Alison King (born 3 March 1973) is an English actress. She has had major television roles as Lynda Block in the Sky One television series Dream Team, and as Carla Connor in Coronation Street since 2006.

Early life and education[link]

Alison King was born on 3 March 1973 at Leicester Royal Infirmary to Alex and June King, who were both nurses at that hospital. She was their fifth child and third daughter. She was raised in the family home first in Ratby Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire where she went to Markfield Mercenfeld Primary School and was taught by Tracey Lee, mother of Sammy Lee, and Gillian Sykes, then in Kirby Muxloe. She attended South Charnwood High School, where she first took an interest in acting. She continued to act while attending Groby Community College, where a teacher would offer drama and dance classes to students in their free time. Alison was raised as a Christadelphian and attended the Christadelphian Church at Westleigh, Leicester, where she was baptised as a teenager. At the age of 18, King moved to Newquay, Cornwall, where she worked at Fat Willys Surf Shack. When she was 22, she enrolled at the North Cheshire Community Theatre. During her time there she got her first television role, playing Helen, a hair salon crimper, in two episodes of Brookside. Before the conclusion of her 3-year diploma, she was cast in the major role of Lynda Block in Sky One's Dream Team.^[1][2]

Career[link]

Alison King appeared on Dream Team as Lynda Block for three years before the character was sent to prison. She reprised the role some years later.^[2] During her break from working on Dream Team, she worked on several projects abroad including a role as an extra in the American feature film Shanghai Knights—appearing in a scene alongside Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson—supporting major roles such as BBC comedy-drama Help, video film Submerged (2005) and feature film Final Contract: Death on Delivery. She made a guest appearance in the final episode of Mile High, playing the wife of Captain Nigel Croker's, and was featured in Coupling in the episode "The Man with Two Legs", as Chrissy, an attractive woman with whom Jeff Murdock becomes infatuated on his morning train ride. She played one of the prominent roles for two independent films, Save Angel Hope (2006) and Back in Business (2007).^[1]

In 2006, she was cast as Carla Connor in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She made her first appearance in the role in the episode broadcast on 1 December 2006.^[1] She had previously appeared in the soap in 2002 as an unrelated character named Mrs Fanshaw. Her one-episode role was part of a larger storyline to "sex up" Ryan Thomas's character, builder Jason Grimshaw.^[3] King's pregnancy required her to go on maternity leave in 2009. In 2010 Alison was involved in the 'Death of Tony Gordon' storyline.

She has also made appearances in a series of recurring television adverts for Daz and was the marketing "face" of Boddingtons beer.^[1] In 2000, she appeared in an episode of Cold Feet as "Girlpower", a seductive Internet avatar.

Personal life[link]

She had a five-year relationship with former Coronation Street actor Philip Middlemiss (who played Des Barnes).^[4]

In 2006, King became engaged to fellow actor Jim Alexander who co-starred in several series of Dream Team with her, as well as the Daz adverts. However, the pair split up in early 2007.

She has been dating Adam Huckett, a Coronation Street sound technician since April 2007. She gave birth to their daughter, Daisy Mae, on 11 February 2009. King has also stated that she wishes to have more children in the future. ^[5][6] She became engaged to him in September 2011 while on a trip to Paris.

Awards & nominations[link]

• National Television Awards 2012 - Best Serial Drama Performance - nominated^[7]
• British Soap Awards 2012 - Best Actress - won^[8]
• British Soap Awards 2012 - Best Dramatic Performance - nominated

References[link]

External links[link]

• Alison King at the Internet Movie Database

Dream Team in sport, often only as a nickname, may refer to:

• The roster of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team in Barcelona
• Brazil men's national volleyball team under coach Bernardo Rezende since 2002
• FIFA Dream Team, an all-time all-star football team published by FIFA in 2004
• The Puerto Rico national baseball team in the 1995 Caribbean Series
• An era (1991–1994), in the history of FC Barcelona, a Spanish football club
• The Philippines national basketball team in the 1990 Asian Games
• The Dream Team (professional wrestling), professional wrestling tag-team in the World Wrestling Federation 1985–1987
• Dramatic Dream Team, Japanese professional wrestling promotion
• Super League Dream Team, award for players in the European rugby Super League
• Dream Team Australian rules football team, that represented the States and territories of Australia other than Victoria in the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match
• AFL Dream Team, a notable online competition for supporters run by the Australian Football League

