Lacey Turner
Lacey Turner | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lacey Amelia Turner |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Awards | British Soap Awards-Best Actress (2006)
National Television Awards-Most Popular Actress (2007) Inside Soap Awards-Best Actress (2006-2008) TV Quick and Choice Awards-Best Soap Newcomer(2005) TRIC Awards-Best Soap Personality (2007) TV Now Awards-Performance by a Soap Actress (2007) Eastenders Awards-Favourite Actress (2008) Mental Health Media Awards-Soaps and Continual Drama Award (shared with Gillian Wright) (2006) |
Lacey Amelia Turner[1] (born 28 March 1988) is an English actress, best known for playing Stacey Slater in the popular BBC television soap opera, EastEnders. She has won multiple awards for her portrayal of the character.
Personal life
Turner was born in Hendon, NW London in 1988,[1] to parents Bev and Les.[2] She was raised as a Catholic with her two younger sisters Daisy, 18 (born June 1990) and Lily, 7 (born November 2001) in Hertfordshire, near to the BBC television studios in Elstree.[2] She has commented, "From my bedroom window you could see part of the Square, and you could hear them all filming at night. I used to say to my mum: 'I wanna be on that!"[2] It was whilst living there that Turner decided to become an actress. At the age of 10, she schooled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School to achieve her ambition, but left after a year stating that it "wasn't my cup of tea".[2] She has since revealed that she was bullied while at stage school, by children who teased her for being "geeky".[3] Instead, she attended a local girls private school (Peterborough And Saint Margarets School) and went to dance, singing and acting classes outside school.[2]
In 2005, Turner dated Jake Gotlieb, during which time a tabloid newspaper printed CCTV pictures of them together "in a steamy clinch", in the corridor of the Carlton Tower Hotel in London's Knightsbridge.[4] After splitting with Gotlieb,[2] Turner began dating barber Matt Kaye;[5] however, she split from Kaye in March 2007.
As of 2007, Lacey moved out of her parents house and she resides in Radlett, Hertfordshire.[6] In January 2009, whilst celebrating a friends birthday, Turner was involded in a fight at trendy club, 24, in West London. It was rumoured that whilst with friends they approached a group of girls, throwing swear threats and then Turner and her friends were thrown out of the club, Turner denied all claims in an interview with OK! magazine.
Lacey's second cousin is Philip Dowling, who played Leo Taylor in Eastenders. Lacey is friends with Lily Allen.
Career
Turner's earliest work included appearances on stage and in advertisements (notably a Haribo advert).[7] In 2004, Turner auditioned for the role of Demi Miller in BBC's EastEnders. Though she failed to get that part, she was instead given the role of Stacey, a new addition to the popular Slater family. She started in the soap the day after leaving school,[2] and made her first appearance on-screen in November 2004.[7] Commenting on the role, Turner said, "I always dreamt of being on the show and so I can't believe that I've fulfilled my greatest ambition!"[8] In 2005, Turner appeared alongside Catherine Tate's character Lauren in a special sketch for the BBC's annual Children in Need telethon.[9] In January 2009, Turner appeared as a guest on The Sunday Night Project.
