EastEnders character
Chrissie Watts
Portrayed by	Tracy-Ann Oberman
Duration	2004–2005
First appearance	29 April 2004
Last appearance	9 December 2005
Date of birth	18 March 1968
Marital status	Widowed
Home	Prison
Occupation	Barmaid
Family	Den

Christine "Chrissie" Watts was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Tracy-Ann Oberman. From April 2004 to December 2005, Chrissie was the landlady of The Queen Victoria public house. Image File history File links Chrissie_watts_ee. ... Tracy-Ann Oberman on EastEnders Revealed Tracy-Ann Oberman (born August 1970 in England) is a British Jewish television and radio actress, best known for her role as Chrissie Watts in the soap opera EastEnders. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... A widow is a woman whose spouse has died. ... Dennis Den Watts was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[3] and continuing to date. ... Tracy-Ann Oberman on EastEnders Revealed Tracy-Ann Oberman (born August 1970 in England) is a British Jewish television and radio actress, best known for her role as Chrissie Watts in the soap opera EastEnders. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in April • 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara • 19 Norris McWhirter • 22 Pat Tillman • 24 Estée Lauder Other recent deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Reconstruction of Iraq – Occupation & Resistance Israeli... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... When the soap began the outside of The Vic was painted brown. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

She is perhaps best known for killing the character of Den Watts, her husband, in an episode that was watched by 14.34 million British TV viewers. She was also well-known for her tough character and extreme manipulation to make sure things went smoothly in her favour. She would face facts and put up a fight, rather than turn to the bottle like Den's first wife, Angie. Dennis Den Watts was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Angela Angie Watts (née Shaw) was a fictional character on the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

Arrival and storylines

At the end of April 2004 (the night Laura Beale fell down her stairs to her death), tough-charactered Chrissie turned up in Walford in search of Den Watts — her husband! When their marriage turned sour, he'd sold their bar in Spain and ran off with the money, and she was here to get what was hers. Somehow, Den managed to persuade her to give their marriage another try, and to stay in Walford with him. She was shocked to be introduced to his children (she never knew he had kids), Sharon, Dennis, and Vicki and that while he was in Spain with her, he was in exile after faking his own death. She soon hit it off with Den's kids and started to work as a hairdresser in Kate Mitchell's nail salon, SophistiKate's, but tragedy was round the corner when she discovered that Den was having an affair with Kate. She confronted her work partner as she hacked off most of her hair. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in April • 18 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara • 19 Norris McWhirter • 22 Pat Tillman • 24 Estée Lauder Other recent deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Reconstruction of Iraq – Occupation & Resistance Israeli... Laura Ellen Beale (née Dunn) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Dennis Den Watts was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham. ... Sharon Anne Rickman (née Hanley, previously Watts and Mitchell) is a fictional character in the popular BBC1 soap opera EastEnders. ... Dennis Rickman was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Vicki Fowler was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... A hairdresser is someone whose occupation is to cut or style hair, in order to change or maintain a persons image as they desire. ... Kate Mitchell (née Morton; previously Tyler (undercover police name)) was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by Geordie actress Jill Halfpenny. ...

Soon after, she patched things up with Kate and they worked together again, and also managed to forgive Den, although promised that she'd kill him if he ever cheated on her again. This threat would ironically come true just several months later...

After Den bought The Queen Vic (he actually worked with corrupt lawyer Marcus Christie to con Sam Hunter out of it by saying that her brother Phil needed her to sell his businesses and raise money for him, although Marcus ran off with the said cash), his former pub, his son, Dennis and (adoptive) daughter, Sharon announced over Christmas dinner that they'd started an affair again and that nothing would come between them this time. When the soap began the outside of The Vic was painted brown. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Samantha (Sam) Hunter is a fictional character in the popular BBC1 soap opera EastEnders. ... Phillip James Phil Mitchell is a long-running fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Dennis Rickman was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Sharon Anne Rickman (née Hanley, previously Watts and Mitchell) is a fictional character in the popular BBC1 soap opera EastEnders. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. ...