Dream Team in television and film may refer to:

• Dream Team (TV series), a British television series
• The Dream Team (film), a 1989 American comedy film
• Dream Team (The Office) an episode of the American television series The Office
• The Dream Team (Entourage Episode), an episode of Entourage
• Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2, a Korean television series

Dream Team may also refer to:

• Dream Team (theater), a Stage Management Team located in Terre Haute, IN that worked on shows including Real Girls Can't Win, 1,001 Arabian Nights, and Bad Dates
• Dream Team (comics), a fictional group of Marvel Comics superheroes
• The Dream Team (warez), a cracking/releasing warez group for the IBM PC active 1989–1996
• LA Dream Team, American hip-hop act
• Nickname for the defense legal team in the O. J. Simpson murder case

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Christopher Gascoyne (born 31 January 1968^[1]) is an English actor.

Early and personal life[link]

Gascoyne was born in 1968 in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, to Marian and Derrick Gascoyne.^[2][3] He currently lives in Chorlton, Manchester with his wife, actress Caroline Harding. He has three children.^[2]

In 2008, Gascoyne lost his driving licence for 12 months and was fined £500 after he was stopped by traffic officers and was found to be over the legal limit.^[4] In May 2010, Gascoyne ran in the Great Manchester Run for the Alzheimer's Society, as his grandmother had suffered from the condition.^[3]

Career[link]

Gascoyne trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.^[5] Gascoyne has acted in numerous television dramas. He has had roles in Between the Lines and Casualty.^[2] He appeared as Barry Kent in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and as Fusilier Tony Rossi in Soldier Soldier.^[2][5] In 2006, Gascoyne joined the cast of BBC drama New Street Law as Al Ware.^[5]

He is best known for his portrayal of Peter Barlow in Coronation Street.^[2] Gascoyne played the role from 2000 to 2003 and returned briefly in 2007. In October 2008, it was announced that he would be returning to the soap.^[6]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chris Gascoyne at the Internet Movie Database

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Andrew Lancel (born 3 August 1970) is an English actor. He is best known for his appearance as Frank Foster in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, and formerly in his role as DI Neil Manson in The Bill.

Biography[link]

Andrew Lancel was born on 3 August 1970 in Rufford, Lancashire. He started his acting career in local theatre and as a cabaret singer. He gained fame as the lead role in the groundbreaking medical series Cardiac Arrest with Helen Baxendale. Since then he has become a well established theatre and television actor with a reputation for seeking controversial roles and projects. He has also appeared in the film Wide-Eyed and Legless with Julie Walters and Jim Broadbent. He was described as the most realistic doctor on TV and sporadically was TV's most hated man after roles in City Central, Bad Girls and Queer as Folk. Andrew has also starred in an episode of Midsomer Murders. In 2005, he entered Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes (as A-ha singer Morten Harket, and won.

Career[link]

In 2003, Andrew joined The Bill as DI Neil Manson and played the character until the series ended. His most notable and memorable storyline was the 13-month long Amy Tennant MISPER case, concerning a young child who mysteriously vanished. This was also the longest storyline ever attempted in the history of The Bill. Speaking to The Sun, he says how he has been swamped by compassionate letters and emails from viewers as his character DI Neil Manson searches for the truth about missing Amy Tennant; "For me it’s been emotional to work on as it’s hard not to get involved. Missing loved ones is a major problem in today’s society."

