Fay Ripley (born 26 February 1966) is an English actress and recipe author. Born in Wimbledon, London, Ripley is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1990). Her first professional role was in the chorus of a pantomime version of Around the World in 80 Days. Ripley's early film and television appearances were limited, so she supplemented her earnings by working as a children's entertainer and by selling menswear door-to-door. After her scenes as a prostitute were cut from Frankenstein (1994), Ripley gained her first major film role playing Karen Hughes in Mute Witness (1995).In 1996, Ripley was cast in her breakthrough role of Jenny Gifford in the ITV series Cold Feet. Initially a supporting role in the pilot episode, Ripley's character was expanded when a series was commissioned in 1998. She stayed with the show for three full series before leaving to take more varied roles and to spend more time with her family. She returned for a guest appearance in the fifth series. After leaving Cold Feet, Ripley played a succession of leading roles in comedies and dramas including Green-Eyed Monster (2001), I Saw You (2002), The Stretford Wives (2002), and Dead Gorgeous (2002). Each role won her critical acclaim. In 2006, she filmed a leading role in the ITV drama Bon Voyage, before taking time away from acting after the birth of her second child. Ripley returned to television in 2009, starring as human resources manager Christine Frances in the ITV comedy drama Monday Monday, and Nicola Perrin alongside Martin Clunes in BBC One's Reggie Perrin.Since 2009, Ripley has authored two recipe books; Fay's Family Food in 2009 and What's For Dinner? in 2012. She is married to actor Daniel Lapaine, with whom she has two children—a daughter and a son—and is an advocate of several charities and causes.
[on the speed of making unscripted drama Suspects (2014)] It felt like Vietnam. But the pay-off is, at that speed you're not over-thinking it, and when someone does say something that incriminates themselves, you're reacting for real. It's not a scripted, "Oh, I see," but "Oh! Really?" because you're hearing it for the first time.
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I love it when people recognise me. Actors who say they don't like it are lying. I don't get any raunchy fan mail, but I do get lots of nice letters from middle-aged men who still live with their mums!
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Fay is busy filming and starring in TV adverts for the National Lottery in the UK. [February 2006]
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Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 40, a son Sonny Lapaine on 4 October 2006. Child's father is her husband, Daniel Lapaine.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a daughter Parker Lapaine on 31 October 2002. Child's father is her husband, Daniel Lapaine.
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She met UK actor James Purefoy when she was just 16 and lived with him for more than a decade.
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Her father's sister was a pop singer with the stage name of Twinkle who had a big hit in the 1960s called 'Terry'.
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It is reported that Fay was offered 500,000 pounds to stay with the series, Cold Feet (1997).
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Her mother runs an antique shop in the town of Lewes in southern England
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As a teenager, it took Fay three years to be accepted into drama school - she was eventually accepted by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London.
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Has three brothers and two sisters.
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Began a relationship with Daniel Lapaine in 1998; they married in 2001 and have two children together.
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Trained at Guildhall School of Drama in London and graduated in 1990.
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