| Coordinates | 12°58′0″N77°34′0″N |
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| Name | Charlie Hawkins |
| Birthname | Charlie George Hawkins |
| Birthdate | February 14, 1991 |
| Birth place | Camden, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Yearsactive | 2002–present |
Charlie George Hawkins (born 14 February 1991) is an English actor. He was raised in Islington where he has lived since birth. He was named after Arsenal legend Charlie George.
His most notable role is Darren Miller in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, which he has starred in since 2004, although he has had other roles in films, dramas, documentaries and advertisements. His most notable other role was his debut as a cub scout named Tyrone in Ali G In Da House.
EastEnders casting director Kelly Collins had worked with him before deciding to cast him as Darren Miller in 2004.
Hawkins attended Holloway Secondary School in Islington, London, and previously attended another secondary school in Islington called Central Foundation Boys School. Hawkins aspires to carry on acting and maybe even directing and would one day like to be James Bond or The Doctor. His inspiration since joining EastEnders was his former co-star Nigel Harman, who played Dennis Rickman.
He uses his middle initial in his acting name as there has been another actor in EastEnders with the same name.
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| Coordinates | 12°58′0″N77°34′0″N |
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| Name | Kara Tointon |
| Birthname | Kara Louise Tointon |
| Birth date | August 05, 1983 |
| Birth place | Essex, England, United Kingdom |
| Yearsactive | 1994 - present |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | White British |
| Parents | Ken and Carol Tointon |
| Relatives | Hannah Tointon (sister) |
| Television | EastEnders Strictly Come Dancing |
| Occupation | Actress |
In August 2009, she was unveiled as the new face of Michelle for George underwear at Asda.
She co-starred with then partner Joe Swash in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Bristol in the 2009/2010 pantomime season. The couple split-up during the performance run, but after getting back together finally split in May 2010.
In July 2010, she recorded a documentary for BBC Three called Kara Tointon: Don't Call Me Stupid. The programme examined the impact dyslexia can have on people's lives and the difference different learning styles can have on people with dyslexia. Tointon revealed that she suffers from dyslexia, and resultantly has a reading age of 12. During the programme, Tointon visited Shapwick School in Somerset, which specialises in the education of pupils with dyslexia, and talked with the pupils about their experiences. Tointon was taught various line learning and organisational techniques by Dyslexia Tutor Claire Salter.
In September 2010, it was announced that Tointon would be appearing as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing season 8, this time partnered with Artem Chigvintsev. The pair achieved good scores in the first five weeks of 30, 32, 31, 32, and 37. In week 5, Tointon was awarded the first 10 of the series by Alesha Dixon for her Pasodoble. In week 6 she was top of the leaderboard with her Salsa. She also had good scores for the next five weeks of 36, 38, 35, 34, and 38. In week 11, she got her highest score of 39 for the Viennese Waltz and Rumba and got the maximum 5/5 for the Swing-a-thon. Tointon made it to the final along with Matt Baker and Pamela Stephenson, where she made it to the final two, then went on to win and be crowned champion beating Matt Baker and his partner Aliona Vilani.
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| Coordinates | 12°58′0″N77°34′0″N |
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| Name | Himesh Patel |
| Birth name | Himesh Jitendra Patel |
| Birth date | |
| Birth place | Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Category:1990 births Category:British actors of South Asian descent Category:English soap opera actors Category:People from Cambridgeshire Category:Living people
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| Coordinates | 12°58′0″N77°34′0″N |
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| Name | Darren Miller |
| Caption | Darren Miller in 2010 |
| Portrayer | Charlie G. Hawkins |
| Introducer | Louise Berridge |
| Years | 2004— |
| First | 6 September 2004 |
| Classification | Present; regular |
| Spinoffs | "East Street" (2010) |
| Born | 27 January 1991 |
| Occupation | Car salesman (2006–09, 2010—) Ice cream seller (2009–10) |
| Home | 5 Albert Square |
| Father | Keith Miller |
| Mother | Rosie Miller |
| Sons | George Trott |
| Halfbrothers | Mickey Miller |
| Halfsisters | Dawn Swann |
| Sisters | Demi Miller |
| Uncles | Clint |
| Nieces | Aleesha Miller Summer Swann |
Hawkins discussed his character in 2004: "Darren's a bit of a rough kid. He's a great character to play. There are resemblances of myself in there, although that's a matter of opinion. It's good to play someone like that, where you can have a laugh".
In December 2009, the show's executive producer Diederick Santer was asked what his favourite storyline of the year had been. He replied "I loved the way the 'Who's The Daddy?' story with Heather played, too. As time goes on, I expect we'll discover more about what happened that night. It makes sense to me — he's a horny, drunk 18-year-old! Everyone thinks that they did it in the [toilet] cubicle, but it's surely clear that they went home?"
