Cheryl Fergison
Cheryl Fergison | |
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 Fergison in 2011 | |
| Born | Cheryl Campbell[citation needed] (1965-08-27) 27 August 1965 London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Notable work | See below |
| Television | EastEnders 2007–2012, 2016 |
| Spouse(s) | Jamshed Saddiqi (divorced) Yassine Al-Jermoni (m. 2011) |
| Children | 1 |
Cheryl Fergison (born 27 August 1965)[1] is an English actress most notable for playing Heather Trott in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders.[2][3]
Contents
1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Filmography
4 References
5 External links
Career
After training at Rose Bruford College, Fergison started playing the role of Heather on 26 June 2007. The character was conceived by EastEnders executive producer Diederick Santer. Prior to this, Fergison made a brief appearance on the show as a friend of Mo Harris (Laila Morse) in 2005.
Fergison's stage credits include Measure For Measure, for the Royal Shakespeare Company[4] and the 2006 season at The Scoop.[5]
Fergison is also known for playing Joanna Harding, the "Big Fat Lezza" in the Linda Flint sketches of Little Britain, opposite David Walliams and also played Judy in The IT Crowd. Other notable appearances include 'Allo 'Allo!, Little Miss Jocelyn, Bad Girls and Casualty, as well as playing Mrs. Lloyd in two episodes of Doctor Who, "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances". Fergison also starred in a promotional video for the band Keane's single "Atlantic", which was included on their Under The Iron Sea DVD.
In November 2007, Fergison participated in the Children in Need charity appeal with her EastEnders co-stars which was broadcast on BBC One. On 26 June 2008, she appeared on and won an EastEnders special of quiz show The Weakest Link.
Since appearing on EastEnders, Fergison made a variety of television appearances on shows such as GMTV, The Paul O'Grady Show, This Morning and Loose Women. She won 'Best Comedy Performance' Award in the 2008 Inside Soap Awards,[citation needed] also being nominated in the same category and for the Best Onscreen Partnership Award (alongside Linda Henry) at the 2008 British Soap Awards.[citation needed] Fergison later appeared in Let's Dance For Sport Relief, dancing to "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice, and appeared in an episode of BBC Two's Shooting Stars in August 2010.
On 17 September 2011, Fergison was axed from EastEnders and it was announced that she would leave at the end of her current contract, departing the show on 21 March 2012. Heather was killed off after being hit with a photoframe by Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe). Fergison later commented that she left because she now wanted to "try other things", and she also said that she still keeps in regular contact with Linda Henry and Ricky Grover, who played Heather's best friend Shirley Carter and her fiancé Andrew Cotton.
In March 2012, Fergison appeared on The Saturday Night Show.[6]
In April and June 2012, Fergison made two guest panellist appearances on ITV's Loose Women.
On 15 August 2012, Fergison entered the Celebrity Big Brother 10 house. On 24 August 2012, she became the second housemate to be evicted.[7]
Fergison was one of the celebrity contestants on Your Face Sounds Familiar.[8] During the series, she sang as Dusty Springfield, Anastacia, Meatloaf, Lulu, Madonna, Cher and Adele.
She played the role of Jo in the 2014 series of Big School on BBC One.
On 24 December 2016, Fergison reprised her role on Eastenders as Heather Trott in the form of a recorded voice-over: in the recording, Heather gushed about how Christmas wasn't Christmas "without a bit of George Michael". Heather was known for being a fan of Michael, and "Last Christmas" (which he wrote and sang vocals with Wham! on) is regularly heard during the festive season. Ironically, Michael himself died the next day.
In October and November 2018 she played the part of Mrs Bird in the musical Maggie May at the Royal Court theatre in Liverpool.[9]
Personal life
Fergison divorced her husband, Jamshed Saddiqi in 2008.[10] She currently lives in Sidcup, in southeast London, with her son.[10] Fergison said giving birth on EastEnders was more difficult than giving birth in real life, due to the many takes needed to complete the scene compared to having a caesarean whilst having her real son.[citation needed] In May 2011, Fergison married Yassine Al-Jermoni.[11]
In 2009, Fergison revealed that she is diabetic.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Type | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Covington Cross | TV | Maid 1 | 2 episodes, "Outlaws" and "The Persecution" |
| 1992 | 'Allo 'Allo! | TV | Desiree | 1 episode, "Missing and Presumed Dead" |
| 1993 | Screen Two | TV | Frau Langer, Schatz's Housekeeper | 1 episode, "Genghis Cohn" |
| 1994 | Middlemarch | TV | Pritchard | 7 episodes |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day | TV | Miss Bodley | TV Movie |
| 1997 | A Royal Scandal | TV | Cleaning Maid | TV Movie |
| 2004–2005 | Little Britain | TV | Joanna Harding | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | TV | Mrs. Lloyd | 2 episodes, "The Doctor Dances" and "The Empty Child" |
| 2005 | EastEnders | TV | Prison cellmate | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Little Miss Jocelyn | TV | 1 episode | |
| 2006 | The IT Crowd | TV | Judy | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Bad Girls | TV | Latoya | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Casualty | TV | Lucille Prior | 1 episode, "Get What You Deserve" |
| 2007–2012, 2016 | EastEnders | TV | Heather Trott | Series regular |
| 2007 | The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | TV | 1 episode | |
| 2009 | Mr. Right | TV | Red Team Woman | RV Movie |
| 2010 | EastEnders: E20 | TV | Heather Trott | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Celebrity Big Brother | TV | Herself | Contestant |
| 2013 | The Spa | TV | Ms Wylde | 5 episodes |
Your Face Sounds Familiar | TV | Contestant | ||
| 2014 | Big School | TV | Jo | 6 episodes |
References
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^ McCormack, Kirsty (10 November 2011). "Cheryl Fergison wedding: EastEnders star marries toyboy Yassine Al-Jermini again!". Mail Online. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
^ "Cheryl Fergison". What's On TV. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
^ "Measure for Measure, Nunn/Bjornson, Royal Shakespeare Company, September 1991". Ahds.rhul.ac.uk. 1991-09-18. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
^ [1]
^ "Tommy Bowe and Cheryl Fergison for Saturday Night Show". RTÉ Ten. RTÉ. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.
^ Sheridan, Emily (24 August 2012). "Celebrity Big Brother: Cheryl Fergison is second housemate to be evicted". Mail Online. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ [2] Archived 1 October 2013 at Archive.today
^ https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/review-maggie-wakes-up-genre-15297305
^ abc Todd, Ben (11 July 2010). "EastEnders actress falls for Moroccan toyboy nearly 20 years younger than her". Daily Mail. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
^ Payne, Will (22 May 2011). "EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison marries her Moroccan toyboy - mirror.co.uk". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
External links
Cheryl Fergison on IMDb
