Diane Parish was born in 1969 in Chelsea, London, England as Jemima Diane Parish. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985), The Bill (1984) and Lovejoy (1986).
Ranked #40 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Denise Fox (2015).
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Both she and Tameka Empson have played Leah Russell in different productions of "Beautiful Thing"; Parish in the 1994 West End production and Empson in the 1996 film version (Beautiful Thing (1996)). Parish and Empson play sisters on the soap opera EastEnders (1985).
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Her partner Sebastian, whom she has been in a relationship with since 2001, proposed to her on her 38th birthday (November 2007).
Returned to work 6 months after giving birth to her daughter Kenya in order to begin filming EastEnders (1985).
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 35, a daughter Kenya in September 2005. Child's father is her boyfriend [now fiancé], Sebastian.
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Starred in London's West End production of "The Vagina Monologues" (2005).
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Trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
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Has 2 older brothers.
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Was raised by her mother Lynne, a teacher from Monsterrat, after her father, from Dominica, walked out on the family when Parish was 8-years-old. She did not see nor speak to her father for a further 20 years.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
EastEnders
1998-2017
TV Series
Denise Fox
Denise
Denise Johnson
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Children in Need
2010-2015
TV Series
Denise Fox
Denise
EastEnders Does Top Hat: Children in Need 2015
2015
TV Movie
Denise Fox
Eastenders: The Ghosts of Ian Beale - Children in Need Special
$14 Million
shit actress