Lindsey Coulson has come a long way from her most famous role, playing Bianca’s mother, Carol Jackson in EastEnders for a whopping 23 years.
The actress is returning to ITV’s drama The Bay.
Who is Lindsey Coulson?
Lindsey is an English actress who was born in London in 1960.
Before becoming an actress Lindsey was a hairdresser for six years.
She then went on to study acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
The actress started her career on stage, appearing in a production of Hamlet as Ophelia.
But her big break came in 1993 when she took on the role of Carol Jackson in EastEnders.
She immediately became a household name and stayed in the role for four years before returning for a six month stint in 1999.
It was during this time that she won Best Dramatic Performance at the 2000 British Soap Awards.
She returned in 2008 and stayed until 2015 to help daughter Bianca in her exit storyline.
Lindsey won the Best Dramatic Performance award for the second time.
Will she be returning to The Bay as Penny Armstrong in season 2?
Yes, fans will be pleased to hear that she is returning to the second series of The Bay.
According to ITV’s official announcement, she’s included in the cast credits.
Whether she’ll be in the series from the off isn’t clear.
Is Lindsey married and does she have children?
Lindsay has been married twice – first to showbiz agent Phillip Chard from 1989-1996 with whom she shares a daughter.
In 1996, The Celeb Reportday Mirror claimed Philip had discovered Lindsey was having an affair with her Enders co-star Michael French (who played David Wicks.)
However she denied they were ever romantically involved and in 1998 blasted the claims saying:
“Because our characters had an affair, they tried to make it a real life one and that was nonsense.
“He was a really good friend and we started on the show at the same time.
“Apparently two people of the opposite sex can’t go out together without it being an affair, which is a shame”
In a bizarre twist of life imitating art – sort of – she is now married to her on-screen daughter Patsy Palmer’s brother Harry Harris with whom she has another child.
So she definitely kept it in the fam!
Lindsey has been married since July 2002 to Harry Harris, who is the brother of Coulson’s former on-screen daughter Bianca Jackson.
The couple share one child together.
When does The Bay start on ITV?
The Bay’s second series begins TONIGHT (January 20) at 9pm.
With a cast full of stars, the original drama is written by award winning writer and playwright Daragh Carville, who loosely based many of the events and location scouts on his own life, having spent a great amount of time growing up near Morecambe and knowing the ins-and-outs of the area.
What’s The Bay about?
The drama follows Detective Sergeant Lisa Armstrong’s latest missing persons investigation.
As a Family Liaison Officer she knows better than to get emotionally involved as she supports families through tough times.
However, she can’t help but get personally caught up in the drama.
In the second series she begins in a worse off state for it.