A disgusted Den threw his third attempt to split them up, this time by telling Zoe Slater (Dennis's girlfriend) to fake a pregnancy. She did so, and Dennis reluctantly chose to stand by Zoe, while Sharon fled to America. Vicki also left with her, after overhearing Den admit that he didn't truly love her. Zoe Slater was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized...

Heartbreak

In January 2005, Den and Zoe had to think quick to carry on their big lie about her fake pregnancy as the time went by, and Den mentally manipulated her into sleeping with him in order to produce a baby which she would pass off as Dennis's. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15...

However, Dennis caught the pair in bed, and after being told the whole truth by Zoe, he told Chrissie (who kept quiet and didn't let on that she knew) and decided to search for Sharon.

Zoe, meanwhile, discovered that she was pregnant with Den's baby. Chrissie (secretly knowing that the unborn child was not Dennis's) persuaded Zoe that aborting the baby would be the right decision. Then, during a row with Zoe, she let on that she knew everything, but she, Zoe, and Sam Hunter (known to the public at the time as 'the three witches of Walford') teamed together to get revenge on Den (Chrissie for his lies and adultery; Zoe for forcing her to fake a pregnancy and then sleep with him; and Sam for losing her pub to Den in a corrupt scheme that he was involved in). An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. ... Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse. ...

Revenge

Zoe saves Chrissie from Den.

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On 18 February 2005, the three women stood together in The Vic and confronted an indifferent Den. He took it in his stride and openly talked about all of his sins (including making Zoe pregnant to keep Dennis and Sharon apart etc.), blissfully unaware that he was making Chrissie's master plan work. This plan was in the form of Sharon, who was secretly hiding in the dark shadows at the other side of the pub, listening to her father. She appeared, and told Den that her father died a long time ago, and that she was an orphan, before fleeing Albert Square once again. February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... When the soap began the outside of The Vic was painted brown. ... Orphans, by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ορφανός) is a person (typically a child), who has lost both parents, often through death. ... Albert Square is the fictional location of the British soap opera Eastenders. ...

Chrissie knew that Sharon as Den's Princess, was the one person he truly loved and cared about. She knew that losing Den the love of his favourite child would destroy him. Shortly after Sharon's departure she taunted him. Unable to contain his rage Den attacked his wife and bashed her head against the fruit machine.

Chrissie knneling over Den's body.

Zoe picked up the nearest object (a metal, dog-shaped doorstop ironically belonging to Den's long-time enemy, Pauline Fowler) and whacked Den over the head with it. He fell to the ground. Perceiving him to be dead, Zoe and Sam went upstairs. Suddenly Den grabbed Chrissie's leg, speaking his famous last words: "You'll never get me out of The Vic", which proved true when she picked up the doorstop and delivered the fatal blow to his head (secretly watched by Sam, who was in the doorway). The three women buried him in a hole in the pub's cellar. The hole was filled with cement the next morning. Image File history File links Dens_death77. ... Image File history File links Dens_death77. ... Pauline Fowler (née Beale) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played continuously by actress Wendy Richard[1] from the shows first episode on 19 February 1985 and remaining on-screen for almost twenty-two years. ...

Despite knowing her innocence, Chrissie allowed Zoe to believe that she had delivered the fatal blow. Consequently a power struggle broke out between Sam and Chrissie with each woman trying to gain control of Zoe.

Chrissie claimed that Den had run off with another woman and attempted to make her story convincing by throwing his clothes into the street and engaging in a bogus phone conversation with him in front of a packed pub. She successfully managed to remove Zoe from the Square and Sam's descent into binge-drinking and depression enabled her to exploit her.

