BIO: Jessie Wallace

Jessie Wallace's first television appearance was in an episode of the ITV police drama series The Bill in 1999, but she is best known for playing the role of Kat Slater in BBC One soap EastEnders between 2000 and 2005.

Since leaving EastEnders she has made a guest appearance, as Kat Slater, in the 2005 French and Saunders Christmas special.

She has recently been seen in the one-off BBC1 television dramas A Class Apart opposite Nathaniel Parker, The Dinner Party with Lee Evans and Alison Steadman.

After visiting Hat Trick Productions with her agent, and singing an impromptu version of Marie Lloyd's song The Boy I Love Is up in the Gallery, she was offered the lead role in Miss Marie Lloyd - Queen of The Music Hall for BBC Four, opposite Stephen Fry's Oscar Wilde.

She made her West End theatre debut, replacing Denise van Outen in the role of "Maureen" in Rent remixed at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Jessie's Strictly dance partner is Darren Bennett.

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