Melissa Holly Suffield (born 24 December 1992)[ BBC EastEnders Cast Retrieved on 10 August 2008 ]
Early life
Suffield was born in London in 1992 as Melissa Carter. She adopted the surname Suffield from her step-father. She attended Hatch End High School. Her first professional acting role was in an episode of the children's series
Magic Grandad in March 2003. She appeared in one episode of
Agatha Christie's Poirot (
Five Little Pigs)
and in two episodes of
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Career
EastEnders
Suffield is best known for her appearance in television soap
EastEnders, in which she played
Lucy Beale, daughter of
Ian Beale, a long standing character, from 2004 to 2010. She also appeared as Lucy in the 2010 spin off series
. Suffield helped raise money for Children in Need in November 2007, by appearing in a special
Beatles medley featuring cast members from
EastEnders. She also took part in Children in Need 2008, when Suffield appeared in a West End production of
Mary Poppins. She also appeared in a
Motown medley for Children in Need 2009.
[ Youtube Eastenders tribute to the Beatles Retrieved on 10 August 2008] In May 2010, it was announced that Suffield had been axed from
EastEnders, after she allegedly ignored warnings about her "unruly" behaviour.
On 14 November 2011, it was announced that the character would be returning to
EastEnders in January 2012, with
Hetti Bywater taking over the role.
Post-EastEnders
In August 2009, Suffield took part in a documentary called
16: Too Young To Vote? as part of
BBC Three's
Adult Season, in which she journeys around the UK to find out whether sixteen year olds should get the right to vote. In September 2009, she reported for the BBC programme
Watchdog about the dangers of sunbeds. She also exposed centres that were not following guidelines by checking peoples ages. In addition, Suffield took part in a celebrity version of
Total Wipeout. She has also acted in
Casualty. In March 2015, she played the title role in
Norma Jeane, a musical about
Marilyn Monroe. In December 2019, it was reported that she had acted and directed a
pantomime at Swallows Leisure Centre in
Sittingbourne.
Personal life
Suffield is married to cruise director Robert Brendan; they have one child together (b. 2020).
They currently live on the Isle of Sheppey in
Kent.
Filmography
Television
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| 1 episode |
| Young Lucy |
| 317 episodes |
| Episode: "Julia Davis's Little Cracker: The Kiss" |
| 3 episodes |
Film
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| Television movie |
| Short film |
Theatre
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