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Diane Parish
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Parish in 2023
Born
Diane Carol Richards

(1969-11-06) 6 November 1969 (age 55)
Tottenham, London, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 1991–present
Children 2

Diane Carol Richards (born 6 November 1969), known professionally as Diane Parish, is an English actress, who has been portraying the character Denise Fox on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders since 2006.

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Parish has acted on British television for over two decades. She has appeared in a number of TV shows over the years, including the ITV dramas The Bill and M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team playing Detective Eva Sharpe. She is also known for appearing in two series of the BBC One comedy drama Lovejoy (1993–1994).

Career

After graduating from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she worked mainly in theatre, including playing Cordelia in Talawa Theatre Company's 1994 production of King Lear.

Parish has appeared in various television roles. In Lovejoy, she played Beth Taylor, the replacement for the character Eric Catchpole. Another television role was as Lola Christie, girlfriend of Mick McFarlane, the manager of the EastEnders night cafe, in 1998.

Parish has also appeared in television dramas including The Bill and its spin-off M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, playing DC Eva Sharpe. Before The Bill she starred in Babyfather, for which she received the Royal Television Society's best actress award in 2001, becoming the first black actor to win a major RTS award. Parish returned to EastEnders in May 2006, but this time playing regular character Denise Fox. She departed from the soap opera temporarily in January 2008 in order to give birth to her daughter, returning in June that year. Parish appeared as Millie in the 1996 film Indian Summer (also released under the title Alive And Kicking).

Personal life

Parish is of Dominican and Montserratian descent. She has two daughters with her former partner Sebastian Hagemeister.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1993 Frank Stubbs Promotes Receptionist Episode: "Starlet"
1993 Screen One Blackpool Waitress Episode: "Wide-Eyed and Legless"
1993–1994 Lovejoy Beth Taylor Main role (series 5–6)
1996 Final Passage, TheThe Final Passage Milkie TV film
1996 Indian Summer Millie Film; also marketed as Alive and Kicking
1997 Casualty Donna Episode: "Déjà Vu"
1997 Holding On Janet TV mini-series
1998 Picking Up the Pieces Lisa Gee TV series
1998 Driving Miss Daisy Crazy Daisy Short film
1998 EastEnders Lola Christie Regular role
1999 Real Women Rachel TV series
2000 Vice, TheThe Vice Shirley Robinson Episodes: "Betrayed: Parts 1 & 2", "Lovesick: Parts 1 & 2"
2000–2001 Clocking Off Sylvia Robinson Main role (series 1–2)
2001 Comedy Lab Jacks Episode: "Turn the World Down"
2001–2002 Babyfather Lesley Bailey Regular role
2002–2004 Bill, TheThe Bill Eva Sharpe Regular role (series 18–20)
2005 Holby City Lucy Faulds Episode: "Live and Let Die"
2005 Murder Investigation Team Eva Sharpe Episodes #2.1, #2.2, #2.3, #2.4
2005 Waking the Dead Sheryl Palliser Episodes: "Black Run: Parts 1 & 2"
2006–present EastEnders Denise Fox Regular role
2010 East Street Charity crossover between Coronation Street and EastEnders
2010 EastEnders: Farewell Stacey Television film
2012 B&B: Kim's Place, TheThe B&B: Kim's Place 2 episodes: "The Deadline", "Branching Out"
2014 EastEnders: The Ghosts of Ian Beale Charity special
2020 The Queen Vic Quiz Night Charity crossover between Coronation Street and EastEnders
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square Herself Episode: "Denise and Kim"
2023 EastEnders: The Six Herself 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2002 Royal Television Society Programme Awards Actor: Female Babyfather Won
2002 8th National Television Awards Most Popular Newcomer The Bill Nominated
2007 British Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated
2010 15th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance EastEnders Nominated
2010 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated
2011 16th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance EastEnders Nominated
2013 2013 British Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated
2013 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress EastEnders Nominated
2014 19th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance EastEnders Nominated
2014 2014 British Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated
2014 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress EastEnders Nominated
2016 2016 British Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated
2016 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress EastEnders Nominated
2017 22nd National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance EastEnders Nominated
2017 2017 British Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated
2017 2017 British Soap Awards Best Female Dramatic Performance EastEnders Nominated
2017 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated
2017 Digital Spy Reader Awards Best Soap Actress EastEnders Seventh
2018 23rd National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance EastEnders Nominated
2018 2018 British Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated
2020 I Talk Telly Awards Best Soap Performance EastEnders Nominated
2021 I Talk Telly Awards Best Soap Partnership (with Tameka Empson) EastEnders Nominated
2023 2023 British Soap Awards Best Leading Performer EastEnders Nominated
2023 28th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance EastEnders Nominated
2023 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress EastEnders Nominated

See also

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