Blackmail and framing

Sam took the doorstop and hid it under the sink in her flat, and began to blackmail Chrissie by saying that, unless she didn't hand over the pub, she would tell Zoe the truth. Despite months of threats, Chrissie eventually stood up to Sam, which led to her telling Zoe everything. She punched Chrissie before confronting her, and fled to Spain after admitting to her mum, Kat, that Chrissie had killed Den and that was why she was so keen to leave. Kathleen Kat Moon (née Slater) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

The heat was on for Chrissie as Dennis and Sharon had returned to Walford in search of their father. Kat often made snide remarks and Sam grew frustrated as she was now out of work, struggling to pay the rent and hadn't got The Queen Vic back, so, as Dennis and Sharon got married, she smashed up Den's grave, in the hope that Chrissie would finally be sent down for his death. This backfired and Sam found herself being arrested on suspicion of murder as Den's bloodstains were found under her sink (from the doorstop that she had stolen after Den's killing) and her constant changing of her story (she still didn't tell the whole truth, and tried to eliminate herself from the scene of crime so that she wouldn't be sent down). Chrissie made Kat get her cousin, Stacey, to make a false alibi by saying that Zoe and Chrissie spent had a watched a video together on the night Den died, otherwise Chrissie would drag Zoe down into the mess. When the soap began the outside of The Vic was painted brown. ... Stacey Slater is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

Sam's mother, Peggy Mitchell, returned to Walford to free Sam, and slapped Chrissie during Den's funeral. The slap caused Chrissie to fall into Den's grave, on top of the coffin. Margaret Peggy Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

Peggy also met an old nemesis, Johnny Allen, and revealed the so-called 'do-gooder's' past secrets, such as chopping a prostitute's fingers off, and battering and stamping on a man who had made a spelling error on a birthday cake, although this was overheard by Johnny's daughter, Ruby, who severed all ties with her father, leading to an infuriated Johnny to pay a man to attack Peggy, though she was saved just in time by her sons, Phil and Grant, who had returned to the Square. Jonathan Johnny Allen was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Billy Murray. ... Ruby Allen was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Phillip James Phil Mitchell is a long-running fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Grant Anthony Mitchell was a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ...

Chrissie and her boyfriend, Jake Moon (to whom she'd already confessed the murder), planned to sell the pub to Johnny Allen (and a mystery second buyer) and flee the country, although the Mitchell brothers taunting strained Chrissie, and even managed to convince Sharon of her guilt after arranging a visit with Sam in prison. They also tried to break Stacey's alibi, but to no avail. Jacob Jake Moon was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

When everything looked doomed, Jake and Chrissie had an argument in Johnny's club, Scarlet's, in which she made intimate references to murdering Den. This was caught on CCTV by Johnny who informed Jake, who told Chrissie, who went to Johnny and begged him not to show anyone the tape. She also asked if she could get the money for the Vic right at that minute. Johnny took advantage of her and said the only way she could get the money and go free was if she slept with him. Johnny leaned in and kissed her and she started crying, saying she couldn't hurt Jake. Johnny told her that since she hadn't slept with him, she wouldn't get the money. Then Johnny told the Mitchells about the tape. Surveillance cameras. ...

Downfall

Meanwhile, Chrissie discovered that Ian was buying the pub, and she and Jake made a quick sale of £25,000 on 8 November 2005 to Ian before quickly fleeing the Square straight after. Unfortunately for Jake and Chrissie, at Stansted airport, they turned around to see Sharon, with Phil Mitchell and Grant Mitchell standing opposite them with the police. She punched Chrissie, who was then arrested for Den's murder. While in the interview room, Chrissie said that she would only co-operate with them in exchange for a meeting with Sharon. This was earned, and she tried to make Sharon realise why she killed her father, but to no avail. She also revealed that she forged Den's signature on the document in which Den handed over the pub to Chrissie, thus The Queen Vic legally belonging to Sharon, as Den's next of kin. November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Phillip James Phil Mitchell is a long-running fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Grant Anthony Mitchell was a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ...

On 5 December 2005 Jake Moon went to visit Chrissie in jail and asked her to marry him. However, when she found out that he had lost the £25,000 that was to be her bail money, she stormed out of the visiting room after calling Jake an idiot. December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jacob Jake Moon was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

After a week in prison, she sacked her solicitor, Mr. Cockeren, and decided to plead guilty to murder. Her last appearance was walking into her cell with a contented smile.

Family

• Husband: Den Watts (deceased)

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External links

• Chrissie Watts at bbc.co.uk
• Tracy-Ann Oberman, BBC actor profile