Lisa Maxwell (actress)
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| 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 |
| Occupation | Actress, Television presenter |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Partner | Paul Jessup (1997-present) |
| Children | Daughter |
Lisa Maxwell (born 24 November 1963) is an English actress and television presenter.
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[edit] Early life
Born in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, South London in November 1963, she was trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts,[1] and first acted on TV aged 11 in a schools programme A Place Like Home.[citation needed] In 1981 she participated in BBC TV's A Song for Europe as a member of the group Unity.[1] They finished in last place[1] with the song "For Only a Day."[citation needed]
[edit] Acting career
Maxwell's first senior role was in Remembrance (1982),[1] and in the same year she voiced Kira in the Jim Henson film The Dark Crystal.[1]
In 1993 she was cast as Daphne Moon in Frasier, but after disagreements with the producers, she was replaced by Jane Leeves.
She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon in the ITV1 drama The Bill between 2002 and 2009.[1] She joined the cast in late-2001 and filmed her last scenes on The Bill on 20 March 2009.
[edit] Comedy
Maxwell appeared on The Russ Abbot Show[1] in 1990 which led to her getting her own short-lived TV show, the Lisa Maxwell Show on BBC television in 1991.[citation needed]
[edit] Presenting career
In 1985, Maxwell won a TV vote[citation needed] to become a presenter on BBC2 pop music show No Limits.[1] The other winning presenter was Jeremy Legg.
She then went on to become a presenter on a number of children's programmes. In March 2009 she appeared as a new co-presenter on ITV's daytime chat show, Loose Women. However soon after starting she was forced to take a break after she fractured two ribs.[citation needed] She returned to the show on 10 June 2009.
[edit] Personal life
In April 2009, during an appearance on The Paul O'Grady Show, Lisa revealed the deciding factor in her leaving was the long hours she worked on The Bill and that she had suffered two miscarriages during 2008. She also said her friend and co-star Roberta Taylor had convinced her to leave the show for the sake of her health.[2]
Maxwell has never married.[3] She is engaged to sculptor Paul Jessup[citation needed], with whom she has been in a relationship since 1997,[3] and has one child, a daughter who was born in October 1999, called Beau.[2]
[edit] Selected filmography
- Remembrance (1982)
- The Dark Crystal (1982) (voice) .... Kira
- The Tripods (1985) .... Zerlina
- The Benny Hill Show (1985) .... Hill's Angel
- Bottom (1992) .... Lily Linneker (episode 2.1 "Digger")
- Comedy Playhouse (1993) (TV) .... Mojo (episode 1.5 "Once in a Lifetime")
- The Bill ....DS/Acting DI/DS/DI Samantha Nixon (2002–2009)
- M.I.T. (2003) .... Acting DI Samantha Nixon
- Broken News (2005)
- Free Jimmy (2006) (voice) .... Lise
- Loose Women (2009–present) .... Herself - Regular panellist
- Paul O'Grady Show Christmas Pantomime (2009) Fairy Rosebud
- 71 Degrees North (2011) .... Herself - Contestant
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lisa Maxwell Loose Women, ITV, 29 April 2010
- ^ a b "Bill star reveals baby heartache" Digital Spy, 18 April 2009
- ^ a b Loose Women, 16 February 2011
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lisa Maxwell (actress) |
- Lisa Maxwell at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Lisa Maxwell website
- The Bill - Sam Nixon[dead link] What's on TV
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