She went on to have small roles in BBC's Tricky Business (1989), Making News (1990), Clarissa (1991), Love Hurts (1992), Drop the Dead Donkey (1993), and The Bill (1993), and she also appeared as an acne-ridden teenager in a Clearasil advert. She has said that she started experimenting with alcohol and drugs from the age of 10 and her addiction lasted for 24 years. Palmer made a guest appearance on the Christmas Day 1993 episode of Top of the Pops introducing 'No Limit' by 2 Unlimited with presenter Mark Franklin. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Upon enrolling at the Anna Scher Theatre school, and learning about an accomplished actress already with the name Julie Harris, Palmer adopted her current name by borrowing her mother's maiden name and changing her given name to a nickname of her mother's first name, Pat. Last year Patsy waxed lyrical about her glitzy life in America - revealing she is often found rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mary J Blige and Cindy Crawford while DJ-ing in Malibu. [20] In January 2020, Palmer appeared as the Butterfly on the ITV reality singing competition The Masked Singer. News / Patsy Palmer DJ Patsy Palmer Hack to a Last-Minute Hair Fix. Shortly after her departure, the cockney favourite relocated to LA in an attempt to kickstart a new career. Patsy Kensit was born on 4 March 1968 to James Henry Kensit (1915 – September 1987) and Margaret Rose Doohan (1935 – December 1993), a native of Ireland who died from breast cancer. Something went wrong, please try again later. Palmer made her screen debut in the television programme The Gentle Touch in 1984. Friday, October 29, 2017 - English actress Patsy Palmer of EastEnders steps out for coffee with her young son Bertie. You can unsubscribe at any time. Palmer has released a number of hit fitness videos and DVDs: Patsy Palmer â The Club Workout (2000), Patsy Palmer â The Urban Workout (2002) and Patsy Palmer's Ibiza Workout (2002). [30], For the American actress who occasionally used this name, see, Palmer at the funeral service for actress, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, "Patsy Palmer was picked on for having ginger hair", "Entertainment Patsy Palmer to leave EastEnders", "Patsy Palmer quits EastEnders for Hollywood", "EastEnders bringing back Patsy Palmer as Bianca Jackson", "Actress Patsy Palmer returning to EastEnders as Bianca Jackson", "EastEnders star Patsy Palmer returning to play Bianca Jackson ahead of 'blistering storyline' â AOL", "EastEnders tipped to bring back Patsy Palmer as Bianca Jackson for Whitney's prison story", "Patsy Palmer reveals Bianca's return to EastEnders was cancelled due to coronavirus", Trapped â an interactive short film by Seefood films, "The soap stars who have found very unusual ways of living the American dream in Hollywood", "The Masked Singer: Fans left reeling after mystery Butterfly revealed as Patsy Palmer", "Tonight join @MissAlexjones and @realshanerichie as they celebrate the life of Dame Barbara Windsor with guests @GylesB1 , @JWinstone and @patsypalmerx . Palmer was born and grew up in Bethnal Green, East London. Because of this she lent her support to the Department for Education's anti-bullying campaign in 2000. ... DJ Quintero, hasn’t spoken on it, and the fact that her current vibe seems too chill for a day at the salon, we’re leaning towards the former (and going ahead and canceling our next colour appointment). In 2006 Palmer made an appearance in the charity fitness DVD The Allstar Workout. The most exciting, need-to-know new songs from hip hop's latest and greatest stars. … The celebrity participants of Comic Relief Does The Apprentice, the charity special of the reality show, including Jack Dee, Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, Carol Vorderman, Patsy Palmer and Ruby Wax She was brought up along with her two elder brothers, Albert and Harry, by her mother Pat. [7] However, in October 2007 the BBC announced that Palmer would be returning to the soap as a full-time character; she made her comeback on-screen in April 2008. Patsy’s next birthday is in . [16] She has also co-hosted Channel 4's Big Breakfast as a guest presenter for a week. We Are A top Notch Quality British Palo Alto DJ Company in the bay area, california With over 20 years experience,we dj every type of Palo Alto DJ wedding and palo alto school dance and events Big OR Small. Many are convinced that chart topping PJ & Duncan star Declan Donnelly is masquerading as a chameleon on the bizarre singing show. "Itâs not like that. #This Morning #Phillip Schofield #Holly Willoughby #Patsy Palmer #EastEnders #Bianca Jackson #Bianca Butcher #Terry Spraggen #Milton Keynes #Tiffany Butcher #LA #Los Angeles #Malibu #2018 California Wildfires #Julie Anne Harris More