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{{short description|English actress (b. 1955)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Gillian Taylforth
| image = Gillian Taylforth 2022.jpg
| caption = Taylforth in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|08|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Islington]], [[London]], England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd%2fb%2f1955%2f3%2faz%2f001287%2f123|title=England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription|access-date=30 September 2015 | via=[[Find My Past]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| partner = Geoff Knights (1988–2009)
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| relatives = [[Kim Taylforth]] (sister)
| occupation = Actress
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=
| death_date =
| death_place =
| years_active = 1974–present
| television = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[EastEnders]]''
* ''[[Messiah (British TV series)|Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine]]''
* ''[[Footballers' Wives]]''
* ''[[The Bill]]''
* ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''
* ''[[Hollyoaks]]''
}}
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'''Gillian Taylforth''' (born 14 August 1955) is an English actress. She is
In January 2013, she was a contestant in ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 11)|Celebrity Big Brother]]''. Later that year, she began portraying [[Sandy Roscoe]] on the [[Channel 4]] soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]'', making her final appearance in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a444301/heidi-and-spencer-rylan-lacey-banghard-enter-celebrity-big-brother.html|title=Celebrity Big Brother 2013 unveils new housemates|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=3 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a483862/potd-hollyoaks-debut-for-sandy-roscoe.html|title=POTD: 'Hollyoaks' debut for Sandy Roscoe|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="digitalspy.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a556373/hollyoaks-gillian-taylforth-to-leave-sandy-roscoe-role.html|title=Hollyoaks exit for Sandy Roscoe|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=9 March 2014}}</ref> Despite her ''EastEnders'' character being presumed dead after being killed off-screen in 2006, Taylforth made a shock return to the show in February 2015 as part of the 30th anniversary episode. The BBC later confirmed that she would reprise the role of Kathy permanently later in the year and she has appeared regularly from August 2015.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a630187/eastenders-live-kathy-beale-returns-for-showdown-with-phil-mitchell.html|title=EastEnders Live: Kathy Beale returns|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=19 February 2015}}</ref>
==Early life==
Taylforth attended William Tyndale Junior School, [[Barnsbury]] Secondary School for Girls, [[Westminster Kingsway College|Kingsway College of Further Education]] and the [[Anna Scher Theatre|Anna Scher Theatre School]] in London.<ref name="Who'sWho">{{Cite book|title=Who's Who On Television|year=1982|publisher=[[Michael Joseph (publisher)|Michael Joseph]]/ITV books|isbn=978-0-900727-95-5}}</ref>
==Career==
===''EastEnders''===
On 19 February 1985, Taylforth appeared as [[Kathy Beale]] in the first episode of the [[BBC|BBC's]] new soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''. This role earned her huge popularity and public recognition on British television. Taylforth was in the show until 1998, when she opted to leave. During her time on the show, Taylforth’s character covered an array of serious issues including [[rape]], [[domestic violence]], [[teenage pregnancy]], [[divorce]], [[alcoholism]] and [[meningitis]].
Kathy is one of the longest running characters to feature in the soap. She made a brief return in 1999 for the storyline to aid the departure of her brother-in-law [[Grant Mitchell (EastEnders)|Grant]], played by actor [[Ross Kemp]]. Kathy left Albert Square again on 6 January 2000.
In 2005, press rumours suggested that Taylforth was returning to the show.<ref name="Kaffycomehome">"[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050206/ai_n9500632 KAFFY COME HOME] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107160801/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050206/ai_n9500632 |date=7 November 2007 }}", ''Sunday Mirror''. URL last accessed on 2006-10-16.</ref> However, this did not occur and the character of Kathy died off-screen in February 2006 in a car crash in [[South Africa]]. Taylforth later commented: "I was a bit upset at first because it was 13 years of my life and I didn't like the thought of being killed off. I thought she might come back to see [[Ian Beale|Ian]] (her on-screen son) and have some illness. But that's the way it goes."<ref name="feelim30">{{Cite news| url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sexandhealth/slimmingandhealth/tm_objectid=16755325&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=gillian-taylforth--i-still-feel-like-i-m-30-name_page.html | title=Gillian Taylforth: I still feel like I'm 30 | publisher=[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]] | access-date=31 May 2009 | date=28 February 2006 | first=Claire | last=Higney }}</ref>
In 2013, Taylforth said it was a mistake to 'kill off' her character and expressed an interest in coming ‘back from the dead’.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2011/06/30/gillian-taylforth-keen-for-eastenders-comeback-to-work-with-david-essex-62019/|title=Gillian Taylforth 'keen for EastEnders comeback to work with David Essex'|first=Amy Duncan for|last=Metro.co.uk|date=30 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a279969/taylforth-kathy-beale-would-sort-out-mitchell.html|title=Taylforth: 'Kathy Beale would sort out Mitchell'|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=3 October 2010}}</ref> She also revealed that former producers had wanted Kathy back in ''EastEnders''. At the time, an ''EastEnders'' spokesman said that producers had no plans to bring back Kathy Beale. However on 14 November 2014, Taylforth reprised the role of Kathy for a [[Children in Need 2014|Children In Need]] special in which Ian knocks his head and sees visions of the deceased women in his life.
