Woman’s Own – 19 August 2019

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of the week

You’rebacktreadingtheboardsin

musicaltheatreinEverybody’s

TalkingAboutJamie...

I playMissHedge!I sawthisshow

whenit openedandI lovedit,and

sodidmykids– I have13-year-old

twingirls.I wasactuallyupforthe

roleofJamie’smuma coupleof

yearsagoandI decidedI wasn’t

ready.I wasplaying

RoxyinEastEnders

butwhenthisrole

cameupI waslike,

‘Yes!I wanttodothis!’

ExCorrieactorBill

Wardisindragasyourco-star...

He’sa legend.Weworkedtogether

whenI didthestageshowof

LegallyBlonde. I knowhimasa real

bloke,andwhenI firstsawhim

comeoutin theheelsI died,just

watchinghimtotteringaround.

Buthe’sdoingamazingly.

Doesmusicaltheatrefeellike

anaturalhomeforyou?

It does.Despitethenerves,onceI

getgoingI’msohappy.WhenI left

EastEndersmyagenttalkedme

intodoingLegallyBlondeandI

endeduplovingeverysecond.

Didyouhavethe fear when you

leftEastEnders after 10 years?

I’dstartedtothink I’d love to do

somethingelse, but I didn’t want to

leave such a secure

job. But I got a kick

up the bum when

they killed me off

and it couldn’t have

worked out better.

Notably,lastyear’s I’m A

Celebrity...how was that?

I lovedit andhated it at the same

time.I’ddoit again tomorrow but

CLEMMIE CAM!

She’smyaccess-all-areaspetpooch

CHILD’SPLAY!

Kids’TVfavouritesDickandDom

(ofDick& DomindaBungalow)

indahousewithClemmie.

FormerEastEnders

andI’mA Celebrity

starRitaSimonson

livingherbestlife...

‘I gota kick up the bum

when they killed Roxy off’

Clemmiegets

upcloseto

thepresenters

Inthejungleon

I’mA Celebrity

lastyear

isseriously

tough’

ÔI’m A Celeb

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