In 2006, Lacey became the youngest ever recipient to have won the Best Actress award at both British Soap and Inside Soap Awards. Also, in 2007 she became the youngest actress to have won the National Television Award for Most Popular Actress. She also holds the record for winning all Best Actress categories in a single year, in all soap ceremonies. She has overall won 3 British Soap Awards,1 TV Quick and Choice Award, 1 TRIC Award,1 TV Now Award,1 National Television Award,3 All About Soap Bubble Award and 7 Inside Soap Awards.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Film or series | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Won | All About Soap Awards | Best Tearjerker | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Won | All About Soap Awards | Best Secret Reveal (For Max and Stacey's Affair) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Won | All About Soap Awards | Best Slap (Shared with Jo Joyner) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2005 | Nominated | British Soap Awards | Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2005 | Nominated | British Soap Awards | Soap Bitch of the Year | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Won | British Soap Awards | Best Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Nomiated | British Soap Awards | Sexiest Female | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Nomiated | British Soap Awards | Best Dramatic Performance | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Nominated | British Soap Awards | Best Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Nomiated | British Soap Awards | Sexiest Female | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Won | British Soap Awards | Best Dramatic Performance | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Nominated | British Soap Awards | Best Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Nominated | British Soap Awards | Best Single Episode (Christmas Day) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Won | British Soap Awards | Best Storyline (The Aftermath of Max and Stacey's Affair) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2005 | Nominated | Inside Soap Awards | Best Young Actor | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Won | Inside Soap Awards | Best Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Nominated | Inside Soap Awards | Sexiest Female | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Won | Inside Soap Awards | Best Couple (Shared with Charlie Clements) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Won | Inside Soap Awards | Best Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Won | Inside Soap Awards | Best Couple (Shared with Charlie Clements) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Nominated | Inside Soap Awards | Best Dressed Soap Star | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Nominated | Inside Soap Awards | Sexiest Female | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Won | Inside Soap Awards | Best Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Won | Inside Soap Awards | Best Couple (Shared with Charlie Clements) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Won | Inside Soap Awards | Best Storyline (For the Aftermath of Max and Stacey's Affair) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Won | Mental Health Media Awards | Soaps and Continual Drama Award (shared with Gillian Wright) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2005 | Nominated | National Television Awards | Most Popular Newcomer | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Nominated | National Television Awards | Most Popular Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Won | National Television Awards | Most Popular Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Nominated | National Television Awards | Outstanding Serial Drama Performance | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Won | Television and Radio Industry Club Awards | Most Popular Soap Personality | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Won | TV Now Awards | Best Performance by a Soap Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2005 | Won | TV Quick and Choice Awards | Best Soap Newcomer | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2006 | Nominated | TV Quick and Choice Awards | Best Soap Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2007 | Nominated | TV Quick and Choice Awards | Best Soap Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Nominated | TV Quick and Choice Awards | Best Soap Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Nominated | TV Quick and Choice Awards | Best Soap Storyline (The Aftermath of Max and Stacey's Affair) | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2008 | Won | EastEnders Awards | Favourite Actress | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2009 | TBA | British Soap Awards | Sexiest Female | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
| 2009 | TBA | All About Soap Awards | Celeb Style Award | EastEnders | Stacey Slater |
Records and Achievements
- In 2006,she became the youngest actress to have won the Best Actress award at both, British and Inside Soap Awards.
- In 2007,she became the youngest ever actress to win all major Best Actress accolades at Inside Soap and National Television Awards.
- In 2007,she was the only Eastenders star to have won a British Soap Award at that years ceremony.
- Lacey is the second most nominated actress with most consecutive National Television Award nominations in an acting category with 4 nominations.She has only won one of them.Ex-Eastender Jessie Wallace is the most nominated actress at the award ceremony with 5 nominations and 2 wins.
- Lacey holds the record for winning the Best Actress award 3 years in a row at the Inside Soap Awards.(2006-2008)
- Lacey holds the record with the most Inside Soap award wins,with 7.
- Lacey holds the record for winning the most Best Actress awards in soap history.
- Lacey is the only actress in Eastenders to have won an award from every award ceremony every single year during her work in the soap.
- Lacey has won awards from all major soap award ceremony.
- She is the second most nominated actress to have received the most nominations at the British Soap Awards,with 12 nominations and 3 wins.Ex Eastender,Jessie Wallace holds the record with 16 nominations and 5 wins.
- Lacey is the most award winning actress in Eastenders,with 18 award wins out of 39 nominations.
References
- ^ a b Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984-2004.
- ^ a b c d e f g SQUARE'S LACEY ON LIFE AFTER THOSE SAUCY CCTV SNAPS
- ^ I'm TV's biggest bitch .. thanks to the bullies at my school
- ^ Is Lacey Turner the new Jessie Wallace?
- ^ Lacey Turner praises "perfect" boyfriend
- ^ Lacey fell like a sack of spuds
- ^ a b BBC interview with Lacey Turner
- ^ "New Slater to join EastEnders" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 2004-09-26. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ "http://catherinetate.co.uk/index.php/Catherine-Tate-Show.html" (Press release). Retrieved 2008-06-25.
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External links
- Lacey Turner at IMDb