you might like [3], In 1993, she was cast in the role of feisty Bianca Jackson in BBC's soap opera, EastEnders. [4] She remained in the role for six years, but quit in 1999 to spend more time with her family and to concentrate on other projects. She appeared as Clare in the detective series McCready and Daughter, which aired for a pilot and one series between 2000 and 2001. We have a pretty normal life in an extraordinary place,â she added. The actress, famous for playing Bianca Jackson on the long-running BBC soap, is a DJ across the pond and lives in Malibu - the neighbourhood of some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Patsy's mother noticed her acting talent at an early age and encouraged her to go to the Anna Scher acting school, and after various roles in television dramas, at 21 she landed the part of Bianca in the BBC soap "EastEnders".She left the programme in 1999, but has since returned a couple of times as one of the most popular characters in the show. [6], In 2005, Palmer publicly criticised EastEnders, branding the storylines ridiculous and unbelievable and stating that she "wouldn't go back to EastEnders". Her primary income source is from being Soap Opera Actress. In December, she appeared as a guest on The One Show in an episode dedicated to the late Barbara Windsor. EastEnders' Patsy Palmer celebrates her 48th birthday surrounded by her husband and children in their stunning Malibu home before taking to the decks for fun-filled DJ session Patsy Palmer was last seen on-screen in EastEnders in the autumn of 2014, having since moved with her family to Los Angeles, where she pursued a new career as a DJ. Patsy Palmer tries to go by her real name “Julie” in the US – but she “gets so confused” having two monikers. [22], Palmer is close friends with Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher) and Danniella Westbrook (Sam Mitchell). Palmer worked on the first series of OK TV with Fiona Phillips in 1999. (The daughter of Roman Polanski and the son of EastEnders actor Patsy Palmer make a surprisingly natural pair on screen.) The former EastEnders star packed up her life in the UK to start anew in America several years ago - but some have only just found out, Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with our free email newsletter. Nominated 'Best On-Screen Partnership' alongside Sid Owen at the British Soap Awards, This page was last edited on 17 March 2021, at 13:28. Favourite Chacun Pour Soi finished third behind the Henry de Bromhead-trained winner, Woman's McDonald's delivery comes with unexpected mood-boosting note from worker, A delivery driver is spreading cheer throughout Liverpool by attaching cute special notes to food orders and leaving them on people's doorsteps to enjoy. Bianca's on-screen marriage to Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen) in 1997 drew one of the biggest soap audiences ever â more than 22 million. 4. Plus a live performance from @celeste . Patsy Palmer was unmasked as the Butterfly. From Albert Square to Hollywood: How Patsy Palmer turned DJ to the stars AS Bianca Jackson in EastEnders Patsy Palmer became a household name but … [29] She is an active patron of Children's Cancer Charity CLIC Sargent. Country singer Patsy Cline, the spunky girl with a golden voice, admires plaques honoring the Country Music Hall of Fame's two newest members, Hank Williams Sr. and Fred Rose. [5] She reprised the role in May 2002 in a special entitled, EastEnders: Ricky and Bianca. 1. Julie Anne Merkell (née Harris; born 26 May 1972), known professionally as Patsy Palmer, is an English DJ and actress, known for her roles as Natasha in the children's drama series Grange Hill (1985â1987), and Bianca Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1993â1999, 2008â2014, 2019), which earned her the British Soap Award for Best Actress. A post shared by Patsy Palmer (@patsypalmerofficial) Patsy Palmer first appeared on EastEnders as Bianca all the way back in 1993, but she has now moved across the pond to pursue a career as a DJ. Palmer's film work includes the shorts Love Story (1999) directed by Nick Love, and Another Green World (2005) directed by Peter Chipping. "I mean, who knew Patsy Palmer lived in Malibu and DJâd in LA?â asked another. âThe most shocking bit wasnât that it was Patsy, it was that she lives in Malibu and DJâs???" Julie Anne Merkell (née Harris; born 26 May 1972), known professionally as 5. ITV’s new entertainment hit The Masked Singer revealed the identity of its first disguised celebrity last night… with ‘Butterfly’ being unmasked as ex-EastEnders star and DJ Patsy Palmer. Palmer stood in for GMTV's Lorraine Kelly, presenting her Lorraine Live section for a week in 1999, reporting from Miami on fashion, lifestyle, health and fitness. one astonished fan tweeted after Patsy was unmasked. She said: “I love singing in general (not that I’m any good) but it's an extremely uplifting thing to do.