Articles tagged with ‘Eastenders’
Twilight Star Judi Takes A Bite At Hollywood Fame!
Posted on October 14th, 2010 at 7:39 am by
As Brits in LA go, former soap actress Judi Shekoni has more staying power than any other expat I know. So it came as no surprise to me when I opened up my Facebook this morning to find a lovely message from the aspiring star, saying, “Hope your well! Guess whose gonna be a vampire in Twilight!!!”
Yesterday, Summit Entertainment announced that Judi has been added to the cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn in the role of Zafrina.
Zafrina has lived outside of civilization for centuries, making no attempt to keep up a human façade; her character is among the oldest vampires in the world, descendants of an ancient Amazonian tribe.
Amazonian Zafrina, and Judi have much in common it seems (apart from their long legs). It too feels like Shekoni’s been around forever, once a jobbing model in London, Judi finally got her break playing Precious on BBC TV’s hit soap Eastenders a little over 8 years ago.
From there Shekoni practically landed on every tabloid magazine cover that Britain had to offer – her PR people literally milked it. Then she hopped on a plane to Hollywood chasing her dream and like so many Brits who arrive expecting the earth it all went rather quiet for her apart from the odd telly appearance here and there, until now…
Congratulations Miss Shekoni, I can only imagine what Tinsletown has in store for you from here on, if 2002 is anything to go by.
TIme to vacuum the red carpets and get them ready for Judi Shekoni, I say… As nobody knows your determination quite so well as me, I was the one putting you on all those magazine covers many moons ago, remember?!
It’s a ‘Pole-Role’ For Former Bionic Babe Michelle!
Posted on March 31st, 2010 at 8:38 am by Sean Borg
Former Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan is finally climbing up the ladder, or should I say ‘pole’ to success in tinseltown.
Busty brunette Michelle, most well known for her role as wayward teen Zoe Slater in the hit BBC1 soap Eastenders, is now set to bare all playing a stripper in her new film A Girl Walks into a Bar and says it’s “great fun” practicing her moves for the racy role and is currently taking pole dancing lessons in Los Angeles to prepare for it.
She said: “I play a stripper and had to go to a pole-dancing classes.
“I have so much respect for the dancers. It is hard work.”
But the busty telly babe admits she’s not as tough as her ex-screen persona Jamie Sommers and ended up covered in bruises as she attempted some of the more difficult dance routines.
Um, Michelle I’ve have some good advice for you sweetie, maybe you should get on the phone to former ‘wild child’ Emma Ridley at Goddess Fitness Dance, I’m sure Em’s could give you a few tips on how to handle some Hollywood’s more ‘trickier ‘poles in business… Oo-er, no pun intended!
From Eastenders to West Coasters!
Posted on April 2nd, 2009 at 10:22 am by
In this pic: Sean Maguire and Michelle Collins
Seems like Michelle Collins is having a bit of an Albert Square reunion with Sean Maguire now she’s out here in Los Angeles.
The British stars were spotted having a good ol’ chin-wag while shopping at The Grove this week leaving me wondering whether there’s another collaboration on the cards?
Just over 10 years ago Michelle would have been showing Sean the ropes when they starred together in BBC’s Eastenders and Sunburn but now it would seem it’s the other way round…
