Elaine Lordan
Born
Elaine Bernadette Lordan[1]

(1966-08-08) 8 August 1966
Islington, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1983–2008
SpousePeter Manuel (m. 2005)
Children1

Elaine Bernadette Lordan (born 8 August 1966) is an English former actress, best known for her role as 'Sugar Walls' in the comedy series Gimme Gimme Gimme and playing Lynne Hobbs in EastEnders (2000–2004). Following several tragedies in her private life, Lordan withdrew from the public eye in 2008.

Career

Lordan is best known for her role as Lynne Hobbs in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, which she appeared in from 2000 until 2004.[2][3] Following reports of drunken behaviour on and off the set, Lordan left the show in mid-2004.[3][4][5] Before landing the role of Lynne Hobbs in EastEnders, Lordan worked as an aerobics instructor for 10 years. In the early 80s, she appeared in the Grange Hill spin off series Tucker's Luck alongside future EastEnders co-star Todd Carty. She played Tucker's girlfriend Michelle Passmore. She also appeared in TV comedy drama Minder as Trish, a despatcher, Gimme Gimme Gimme as Linda La Hughes's Eurovision-singing sister Sugar Walls in two episodes (1999: credited as Elaine Morgan, 2000).

She appeared on the fifth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in November 2005, but within a day of arriving she passed out twice in the camp, and although the doctors found her to be in good health, she was removed from the jungle, the producers noting they had to consider if they felt the contestants were up to the rigors of the show.[6] She was the first person to be voted off the 2007 series of Soapstar Superstar after performing Bonnie Tyler's "It's a Heartache".

Personal life

She married Peter Manuel in December 2005, and her baby son died a few days later, aged one, having had surgery for a diaphragmatic hernia.[7] This tragedy came just nine months after the suicide of her mother Bernie.[8] She became pregnant again in 2007 but suffered a miscarriage. Fresh tragedy occurred in April 2008 when her father died from a degenerative illness.[8]

She wrote about this part of her life in the book Whatever It Takes: A Story of Family Survival, published in 2008.[9]

Filmography

Year Show Role
1983 Tucker's Luck Michelle Passmore
1983 Dramarama Patsy Locke Episode: "Rip It Up"
1984 Miracles Take Longer Mandy Anderson
1984 Play for Today Stella Episode: "The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle"
1984 The Gentle Touch Tracy Oates Episode: "Do It Yourself"
1984 Big Deal Maureen Episode: "Nine Bob Notes"
Episode: "Video Man"
Episode: "Some You Win..."
1985 Mrs Capper's Birthday Soldier's Girlfriend Television film
1986 Minder Trish Episode: "Uneasy Rider"
1986 The Best Years of Your Life Nurse Television film
1986 Brush Strokes Girl with message Debut episode
1999–2000 Gimme Gimme Gimme Sugar Walls Episode: "Do They Take Sugar?" (1999)
Episode: "Teacher's Pet" (2000)
1993 Casualty Janice Bradley Series 7, Episode 23, Cause for Concern
1995 Prime Suspect Tracy Series 4, episode 3
1996 Game On Julia
1997 Face Sally
1998 Dangerfield Cathy Episode: "The Long Weekend"
1999 This Year's Love Kate Credited as Elaine Lourdan
2000 Offending Angels Baggy's Ex 4
2000–2004 EastEnders Lynne Hobbs 410 episodes
2003 Slaters in Detention Lynne Hobbs DVD tie in
2005 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Herself Entered and exited on day one
2007 Soapstar Superstar Herself First person to be voted off

References

  1. ↑ "Elaine Lordan". IMDb.
  2. ↑ Jaffee, Larry (2009) Albert Square & Me: The Actors of EastEnders, iUniverse.com, ISBN 978-1-4401-5987-9, p. 204
  3. 1 2 "EastEnders star Lordan to leave", BBC, 15 December 2003, retrieved 2010-11-01
  4. ↑ "Eastend Boozer Barred" - The People, 8 February 2004
  5. ↑ Sunday Mirror, July 2004
  6. ↑ Wilkes, Neil (2005) "Elaine Lordan quits 'I'm A Celebrity'", digitalspy.co.uk, 22 November 2005, retrieved 2010-11-01
  7. ↑ EastEnders Elaine's baby dies, Daily Mirror, 20 December 2005
  8. 1 2 Exclusive: Ex-EastEnder Elaine Lordan reveals her tragic story, Daily Mirror, 7 September 2008
  9. ↑ Whatever It Takes: A Story of Family Survival, Elaine Lordan, Ebury Press, 2008

Elaine Lordan at IMDb

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