“I love music, it's a total passion of mine (I DJ) so I’m constantly playing music. Patsy Palmer announced she was leaving BBC soap Eastenders back in 2014. On stage she has starred in the one-woman musical Tell Me On A Sunday, which toured the UK, and played in London's West End. A mutation that increases the level of a special class of sphingolipids—molecules important to cell structure and signaling—can lead to neurodegeneration due to problems with neuronal membranes, reports a research team led by Jackson Laboratory Research Scientist Lihong Zhao, Ph.D. and Professor Patsy was born in Generation X (1972). She made an appearance in He Knew He Was Right for the BBC in 2004, and in 2001 she was seen in the television mini-series Do or Die, which aired on Sky One. Viewers watching The Masked Singer were more shocked by the lifestyle of the first unmasked celebrity rather than discovering who they were after Patsy Palmer was revealed in episode one. Meanwhile, viewers of The Masked Singer think they have already solved who a number of other participants are. PATSY PALMER - who plays Bianca Jackson in EastEnders - has taken a swipe at the soap, saying it was 'a mistake' for them to increase the amount of episodes each week. Her mother first spotted her acting talent and encouraged her to go to Anna Scher's famous acting school in London. #TheOneShow", EastEnders â Interview â Patsy Palmer and Sid Owen â Digital Spy, "Telly talk: New role is murder for Lindsey", "EastEnders star Patsy Palmer's SHOCK career change revealed: 'She really is in demand, "Enders legend Patsy Palmer on her 20-year battle with drink and drugs and how she was saved by motherhood and love", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patsy_Palmer&oldid=1012633083, Participants in British reality television series, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Nominated 'Best On-Screen Partnership alongside. Featuring Big Sean. [1] Palmer was bullied at school, and has said that acting was a form of escape. Patsy Palmer has revealed her red hair is turning grey and the iconic redhead is totally down with it. She attended Globe Primary School and then Haggerston Girls Secondary School. [14] However, this was later cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions.[15]. [11][12][13] In February 2020, it was announced that Palmer would be reprising her role as Bianca again, with scenes set to air later in the year. Since then she made friends with the likes of Camille Grammer and Cindy Crawford while settling down. It's all here. Palmer's autobiography All of Me was released in the UK on 5 April 2007. Those tuning into the new ITV show - which has been branded by some as âthe worst thing theyâve ever seen on TVâ - were less surprised to see 47-year-old former EastEnders star Patsy unmasked as the first celeb contestant, and more shocked by her glamorous American life. Patsy Palmer’s birth sign is Gemini. She was attending the 11th annual WSM Country Music Festival and the DJ Convention, Nov. 8, 1962. Patsy Palmer was born Julie Anne Harris on 26 May 1972 in Bethnal Green, London. Patsy is a DJ in Malibu after quitting the UK for a life in the sun (Image: Patsy Palmer/Instagram) The soap star now enjoys a life in the sun and is … Patsy Palmer Talks About Her Life in Malibu and ... - YouTube [9] In 2014, Palmer announced that she was leaving the series. Nominated 'Best Dramatic Performance' at the British Soap Awards. While a third viewer tweeted: "Patsy Palmer is one of my favourite LA DJs.". Ex-EastEnder Patsy Palmer DJs live in LA | Entertainment Daily In the book, she described her ascent to fame, her struggle with addiction and how she battled to overcome her problems. 3. In February 2007, she was a jury member on the BBC programme The Verdict, where various celebrities ruled on a contemporary and controversial case, based on evidence and examples from real life. Palmer made an early television appearance on the children's drama show Grange Hill, but is bes [27], Palmer has said that she has been a drug- and alcohol-addict, and that during her 1990s stint on EastEnders she frequently turned up on set either high or hungover. [18] Palmer has been DJing since 2012,[19] including in United States since 2017. She has also made a cameo appearance with Catherine Tate's sketch show The Catherine Tate Show. Our. She also had a leading role in a UK tour of the musical Steppin' Out, appeared in the original West End run of Mum's the Word, and acted in We Happy Few by Imogen Stubbs, which played a short run at the Gielgud Theatre. Patsy Palmer. She is an English actress and DJ. [2] At age