Charlie Brooks
Born	Charlene Brooks May 3, 1981 (1981-05-03) (age 27) Barmouth, Wales, UK

Charlene Brooks (born May 3, 1981, Barmouth, Wales, UK) is a Welsh actress best known for playing the role of Janine Evans (neé Butcher) in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1999 until 2004. She returned to this role for four episodes in April 2008. But she will return in Autumn 2008 permanently. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Barmouth (Welsh: Abermaw (formal); Y Bermo (colloquial)) is a town in the administrative county of Gwynedd, traditional county of Merionethshire, north-western Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. ... This article is about the country. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Barmouth (Welsh: Abermaw (formal); Y Bermo (colloquial)) is a town in the administrative county of Gwynedd, traditional county of Merionethshire, north-western Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. ... This article is about the country. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... This article is about the country. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Janine Evans (née Butcher) is a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... The French word née (feminine) or né (masculine) (or the English word nee) is still commonly used in some newspapers when mentioning the maiden name of a woman in engagement or wedding announcements. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The first TIME magazine cover devoted to soap operas, dated January 12, 1976. ... Albert Square in the 1980s. ...

Acting career

Brooks has also appeared in episodes of The Bill, London's Burning, Jonathan Creek and The Demon Headmaster. This article is about the British TV series. ... Londons Burning was a television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television. ... Jonathan Creek is a British mystery television series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. ... The Front Cover of The Demon Headmaster The Demon Headmaster is a series of books by Gillian Cross which were later adapted as a television series starring Terrence Hardiman in the title role. ...

In a break from EastEnders in spring 2003, Brooks appeared in a Bill Kenwright production of the play Office Games at the Pleasance Theatre in London opposite fellow Soap Opera Alumnus Adam Rickitt. Bill Kenwright CBE (born 4 September 1945, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is an actor and producer. ... The first TIME magazine cover devoted to soap operas, dated January 12, 1976. ... Old girl redirects here. ... Adam Peter Rickitt (born 29 May 1978 in Crewe, Cheshire), is an English actor, former singer and model. ...

Brooks had a chance to show off her versatile acting skills whilst working at EastEnders as she portrayed Janine in a number of harrowing storylines involving cocaine addiction, prostitution and murder. She filmed a behind the scenes show for the BBC "The rise and fall of Janine Butcher" which aired in February 2004. It showed the history of the character Janine Butcher and also followed Brooks as she filmed her most dramatic scenes involving the murder of Janine's husband Barry Evans. For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ... Whore redirects here. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Janine Evans (née Butcher) was a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ... Barry Joseph Evans (June 18, 1943 - February 11, 1997) was an English actor and television performer best known for his appearances in British sitcoms such as Doctor in the House and Mind Your Language. ...

In May 2004, Brooks left EastEnders; after her character Janine was wrongly arrested for the murder of Laura Beale (Hannah Waterman). Her character's trial took place 18 months later, but she did not appear on screen and the character was cleared of murder. Laura Ellen Beale (née Dunn) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... As Laura Beale in Eastenders Hannah Waterman (born 22 July 1975 in London, England) is a British actress, daughter of Minder star Dennis Waterman and his second wife, actress Patricia Maynard A former pupil of Norwich High School for Girls and graduate of the University of Warwick, Waterman joined the... Look up trial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Charlie received a National Television Award nomination in 2000 for Most Popular Newcomer but lost out to Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien.She won her first award in 2001 for Best Bitch at the 2001 Inside Soap Awards, an award she also won at the 2004 Inside Soap Awards.At the 2004 British Soap Awards, Charlie won the award for Villain of the year and was also nominated in the category of Soap Bitch of the year.At the British Soap Awards 2005 she won the award for Best Exit ^[1] The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas. ...

