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Lucy Benjamin (born 25 June 1970) is an English actress.

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Lucy Jane Baker

Lucy Benjamin (born 25 June 1970) is an English actress. Born Lucy Jane Baker 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 actor in Doctor Who in 1983 playing a young version of the character Nyssa. 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 Shepard. Also in 1990, Benjamin appeared in the BSB Galaxy 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. Benjamin's offscreen relationship with EastEnders co-star Steve FcFadden was much publicised in the British tabloid press during her time on the show. The relationship allegedly ended after McFadden was caught cheating on her with an ex-lover, Angela Bostock, the mother of his daughter. Bostock fell pregnant again and Benjamin spilt with McFadden in 2003. Benjamin married oil businessman, Richard Taggart, at Babington House, Somerset on 30 March 2006. The couple met during a flight to Dubai and became engaged just three months later, confirmed with a diamond ring reported to have cost £8,000. Benjamin and Taggert now live in Gidea Park, Greater London. In the first episode of the The X Factor: Battle of the Stars show on 31 May 2006, Sharon Osbourne let slip that Benjamin was pregnant. Evidently shocked at the revelation, Benjamin smiled while host Kate Thornton commented: "I don't think you wanted that announced tonight, did you?". Sharon Osbourne always commented on the fact that she was pregnant and constantly praised her for her singing talents. Benjamin gave birth by caesarian section to a girl named Bessie at Harold Wood Hospital, east London on 22 November 2006. On 19 October, she revealed that she is 3 months pregnant with her second child. She is a patron of the charity Rosie's Rainbow Fund.

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