six, she starred in a West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In 1999, Palmer made a cameo appearance as herself in an episode of Kathy Burke's sitcom, Gimme Gimme Gimme; it made light of her role as Bianca Jackson. She was born in the Year of the Rat. Bianca Jackson (also Butcher) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by - Patsy Palmer (Butterfly) Eastenders star Patsy Palmer was first to be booted off in the competition. Palmer suffered from bullying during her school years. [10] She reprised the role again in the autumn of 2019 for a short stint. I just know people and everyone knows everyone. PATSY PALMER Actor. EastEnders veteran and not-a-DJ-but-she-is Patsy Palmer remembers the days when EastEnders only aired two episodes a week, and thinks they … Former EastEnders star, Patsy Palmer’s is renowned for her thick & bouncy auburn … âItâs such a small industry, so you do meet people who say: âOh, do you know so and so?â And itâs just like that. 2. [21] In March, Palmer participated in the third series of The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off. Palmer is an Arsenal football supporter and although her husband Richard supports Tottenham, Palmer stated in 2012 "there isn't a rivalry at home". Her mother first spotted her acting talent and encouraged her to go to Anna Scher's acting school in London. 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Patsy Palmer (born Julie Anne Harris; 26 May 1972 in Bethnal Green, London) is an English actress and DJ. [26] In April 2014, Palmer and most of her family moved to Malibu, California, near Los Angeles. The two-part, hour-long special was filmed in Manchester, which reunited Bianca and Ricky for the first time in over two years. [23] Palmer has been married twice and has four children: Charley (born 1992) (from Palmer's relationship with boxer Alfie Rothwell), Fenton (born 2000), Emilia (born 2001), and Bertie (born 2010). While others think Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts or Charlotte Church is underneath the Queen Bee costume. In 2010, she stated that she had been clean of drugs and alcohol since September 2004 and that "We don't have drink in our house".[28]. Bianca is one of the most popular characters the show has ever had". In 2005, Palmer took part in BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show, to raise money for the Children in Need fund. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Enriched in deep conditioning Coconut & Argan Oils, Patsy loves to use the hair mask whenever she has to attend a last-minute DJ set and her hair needs a nourishing wake up. In 2003, in addition to acting, Palmer and her friend, Charlotte Cutler went into business with marketer Ken Wells and a Kent-based chemical company, to create "Palmer Cutler", selling beauty and self-tanning products. [25] Her brother, Harry Harris, is married to Lindsey Coulson, the actress who played her on-screen mother Carol Jackson in EastEnders. Like many other EastEnders actors, Palmer appeared on the children's drama show Grange Hill between 1985 and 1987. Kensit has an elder brother, Jamie, born in 1963. [24] For 10 years, starting in 2004, she lived with her husband and children in Western Terrace and then Kemptown, Brighton, England. Patsy Palmer’s life path number is 5. [8] Palmer has commented "I can't wait to explore what Bianca has been doing with her life and seeing what she is going to get up to next", and EastEnders executive producer, Diederick Santer, added, "I'm delighted to welcome Patsy Palmer home to EastEnders. I donât have any real friends who are A-list and who Iâm sitting having dinner with,â she told The Sunâs Fabulous magazine last August. In the first episode of the series she was shown at a beauty salon where she got her hair shampooed and interviewed Lindsay Coulson, who played her fictional mother Carol Jackson in EastEnders. A new music service with official albums, singles, videos, remixes, live performances and more for Android, iOS and desktop. Before taking to the stage dressed as a giant butterfly, The Masked Singer judges were shown a video to give clues as to who would be under the disguise - with scenes showing someone spinning decks in California. 6. PALO ALTO DJ For All Occasions ! ... by a DJ, an art dealer, and their famous friends [17], In 2008, a short film starring Palmer was released by housing and homelessness charity Shelter. Julie Anne Merkell, known professionally as Patsy Palmer, is an English actress and DJ, known for her roles as Natasha in the children's drama series Grange Hill, and Bianca Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, which earned her the British Soap Award for Best Actress. Sometimes theyâll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.