Since leaving EastEnders, Brooks has appeared in the ITV1 drama The Golden Hour, the BBC medical drama Casualty, the 2005 BBC adaptation of Bleak House, the independent film Take 3 Girls which is yet to be released, an episode of ITV's Heartbeat and as the voice of Mary Dixon for the BBC Radio adaptation, Dixon of Dock Green. ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world[1], first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted in the UK on BBC One (with repeats on UKTV Gold). ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... Heartbeat is a long-running British TV police drama series set in 1960s Yorkshire. ... Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. ...

In December 2005, Brooks released the work-out DVD Charlie Brooks - Before and After Workout, which rapidly became the biggest-selling fitness release in the country.

During 2005, she had been approached by EastEnders bosses to return as Janine for a trial, as they had successfully approached Janine's father Frank (played by Mike Reid) for a brief comeback. She rejected the offer and the trial was filmed without her, instead focusing on the activities outside of the court. According to press reports, EastEnders bosses offered her the chance to return during the summer of 2006, but she turned the offer down, however in May 2007, Brooks admitted that she might one day return to EastEnders "if the time was right". She made a brief return in April 2008 to attend the funeral of her character's father, Frank Butcher.^[2] Francis Frank Butcher was a fictional character in the popular British soap opera EastEnders. ... Mike Reid (born 1939) is a fast-talking, gravel-voiced British cockney comedian and character actor. ... Albert Square in the 1980s. ...

In May 2006, Brooks played Beverley Allitt to much critical acclaim in a BBC1 docu-drama called Beverley Allitt: Angel of Death.^[3] In 2007 she appeared in a short run of Our Country's Good at the Liverpool Playhouse and later that year appeared in a second series of both Robin Hood and Love Soup for the BBC.^{[4] [5]} The Sun announced on 5 November 2007 that Charlie will make her return to EastEnders in the spring of 2008, appearing for four episodes to attend the funeral of Janine's father Frank Butcher (played by Mike Reid, who died in real life on 29 July 2007). Beverley Allitt (born 4 October 1968), dubbed the Angel of Death [1], was an English paediatric nurse who was convicted of killing four children and injuring nine others, in 1991, on the childrens ward of Grantham and Kesteven Hospital, Lincolnshire where she worked. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... A Docudrama or Docu-Drama is a type of work (usually a movie or television show) that combines elements of Documentary and Drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing set pieces to take dramatic liberty with events. ... Our Countrys Good is a play written in 1988 by British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally. ... The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, England. ... For other uses, see Robin Hood (disambiguation). ... Love Soup is the title of a comedy drama on the BBC which was first broadcast in September 2005. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... This article is about a British tabloid. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Francis Frank Butcher was a fictional character in the popular British soap opera EastEnders. ... Mike Reid (born 1939) is a fast-talking, gravel-voiced British cockney comedian and character actor. ... is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

Charlie briefly reprised her role in April 2008, however Charlie announced that same month she is considering a full-time return to the show. She said "We have spoken about it, and we will just have to play it by ear."^{[6] [7]}

On May 2, 2008 it was announced she will be returning permanently to EastEnders in Autumn 2008. On May 15, 2008 Charlie announced her intentions to remain at EastEnders for just a year and said she will leave for good in 2009.^[8]

Also in mid-May 2008, ITV announced it had cast Charlie in a three-part drama entitled Wired to air in the fall. The series will be directed by Kenny Glenaan and co-stars Toby Stephens, Jodie Whittaker, and Laurence Fox, among others. The drama is reportedly about an Internet banking scam, with Charlie as the innocent target.^[9] Filming has taken place in Liverpool^[10] and filming was also to take place in Manchester and London.^[11] Toby Stephens (born April 21, 1969) is an English stage, television and film actor, best known for playing supervillain Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002) and Edward Fairfax Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre (2006). ... Jodie Whittaker (born c. ... Laurence Fox (born 1978) is a British actor. ...

References

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External links

• Charlie Brooks at the Internet Movie Database
• Janine Evans, BBC character profile
• Charlie Brooks, BBC profile
• Back to square Charlie