did her drama training in King's Cross, at the Courtyard Theatre School.
[edit] Career
Her first television appearance was in 1997, in Casualty, which was filmed shortly earlier. In the same year, she made an appearance on Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. In the same year she appeared in Gold the critically acclaimed follow up Drama series to Band Of Gold as a young prostitute involved with Yardie gangsters who come over to Bradfords red light district from Leeds to clear up the Lane. In 1999, she appeared along Goldie in the David Bowie film Everybody Loves Sunshine, which is known as B.U.S.T.E.D., internationally. She also starred in the movie G:MT - Greenwich Mean Time. However, her big break came in 1998 when she was offered the part of Denny Blood, in Bad Girls. The series was broadcast in June the following year when the UK viewing public first saw Alicya Eyo as Denny Blood in a pink PVC suit dancing to the N-Trance remix of Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees. Her agent told her that the production company, Shed, were looking for a 'shit, young, black, skinhead, tattoos with piercing'.
[edit] Bad Girls
At the end of the sixth series (in which Alicya did not appear), the character of Denny Blood was voted the sixth favourite inmate on Bad Girls: Most Wanted.[4] Denny’s tragic upbringing, lead to the touching and tragic storylines with her mother, Jessie Devlin (played by Denise Black), and the relationship with stand-in mother Yvonne Atkins (Linda Henry). She also met the love of her life Shaz Wylie, who died at the end of series 4. Denny was devastated by this but found comfort in painting and was last seen being transferred to an open prison to serve the rest of her sentence. Just before Bad Girls was axed, the Bad Girls' creators were going to ask Alicya to reprise her role as Denny Blood.
During this time, Eyo also appeared in the film The Low Down, in an episode of Urban Gothic, and in Tube Tales. Both films Low Down and Tube Tales had little success at the box office, but Tube Tales was critically acclaimed.
Since leaving Bad Girls, she appeared in Holby City twice, as two separate characters, and the BBC daytime drama Doctors. She plays Gaynor Harvey in new Shed Productions drama Bombshell. However, Bombshell still has not been shown in the UK, but has made its debut in New Zealand.
[edit] Theatre
Alicya has studied at the Court Theater Training Company and has been working professionally for 14 years. Alicya has also performed at various theatres including the Royal Court Theatre, Nothingham. She also performed in the critically acclaimed play Any Which Way.[5][6]
[edit] Emmerdale
From 20 October 2011 Eyo is appearing in Emmerdale as Ruby Haswell, who is the lesbian partner of the character Alison (Ali) Spencer who is played by Kelli Hollis. Eyo is planning to stay in Emmerdale until late 2012 - early 2013.
[edit] Personal life
- She is a vegetarian.
- Alicya describes her mother as "Amazing" and says that she is her idol. "My mum is a wicked singer, I’ve rapped and done some backing vocals for her. (Her mother is Sue Eyo), she’s a jazz singer and she’s top. If I’m in Liverpool, I sometimes gig with her."
[edit] Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Everybody Loves Sunshine | Sandra | uncredited |
| 1999 | G:MT - Greenwich Mean Time | Bobby | |
| 2000 | The Low Down | Paul Girl | |
| Television | |||
| 1997 | Gold Follow Up To Band Of Gold (Just entitled Gold) | Role Young prostitute | Episode Series 3 Episode 3 Tainted Love Part 2 |
| 1997 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Trisha Grice | 1 episode - All Stitched Up |
| 1999 | Wing and a Prayer | Roz Cairnforth | 1 episode - Episode #2.1 |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | TV movie, segment - Grasshopper | |
| 2001 | Urban Gothic | Amber | 1 episodes - Sandman |
| 2003 | Bad Girls | Denny Blood | 1999–2003; main cast |
| 2004 | Doctors | Dawn Fuller | 1 episode - Love Thy Neighbour |
| 2006 | Holby City | Emma Bennet/Rae Hollins | 2004–2006; 2 episodes - A Twist of Fate, I'll Be Back |
| 2006 | Bombshell | Gunner Gaynor Harvey | main cast |
| 2006 | Spooks | Raoula | 1 episode - Gas and Oil, Part 2 |
| 2007 | The Bill | Daisy Driscoll | 1 episodes - Uncovered |
| 2009 | Paradox | Jean Fellowes | 1 episode - Episode #1.3 |
| 2010 | Casualty | Claire Lomas/Julie/Lissa Burroes | 1997–2010; 3 episodes - Private Lives, Is She Really Going Out With Him?, Life Sentence |
| 2011 | Silent Witness | Joanne McDermott | 2 episodes - First Casualty: Part 1, First Casualty: Part 2 |
| 2011 | Waterloo Road | Sandi Mansfield | 1 episode - Series 7 Episode 5 |
| 2011 | Emmerdale | Ruby Haswell | Main Cast |
[edit] References
- ^ "Bad Girls characters - Denny Blood". http://www.badgirls.co.uk/characters/denny.html. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Bad Girls official site". badgirls.co.uk. http://www.badgirls.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Bad Girls site". larkhall.skyrock.com. http://larkhall.skyrock.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Shed Productions: We Know Drama - Bad Girls Most Wanted". shedproductions.com. http://www.shedproductions.com/programmes/prog-bgmw.html. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Alicya Eyo - Acting for Camera". isda-acting.com. http://www.isda-acting.com/acting.html. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "Any Which Way review". whatsonstage.com. http://www.whatsonstage.com/blogs/offwestend/?p=685. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
