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Image: Glamorous former soap star.
spotlight on... TAMZIN OUTHWAITE Best known for: Playing Mel in EastEnders. Early life: Tamzin Outhwaite was born on November 5, 1970, in Ilford, Essex. Her mum is a financial adviser and her dad was a taxi driver, but now runs a video rental business. She became involved with local amateur dramatics in her teens and admits that her schoolwork suffered, although she always did well in drama. After taking her O-levels at 16, Outhwaite signed up for a three- year acting course at the London Studio Centre, where she was voted Most Outstanding All-Rounder. Career: Took small parts in various West End productions and also appeared on TV in The Bill and Men Behaving Badly. Her big break came in 1997, when dramatist Alan Ayckbourn spotted her in the chorus of a musical and offered her the lead role in his play Absent Friends. A month after finishing the play, she won the part of Melanie Healy in EastEnders. Since leaving Walford, she has starred in the dramas Red Cap and Final Demand, and won rave reviews for her performance as a single mum in the improvised drama Out of Control.See the full content of this document
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