Darren finds employment at Kevin Wicks's (Phil Daniels) car lot, and decides to stay in Walford when his parents split up in 2006, and his mother and sister move to the Cotswolds. He becomes friendly with Libby Fox (Belinda Owusu) and they perform numerous pranks on their families together; an attraction develops, and they begin a relationship. Darren gets involved in a car scam when Kevin starts selling stolen cars that turn out to be dangerous cut and shuts. When Kevin dies due to an accident in one of the cars, Darren takes over control of the car lot. Darren blames Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) for Kevin's death, as he forced Kevin to sell the cars. Darren subsequently gets involved in a feud between Phil and Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), helping Jack to trick Phil into a confession about the stolen cars. Darren and Libby's relationship continues into 2008. Libby's mother, Denise Wicks (Diane Parish), feels that Darren is a bad influence on her daughter, and when Libby opts not to apply to Oxford University so she can stay with Darren, Denise persuades him to end the relationship. Darren dumps Libby, leaving her heartbroken. She eventually discovers the truth; she reunites with Darren. Darren makes Libby promise that she will not ruin her future and persuades her to apply to university.
Keith and Mickey Miller leave Walford to join Rosie and Demi in the Cotswolds. Darren's last relatives in Walford, Dawn and her daughter Summer, also decide to leave with Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves). Libby then goes to university, but returns when her father Owen Turner (Lee Ross) is released from prison. Darren asks for Owen's permission to propose to Libby, and she accepts his proposal. They celebrate in The Queen Victoria pub, where Denise overhears them and tells them they cannot be engaged. However, Darren soon finds out that he is the father of Heather Trott's baby, George. Darren tells her that he will support George with money but nothing more. However, Darren begins to adapt to the idea of being a father to George. Darren gives Heather money he needed for a holiday with Libby. Heather returns it, in a card which Libby opens. Libby later overhears Heather and Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) talking about Darren. Devastated, Libby tells Darren in front of everyone that she knows he is George's father. Libby then goes back to Oxford. When she returns to Walford, Darren is upset to learn that Libby is dating Adam Best (David Proud).
Darren meets Jodie Gold (Kylie Babbington), and the two start a relationship. Darren and his flatmate Minty (Cliff Parisi) plan to attend the 2010 FIFA World Cup final. Minty gives the tickets to Darren to look after, but they end up destroyed in the wash, when Darren leaves them in his pocket. An enraged Minty orders Darren to move out of the flat. When Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) hears that Darren is homeless, she convinces her father Max (Jake Wood) to let him stay with them. Abi starts to fancy Darren, and attempts to sabotage his dates with Jodie. On the first night that Darren attempts to get intimate with Jodie, she screams at the sight of his naked body, and runs away. Darren confronts her, and she apologises, but says that because Darren is not Jewish, and therefore not circumcised, she would find sex strange with him. Initially reluctant, Darren makes a call to book a circumcision. He does not tell Jodie he is having the operation and tells her he is going on holiday while he recovers. After the circumcision, Jodie's father Harry (Linal Haft) mistakes him for Max and knees him in the groin due to Max's affair with his wife Vanessa (Zoe Lucker). The next day, Jodie sees Darren and tells him she no longer wants to see him because he lied.
Darren tries to win Jodie back by making her laugh and tries to explain that he had a circumcision but she will not listen to him because he did not tell her about Max and Vanessa. However, she finally reads a letter he wrote and they reunite. They go on to have sex for the first time. Harry later returns to Walford with Vanessa to get to know Darren better. Darren worries when Max jokes that Abi must fancy him, not realising it is true. Max and his other daughter Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) later tell Darren it was a joke and she would never fancy him. Abi however remains keen to show affection to Darren. She uses the opportunity of the death of her cousin Billie Jackson (Devon Anderson) to get physically close to Darren to seek emotional support. Although Darren is at first willing to offer this support he later appears uncomfortable with Abi's close attention. When Harry asks Jodie to move out, she moves in with Darren. Harry then humiliates Vanessa and Darren confronts him but learns that Harry is not Jodie's real father. Darren begs Harry not to tell Jodie is it would break her heart. He then worries about what to do as he does not want to lie to Jodie. Later when Jodie says Harry has phoned her, Darren assumed he has told her when he has not. Darren then inadvertently reveals the truth to Jodie.
