Tina Hobley
Tina Hobley (born
20 May,
1972 in
Mill Hill,
London) is an
English television actressHer parents Harry Snr and Kathy ran a shop, where both she and brother Harry were raised. Very shy as a child, her mother sent her to speech and drama classes when she was five. She then became very clingy, so her mother decided to break her clinging phase by sending her to various activities - including Brownies, Horse Riding. Then her mother sent her to a very strict speech and drama teacher, who she adored - and stayed 15 years before drama school [
1]
After training at the
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art from
1990 to
1993, Hobley first rose to prominence in
Coronation Street as Samantha Failsworth from
1996 to
1998. After leaving The Street, Hobley has appeared in Harbour Lights,
The Bill and many other popular TV shows as well as some theatre productions.
Hobley is currently playing feisty ward sister
nurse Chrissie Williams in
Holby City. However, after playing in an
888.com sponsored poker tournament, joined by Bad Girls star
Stephanie Beacham and Cutting It's
Angela Griffin in the show called "The Queen of Diamonds." Hobley went out in the first round after just three hours, but BBC would not step down even though she gave her fee to charity [
2] Hobley made her donation to The Laura Sadler Memorial Fund which helps young wannabe actors, named in memory of
Laura Sadler who played Holby's nurse Sandy, who died in
2003 after falling from the balcony of her boyfriend's flat. Stars on an exclusive BBC deal are banned from taking part in anything commercial. Hobley was given a month's suspension without pay, which will take effect in November
2006 when scriptwriters on the BBC1 medical hit will work her out of the show [
3]
Hobley married Graphic designer, Steve Wallington, in a ceremony in Ennis Cathedral, Ireland in
1998. Daughter Isabella was born in April
2000, but the couple are now divorced. On
22 April 2006, boyfriend of the past year
Freud Communications Director Oliver (Oli) Wheeler, proposed to Tina at their
Cotswolds mansion. Tina and Oli are engaged to be married in Winter 2006 [
4]
Tina has attracted the attention of those who vote in the
FHM 100 Sexiest Women awards. Here are her rankings in given years:
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1997: 21
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1998: 59
*TELEVISION CREDITS : The Bill; May and June; The Knock; All in the Game; Pie in the Sky; Harbour Lights; Coronation Street; Holby City; Bliss; Ghostbusters of East Finchley
* THEATRE CREDITS : Angry Old Man, Anna of the Five Towns; View from the Bridge; It Can Damage Your Health
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