In Summer 2010 he played a prison officer in a short film called Inside Run, directed by his former The Bill co-star Sam Callis which was shown at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2010.^[1] Of the film, Lancel said "it’s a long way from Manson and a joy to be directed by Sam."^[1]

On 23 November 2010 Lancel was cast in the long running ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street as Frank Foster, a business associate of Carla Connor ^[2]. The role ended 5 March 2012 when the character was found murdered.^[3]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Andrew Lancel at the Internet Movie Database
• Myspace page

References[link]

Chris Fountain
Born	Christopher Ryan Fountain (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 24) Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Years active	2001–present
Website
http://www.chrisfountain.co.uk/

Christopher Ryan Fountain ^[1] (born 3 September 1987 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is an English actor best known for his role as Justin Burton on the Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks, a role he played from 2003 until his departure in June 2009. He is also now known for playing Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street. He played the role of PC Paul Tait in BBC Drama Five Days. Chris is dating dancer Jessica Derrick. He is a Huddersfield Town fan and attends games when he can.^[2]

Career history[link]

[edit] Television

Fountain had minor roles in Blood Strangers (2002) and Bob and Rose (2001), and has appeared in the dramas Where the Heart Is (2002), The Royal (2003) and Burn It (2003).

In February 2006, Fountain came third in the BBC show Just the Two of Us, a singing competition in which celebrities are paired up with professional singers and are voted off, day by day. His singing partner was the former S Club 7 member Jo O'Meara.

On 7 June 2006, Fountain injured himself on location whilst filming for Hollyoaks when he touched an electric fence.^[3]

It was confirmed on 11 March that Fountain would be leaving Hollyoaks on 3 June 2009 in a joint exit storyline alongside Jamie Lomas who plays Warren.

On 30 January 2010 he appeared as a patient called Seb in Casualty. Fountain played the role of PC Paul Tait in the BBC Drama Five Days in March 2010.

On 26 November 2010, it was announced that he will be playing the role of Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street, appearing on screens from March 2011.^[4]

[edit] Dancing on Ice

Fountain was a runner up in the third series of ITV show Dancing on Ice. He was partnered with British skater Frankie Poultney. He also won the Dancing on Ice Tour 2008 with 24 wins and went home with the Dancing on Ice Tour Winners Trophy for winning the most shows. Second place went to Suzanne Shaw with 11 wins and 3rd place went to Kyran Bracken with 9 wins.^{[citation needed]}

Leaving Hollyoaks (Justin Burton 2003-2009)[link]

In March 2009, it was reported that Fountain was to depart his role as Hollyoaks' Justin Burton and would be onscreen to UK viewers until at least May of the same year. He exited the show (after nearly six years) in dramatic fashion - a blazing fire at The Loft, which saw the return of Clare Cunningham, played by Gemma Bissix and tied in with the departure of Jamie Lomas, who played bad-boy Warren Fox.

Other work[link]

Fountain appeared in 'Aladdin' at the Palace Theatre and Opera House in Manchester from early December 2009 to early January 2010. He starred as the lead character in the pantomime. Fountain also completed a run in Departure Lounge, the musical by Dougal Irvine at Waterloo East theatre in London. He also appeared on Own Goals and Gaffes with Rory McGrath. Fountain appeared in "All Star Family Fortunes" on Saturday 14 April 2012. He eventually went onto Big Money.

Awards and nominations[link]

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2005

• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category of 'Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress' for his role in Hollyoaks

2006

• Winner at British Soap Awards in category of 'Best Storyline' for 'Justin and Becca's affair' in Hollyoaks, shared with Ali Bastian (Becca Dean)^[5]
• Winner at The Pulse West Yorkshire Local Heroes Awards as Artistic Achievement of the Year
• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category of 'Sexiest Male' for his role in Hollyoaks
• Nominated at National Television Awards in category of 'Most Popular Actor' for his role in Hollyoaks

2007

• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category of 'Best Actor' for his role in Hollyoaks
• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category of 'Sexiest Actor' for his role in Hollyoaks^[6]

2008

• Winner at British Soap Awards in category of 'Best Actor' for his role in Hollyoaks ^[7]
• Winner at British Soap Awards in category of 'Most Spectacular Scene Of The Year' for 'Car Over Cliff', shared with Hannah Tointon (Katy Fox), Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox), Matt Littler (Max Cunningham), and Gemma Bissix (Clare Cunningham).
• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category for 'Most Spectactular Scene Of The Year' for 'Justin Run Over', shared with Hannah Tointon (Katy Fox)

2012

• Nominated at National Television Awards for 'Best Newcomer' for his role in Coronation Street
• Nominated at British Soap Awards for 'Sexiest Male', yet to be crowned.

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Chris Fountain at the Internet Movie Database