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| Coordinates | 12°58′0″N77°34′0″N |
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| Name | Barbara Windsor |
| Caption | Windsor in 2010 |
| Birth date | April 06, 1937 |
| Birth place | Shoreditch, London, England |
| Birth name | Barbara Ann Deeks |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1950–present |
| Spouse | Ronnie Knight (1964–85) (divorced) Stephen Hollings (1986–95) (divorced) Scott Mitchell (2000–present) |
Barbara Ann Deeks, MBE (born 6 April 1937), better known by her stage name Barbara Windsor, is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Born in Shoreditch, London in 1937, Windsor was the only child of John and Rose Deeks, who were a costermonger and dressmaker, respectively. Windsor is of English and Irish ancestry. She passed her 11-plus exams with the highest marks in North London, and won a place at Our Lady’s Convent in Stamford Hill. Her mother paid for her to have elocution lessons, and she trained at the Aida Foster School in Golders Green, making her stage debut at 13 and her West End debut in 1952 in the chorus of the musical Love From Judy.
Her first film role was in The Belles of St Trinian's in 1954. She joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, coming to prominence in their stage production Fings Ain't Wot They Used to Be and Littlewood's film Sparrows Can't Sing in 1963, achieving a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film Actress. She also appeared in the 1964 film comedy Crooks in Cloisters, the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the sitcoms The Rag Trade and Wild, Wild Women.
Her most famous scene was in Carry On Camping where, during outdoor aerobic exercises her bikini top flew off to reveal her breasts.
From 1973 to 1975, she appeared with several of the Carry On team in the West End revue Carry On London! During this time she had a well-publicised affair with her co-star, Sid James.
She was strongly identified with the Carry On films for many years which restricted the variety of roles she was chosen to play later.
In 1970, she landed the role of music hall legend Marie Lloyd in the musical-biopic Sing A Rude Song. In 1972, she appeared in the West End in Tony Richardson's The Threepenny Opera with his then wife, Vanessa Redgrave. In 1975, she toured the UK, New Zealand and South Africa in her own show, Carry On Barbara!, and followed this with the role of Maria in Twelfth Night at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
In 1981, she played sex-mad landlady Kath in Joe Orton's black comedy Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Lyric Hammersmith, directed by her friend Kenneth Williams. She reprised the role for a national tour in 1993.
In December 2010, she will be starring in Dick Wittington in Bristol.
In 1994, Windsor was cast in the series. She took over the role Peggy Mitchell (previously played by Jo Warne in 1991), for which she received the Best Actress award at the British Soap Awards in 1999 and a Lifetime Achievement award from the same source in 2009.
A debilitating case of the Epstein-Barr virus forced a two year absence from EastEnders from 2003 to 2005. During this period she made a two episode appearance in 2004. She rejoined the cast in mid 2005 on a one year contract.
In October 2009, Windsor announced she was to quit her role as Peggy Mitchell, saying she wanted to spend more time with her husband. On 10 September 2010, her character left Albert Square after a fire at The Queen Victoria pub, of which she was the owner. Following her on-screen departure, she ruled out ever returning to the series.
She appeared briefly in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "Army of Ghosts" as Peggy Mitchell in a fictional episode of EastEnders.
Windsor examined her family tree in the first episode of the third series of the documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, which aired on 6 September 2006, in which she traced her family tree back 11 generations to John Golding, the great-great-grandfather of the painter John Constable, making him Windsor's fourth cousin six times removed.
Windsor provided the voice of the Dormouse in Walt Disney's 2010 live action adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton. The cast of the film also included Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway.
Windsor will be appearing in the pantomime Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome over the Christmas/New Year period of 2010/2011.
On 8 September 2010, it was announced that Barbara Windsor will be fronting a TV campaign for online bingo site Jackpotjoy.
On 9 October 2010 Windsor appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories and revealed she has become teetotal to help Mitchell with his "terrible alcohol problem".
In November 2010 she was awarded a top variety gong for her contribution to showbusiness.
In January 2011 she appeared as herself in series 1, episode 4 of BBC comedy series Come Fly With Me, where she was insulted by the character Moses played by David Walliams.
During the 1960s, she also had a brief relationship with footballer George Best.
In her autobiography, All of Me, Windsor talks about her five abortions, the first three of which took place before the age of 21, the last when she was 42. She has said that she never wanted children as a result of her father rejecting her.
Over the years, Windsor has made her home in a variety of locations. Amongst them, Sunday Times photographer Michael Ward's autobiography records her as living in Grand Parade, Harringay, in the early 1960s.
She was a real-life landlady when she ran a pub at Winchmore Hill, Buckinghamshire with her second husband, Stephen Hollings. and, in November 2010, she was honoured by the City of Westminster at a tree planting and plaque ceremony.
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