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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Cheryl Fergison (born 27 August 1965)[1] is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Heather Trott in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role in which she starred in from 2007 until 2012.[2]

Career

After training at Rose Bruford College, Fergison started playing the role of Heather Trott on the BBC soap opera EastEnders on 26 June 2007. The character was conceived by the former executive producer, Diederick Santer. Prior to this, Fergison made a brief appearance on the series as a friend of Mo Harris (Laila Morse) in 2005.

Fergison's stage credits include Measure for Measure, for the Royal Shakespeare Company[3] and the 2006 season at The Scoop.[4]

Fergison is also known for playing Joanna Harding in the Linda Flint sketches of Little Britain, opposite David Walliams and also played Judy in The IT Crowd. Other notable appearances include 'Allo 'Allo!, Little Miss Jocelyn, Bad Girls and Casualty, as well as playing Mrs. Lloyd in two episodes of Doctor Who, "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances". Fergison also starred in a promotional video for the band Keane's single "Atlantic", which was included on their Under the Iron Sea DVD.

In November 2007, Fergison participated in the Children in Need charity appeal with her EastEnders co-stars which was broadcast on BBC One. On 26 June 2008, she appeared on and won an EastEnders special of quiz show The Weakest Link.

Since appearing on EastEnders, Fergison has made a variety of television appearances on shows such as GMTV, The Paul O'Grady Show, This Morning and Loose Women. She won the Best Comedy Performance award at the 2008 Inside Soap Awards, and was then nominated for Best Comedy Performance and Best Onscreen Partnership Award (alongside Linda Henry) at the 2008 British Soap Awards. Fergison later appeared in Let's Dance For Sport Relief, dancing to "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice, and appeared in an episode of BBC Two's Shooting Stars in August 2010.

On 17 September 2011, Fergison was axed from EastEnders and it was announced that she would leave at the end of her current contract, departing the show on 21 March 2012.[5] Heather was killed off after being hit with a photoframe by Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe).[6]

In March 2012, Fergison appeared on The Saturday Night Show.[7] In April and June 2012, Fergison made two guest panellist appearances on ITV's Loose Women. On 15 August 2012, Fergison entered the Celebrity Big Brother 10 house. On 24 August 2012, she became the second housemate to be evicted.

Fergison was one of the celebrity contestants on Your Face Sounds Familiar.[8] During the series, she sang as Dusty Springfield, Anastacia, Meatloaf, Lulu, Madonna, Cher and Adele. She played the role of Jo in the 2014 series of Big School on BBC One.[9] On 24 December 2016, Fergison reprised her role on EastEnders as Heather Trott, in the form of a recorded voice-over.[10] The recording was a taped message left by Heather for Dot Cotton, who discovered it on her last day working in the launderette.[10][11]

From October to November 2018, she played the part of Mrs Bird in the musical production of Maggie May at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool.[12]

In 2022, she played a fictionalised version of herself in Catherine Tate's six-part mockumentary sitcom Hard Cell, released on Netflix.[13][14][15]

Personal life

Fergison divorced her husband, Jamshed Saddiqi, in 2008. She and Saddiqi have one child, a son named Alex. In May 2011, Fergison married Yassine Al-Jermoni.[16]

Filmography

As an actress

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Covington Cross Maid 2 2 Episodes
'Allo 'Allo! Desiree 1 Episode
1993 Genghis Cohn Frau Langer Supporting Role
1994 Middlemarch Pritchard 5 Episodes
1996 Interview Day Miss Bodley TV film
1997 A Royal Scandal Cleaning Maid
Cold Enough for Snow Mrs. Bodley
2004–2005 Little Britain Joanna Harding 2 Episodes
2005 Doctor Who Mrs. Lloyd
EastEnders Meg 1 Episode
2006 The IT Crowd Judy 1 Episode
Little Miss Jocelyn Various
Bad Girls Latoya
Casualty Lucille Prior
2007 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle Fan With a Baby
2007–2012, 2016 EastEnders Heather Trott 386 Episodes
2008 Children in Need Housemaid TV special
2009 Mr. Right Red Team Woman Supporting Role
2010 EastEnders: E20 Heather Trott 4 Episodes
2013 The Spa Ms. Wylde 5 Episodes
2014 Big School Jo 6 Episodes
2016 White Island Security Guard Supporting Role
2021 Hansel and Gretel: After Ever After Executioner TV film
2021–2022 The Stand Up Sketch Show Various 3 Episodes
2022 Dodger Mrs. McCurdy 1 Episode
Hard Cell Cheryl 6 Episodes

As herself

Year Title Role Notes
2008 The Weakest Link Contestant 1 Episode
2008–2009 The New Paul O'Grady Show Guest 3 Episodes
2008–2020 Loose Women Guest Panelist 8 Episodes
2010–2013 This Morning Guest 4 Episodes
2010 Let's Dance for Sport Relief Participant TV special
Shooting Stars 1 Episode
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Guest
All Star Family Fortunes Contestant
2011 Barbara Windsor: A Comedy Roast Contributor TV special
Children in Need Participant
2012 EastEnders Revealed Interviewee 1 Episode
Daybreak Guest
Come Dine with Me Contestant
Let's Do Lunch with Gino and Mel Guest
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Contestant
The Alan Titchmarsh Show Guest
TV Burp
2013 John Bishop's Only Joking Regular Panelist 6 Episodes
Celebrity Juice Panelist 1 Episode
Your Face Sounds Familiar Regular Performer 6 Episodes
Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Housemate 14 Episodes
Big Brother's Bit on the Side Guest 14 Episodes
Let's Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 1 Episode
2014 Famous, Rich & Hungry Participant 2 Episodes
2015 Pointless Celebrities Contestant 1 Episode
Celebrity Mastermind
2017 Sky Comedy Christmas Shorts Contributor
2018 Good Morning Britain Guest
2019 Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule Panelist

Theatre credits

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Dance of Death Jenny Almeida Theatre, Islington
2006 Measure for Measure Mariana Royal Shakespeare Company
2012–2013 Cinderella Fairy Godmother Central Theatre, Chatham
2013–2014 Jack and the Beanstalk Spirit of the Beans Assembly Rooms, Derby
2015–2016 Cinderella Fairy Godmother Middlesbrough Theatre
2016 Carnival Dreams the Musical Teresa Ashcroft Theatre
2016 Menopause the Musical Earth Mother UK Tour
2017 The Wizard of Oz Wicked Witch of the West UK Tour
2016–2017 Beauty and The Beast Wicked Queen Lighthouse Theatre, Kettering
2017–2018 Sleeping Beauty Carabosse The Sands Centre, Carlisle
2018 Ladies Day Jan Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Maggie May Mrs. Bird Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
2018–2019 Jack and the Beanstalk Fairy Epsom Playhouse
2019–2020 Stockport Plaza
2020–2021 Menopause the Musical Earth Mother UK Tour
2021–2022 Aladdin Spirit of the Ring Trinity Arts Centre
2022–2023 Cinderella Fairy Godmother Stockport Plaza

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Шаблон:Abbr
2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards Best On-Screen Partnership (shared with Linda Henry) Шаблон:Nom [17]
2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards Best Newcomer Шаблон:Nom [17]
2008 British Soap Awards Best Comedy Performance Шаблон:Nom [18]
2008 British Soap Awards Best On-Screen Partnership (shared with Henry) Шаблон:Nom [18]
2008 Inside Soap Awards Funniest Performance Шаблон:Won [19]
2009 Inside Soap Awards Funniest Performance Шаблон:Nom [20]

References

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