Tamzin Outhwaite (born on November 5, 1970 in Ilford, Essex) is an English actor best known for playing Melanie Owen (née Healy, Beale) in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Ilford is a district in the London Borough of Redbridge in East London, England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Kidnapped Melanie Owen (née Healy, previously Beale) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... EastEnders, a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1, 19 February 1985[2] and continuing to date. ...

Early career

Outhwaite attended the Stagestruck Theatre Company as a young teenager. At 16 she left school to join the London Studio Centre to study drama and dance. She went on to many stage roles including Grease and Oliver! before having bit parts in The Bill and Men Behaving Badly. 1994 Broadway Revival Cast Recording album cover Grease is a popular musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. ... Oliver! is a British musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. ... The Bill is a long-running British television police procedural shown on ITV1, at 8pm, usually on Wednesdays and Thursdays. ... DVD - Series 1 to 6 Men Behaving Badly was a very popular British sitcom, first broadcast in 1992 on ITV but moved to BBC One (and a later timeslot) from the third series onwards. ...

Mainstream success

Outhwaite found fame in 1998 when she was cast as Melanie Healy, in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She arrived in October 1998 and left in March 2002. During her four years in Walford, Outhwaite's feisty character was central to many explosive storylines. Outhwaite left EastEnders in 2002, shortly after the departure from the soap of co-star Martin Kemp, who had played her on-screen husband Steve Owen. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Kidnapped Melanie Owen (née Healy, previously Beale) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for March, 2002. ... Walford is a fictional borough of East London in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Martin Kemp (born 10 October 1961), brother of Gary Kemp, is a British actor and former pop musician. ... Steve Owen is a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders. ...

Since quitting the serial, Outhwaite's career has gone from strength to strength. In 2002, she was given a leading role in the BBC army drama Red Cap, however the series ended in 2004. During Red Cap, she starred with Nigel Harman who later joined EastEnders himself. According to press reports, she also dated him for a short time. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Redcap is the name that has been given to two separate TV series on British television. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nigel Harman as Denis Rickman in Eastenders Nigel Harman (born August 11, 1973 in Purley, London, England) is a British actor who is most famous for his role as Dennis Rickman in the UK soap opera EastEnders. ...

After this she went on to star in a number of television dramas, including Hustle, Final Demand and Frances Tuesday. The Hustle team (L–R): Ash Morgan, Albert Stroller, Mickey Stone, Stacie Monroe, and Danny Blue Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One. ...

She fronted an advertising campaign as part of a one million pound contract with cosmetics company Avon; she also modelled the Spirit range at Debenhams in 2004. Avon Products, Inc. ...

In 2005 Outhwaite began edging into the Hollywood film industry, starring with Wesley Snipes in the unsuccessful film 7 Seconds. ... Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962, in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor, martial artist and film producer. ...

Also in 2005, she played a part in the ITV drama Walk Away and I Stumble, in which her character was seen dying of a brain tumour. More recently, she has been seen in Hotel Babylon, a BBC1 drama. Its second series will be aired in 2007. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ITV (Independent Television) is the name popularly given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the network has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of... In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for in the head), is the control center of the central nervous system. ... Tumor (American English) or tumour (British English) originally means swelling, and is sometimes still used with that meaning. ... Hotel Babylon is a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones and Anonymous, first shown in January 2006. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2006, Tamzin starred in the ITV drama series Vital Signs as a frustrated mother who decides to leave her dreary job at the supermarket and enrol in medical school. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vital Signs is a British television drama series airing on ITV1 from 2006. ...

One of her latest projects is a starring role in the movie thriller Backwaters, being filmed in India. Starring Jason Flemyng, the plot follows a paralysed woman who disappears after she and her husband travel to India for specialist medical treatment. Prolific Indian actor Gulshan Grover co-stars. It is due for release in October 2006. In Indian English (English usage as per those speaking it in India), a backwater is a body of saltwater (connected to the sea) which has a lake-like absence of surf and tides. ... Jason Flemyng (25 September 1966) is an English actor. ... Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor. ... October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...

In August 2006, it was announced that Outhwaite will make a cameo appearance in Woody Allens new movie.[1] Currently known as Untitled Woody Allen Summer Project, the film stars Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor as brothers. August 2006 is the eighth month of that year, and has yet to occur. ... Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, musician, and comedian. ... Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor known for appearing in a series of high-profile Hollywood films, as well as for his controversial off-screen lifestyle. ... Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ...

She is married to EastEnders actor Tom Ellis, who played Dr. Oliver Cousins and has a brother Kes. Tom Ellis Tom Ellis is a British actor who currently plays Oliver Cousins in EastEnders and Justyn in No Angels. ... Doctor Oliver Cousins was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

On Friday 12th January 2007, Tamzin will guest host Episode 2 of the 4th Series of The Friday Night Project, on Channel 4 at 11pm. 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Friday Night Project is a programme that first aired in the United Kingdom on the Channel 4 network in February, 2005. ... Channel 4 is a public-service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

External links

• Tamzin Outhwaite at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC Drama Faces - Tamzin Outhwaite
• Biggest Tamzin Outhwaite fan site