On 19 February 2015, Taylforth made a surprise appearance as Kathy Beale in a live segment of the 30th anniversary episode. It was revealed that she had not died but instead faked her own death in South Africa in 2006. The BBC then confirmed Taylforth would be reprising the role of Kathy permanently. Kathy then made another guest appearance in May before returning in August on a regular basis.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> The BBC revealed the screen age of the character Kathy Beale, as 70 years old, in
===Other work and roles===
After
In 2006, she played the role of Mandy Searle in the comedy/drama ''[[Jane Hall (TV series)|Jane Hall]]'' and she also has appeared as a recurring panellist on ITV's topical chat-show ''[[Loose Women]]'' (2000, 2006 and 2008). She
In January 2013, she became a housemate on the [[Celebrity Big Brother (British series11)|eleventh series]] of ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (
In February 2013, it was announced that she had joined the cast of British soap opera
===''Strictly Come Dancing''===
Taylforth was partnered with [[Anton Du Beke]] in the [[Strictly Come Dancing (Series 6)|sixth]] series of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' in 2008, but was voted off in Week 2 after a dance-off with [[Jodie Kidd]]. It later emerged that Taylforth had suffered torn knee [[ligaments]] whilst in training for the live shows, but chose to dance regardless.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/printer/view/88606/|title=I TELL MY DAUGHTER THAT TESTS SAVE LIVES |date=10 March 2009|publisher=The Daily Express|access-date=15 April 2009}}</ref>
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Knights and Taylforth had an extensive tabloid media history. In January 1994, Taylforth was involved in a high-profile court case when she sued ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' newspaper for [[libel]] after they ran a story claiming she and Knights had performed sexual acts on a slip road on the A1 in their [[Range Rover]].<ref name="Victims of the 'silver fox'">{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/901342.stm | title=Victims of the 'silver fox' | work=BBC News | access-date=31 May 2009 | date=29 August 2000 }}</ref> Taylforth claimed that her partner had suffered an acute attack of [[pancreatitis]] and she was merely massaging his stomach to soothe his abdominal pain; however, a police officer claimed that she was performing [[fellatio]] instead. During the court case, ''The Sun'''s defence counsel, [[George Carman]] QC, entered into evidence a 35-minute home video of Taylforth "suggestively posing with a large sausage [...] graphically simulating masturbation with a wine bottle" and boasting to the camera, "I give very good head".<ref name="sausage surprise
">{{Cite news| url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article1692582.ece | title=Silly sausage... the video that destroyed her case | work=The Times | access-date=31 May 2009 | date=24 April 2007 | first=Dominic | last=Carman | location=London}}</ref> The
In 1995, Taylforth wrote an autobiography entitled ''Kathy and Me'' in which she describes her childhood, her teenage years, her first forays into acting and her lifestyle.
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|''[[The Rag Trade]]''
|Lyn
|TV
|-
| 1978
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|''[[EastEnders]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Kathy Beale]]
|Series regular
|-
|1993
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|TV series
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
|''The House That Jack Built''
|Maxine Squire
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|''[[Messiah (BBC series)|Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine]]''
|Helen Warren
|TV series
|-
|2002–2006
|''[[Footballers' Wives]]''
|[[Jackie Pascoe]]
|TV series
|-
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|2013
|''[[Celebrity Big Brother (
|Herself; contestant
|Reality TV series
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|''[[Hollyoaks]]''
|[[Sandy Roscoe]]
|TV series; regular role, 161 episodes
|-
|2020
|''[[EastEnders: Secrets from the Square]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "Kathy and Ian"
|-
|2023
|''[[List of EastEnders television spin-offs#EastEnders: The Six|EastEnders: The Six]]''
|Herself
|2 episodes
|}
==Theatre Credits==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1988-1989
| [[Aladdin]]
| The Genie
| Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon
|-
| 2003
| Bad Blood
| Catherine
| Churchill Theatre, Bromley
|-
| 2005-2006
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
| Wicked Queen
| Swansea Grand Theatre
|-
| 2010
| Mum’s The Word
| Robin
| UK Tour
|-
| 2010-2011
| [[Cinderella]]
| Fairy Godmother
| Broxburne Civic Theatre
|-
| 2011-2012
| Girls Night
| Carol
| UK Tour
|}
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! scope=col class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2007
| [[TV Choice|''TVQuick & TVChoice'' Awards]]
| Best Actress
| ''The Bill''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvquick.co.uk/ |title=Welcome to the TVQuick & TVChoice Awards 2007! |work=TV Quick |publisher=H Bauer Publishing |access-date=19 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603021142/http://www.tvquick.co.uk/ |archive-date=3 June 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| [[Inside Soap Awards|''Inside Soap'' Awards]]
| Outstanding Achievement
| ''EastEnders''
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite news|last1=Dainty|first1=Sophie|title=Emmerdale wins best soap at the ''Inside Soap'' Awards for the third year running|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/news/a842388/emmerdale-wins-best-soap-inside-soap-awards/|access-date=6 November 2017|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
|}
==References==
{{reflist
==External links==
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