| 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 |
| Domestic partner(s) | Paul Jessup |
Lisa Maxwell (born 24 November 1963) is an English actress and television presenter. She is engaged to sculptor Paul Jessup and has one child, a daughter who was born in October 1999, called Beau.
She trained at the Italia Conti Academy, and first acted on TV aged 11 in a schools programme A Place Like Home. In 1981 she participated in BBC TV's A Song for Europe as a member of the group Unity. They finished in last place with the song "For Only a Day." Her first senior role was in Remembrance (1982), and in the same year she voiced Kira in the Jim Henson film The Dark Crystal.
In 1985, she won a TV vote to become a presenter on BBC2 pop music show No Limits. The other winning presenter was Jeremy Legg.
She then went on to become a presenter on a number of children's programmes. She appeared in The Russ Abbott show in 1990 which led to her getting her own short-lived TV show, the Lisa Maxwell Show on BBC television in 1991. 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. She filmed her last scenes on The Bill on 20 March 2009, and on 26 March, 2009, she appeared as a new 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. She returned to the show on 10 June 2009.
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.[1]
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")
- Once in a Lifetime (1993) (TV) .... Mojo
- The Bill ....DS/Acting DI/DS/DI Samantha Nixon (2002-2009)
- M.I.T. (2003) .... DI Samantha Nixon
- Free Jimmy (2006) (voice) .... Lise
- Broken News
- Loose Women (2009)
References
External links
- Lisa Maxwell (actress) at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Lisa Maxwell Website
- What's on TV profile
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