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Lucy Benjamin (born Lucy Jane Baker; 25 June 1970) is an English actress. ==Career== Born in Reading, Berkshire, England, she took the stage name of Benjamin after her brother. Benjamin trained at the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. Her first acting role was as a child actress in ''Doctor Who'' in 1983, playing a younger version of the character Nyssa in ''Mawdryn Undead''. She remained uncredited both on-screen and in ''Radio Times'' for this part, despite having dialogue — albeit one word: "Doctor!" In 1989, she starred in the hit children's television programme ''Press Gang'', where she played Julie Craig. She left after the first series for another role, but returned for the fourth and final series until 1993, where her role was expanded somewhat. In 1989 and 1990, Benjamin appeared in two series of LWT sitcom ''Close to Home'', playing Paul Nicholas' teenage daughter Kate Shepherd. Also in 1990, Benjamin appeared in the BSB Galaxy Channel soap opera ''Jupiter Moon''. In 1995 she appeared in the Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall comedy ''Bottom''. However, she is best known for her role as Lisa Fowler in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' which she played from 1998 to 2003 and was involved in several groundbreaking stories during her time there. During her time on ''EastEnders'', Benjamin was involved in one of the soap's most renowned and highly anticipated storylines, known as Who Shot Phil? (2001). The storyline centred on the shooting of her on-screen lover Phil Mitchell and who, out of the many potential candidates, actually performed the dastardly deed. Several suspects emerged and the audience was kept in the dark for many weeks as to the identity of the shooter. Benjamin's character was eventually unveiled as the shooter. She was asked back for a short period in 2003, however, to help with the forthcoming exit of Steve McFadden, who was taking a hiatus from the programme. Then again in 5 August 2010 Benjamin returned to Eastenders for one episode in a storyline that was building up to the exit of Barbara Windsor. Since leaving ''EastEnders'', Benjamin has appeared in the BBC television programme ''The Afternoon Play'', and the BBC hospital drama ''Casualty''. She has also appeared in pantomimes across London as well as touring for 6 months in the play ''Framed'' in which she starred with Tom Craig from ''Coronation Street''. In April 2006 it was reported in the ''Daily Mirror'' that Benjamin was in talks with ''EastEnders'' about reprising the role of Lisa Fowler. Benjamin however has confirmed in a recent interview that all rumours of her returning to EastEnders were inaccurate and that the programme was not in contact with her. In June 2006, Benjamin appeared on ''The X Factor: Battle of the Stars'', where she was the outright winner. She was mentored by the judge, Louis Walsh. She also appeared as Heather in Stephen Fry's drama ''Kingdom''. In October 2006 Benjamin appeared in an episode of the BBC medical drama ''Doctors''. In September 2008 she appeared in All Star Family Fortunes winning £10,000 for her charity www.rosiesrainbowfund.co.uk She starred in ''The Pretender Agenda'', at the New Players Theatre (formerly the Players Theatre) with Lee Ryan. Benjamin starred also in the directorial debut from FX Artist Tristan Versluis the UK horror film called ''Not Alone''. She was a contestant in the ITV1 series ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' Benjamin recently was in the UK Nationwide tour of the West End hit stage show, ''Hairspray''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucy Benjamin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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