Hannah Waterman was born on July 22, 1975 in London, England as Hannah Elizabeth Waterman. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985), Patient 17 (2011) and Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998). She has been married to Ricky Groves since September 2, 2006.
Received her Australian citizenship on 13 July 2016, having moved to Australia with her partner Huw Higginson and their son Jack in 2013.
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Her EastEnders (1985) character Laura Beale was one of 3 women to get married, give birth and die on the show. The other characters are Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) and Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison). Laura was the 1st character to do this; she married Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) on the episode dated 10 May 2001, gave birth to her son Bobby (Alex Francis) on the episode dated 22 July 2003, and died after falling down the stairs on the episode dated 30 April 2004.
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Delivered her son Jack at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, via emergency Caesarean section after a 3-day labour, weighing in at 6lbs 14oz.
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Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her son Jack to begin performing in the musical "Survive!", highlighting 4 cancer charities (The Eve Appeal, Macmillan Cancer Support, The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and Teenage Cancer Trust), at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.
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Was 2 months pregnant with her son Jack when she completed performing in the UK tour of "Carrie's War".
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 35, a son Jack Higginson on 9 June 2011. Child's father is her partner, Huw Higginson.
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Was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes during a pregnancy check-up whilst on holiday in Sydney, Australia.
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Confirmed that she is 7 months pregnant with her first child by partner Huw Higginson, having been in a relationship with him since June 2010 (12 April 2011).
Replaced Julie Goodyear as Cora in the stage production of "Calendar Girls" from December 2009 to January 2010. Waterman then took part in the UK tour of "Calendar Girls" as Cora from January to April 2010, and then as Ruth from May to July 2010.
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Performed on the West End in the stage production of "Tom, Dick and Harry" (August 2005-February 2006).
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Announced her separation from husband Ricky Groves (5 January 2010).
Married Ricky Groves in a country church in Inwardleigh, Devon.
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Became engaged to boyfriend Ricky Groves after he proposed to her whilst on holiday in Barbados (February 2005).
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Her EastEnders (1985) character Laura Beale became the 13th woman on the soap opera to give birth. Laura had a son Bobby (played by Alex Francis), born on 22 July 2003.
Has starred alongside both of her parents in separate projects where she played their daughter. In EastEnders (1985) her mother guest starred as Edwina Dunn, the mother of her character Laura Beale, in 2001. Waterman, however, had a recurring role in New Tricks (2003) as Emily Driscoll, the estranged daughter of her father's character Gerry Standing, from 2006 to 2010.
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Is a supporter of the Variety Clubs charity, which raises funds for sick, disabled or disadvantaged children.
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Her hobbies include swimming, aerobics, horse-riding and playing the tuba.
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