51 years old (Born on May 26, 1972)
British actor; She is famous from Eastenders.
Gave birth to her son Charley Palmer Rothwell in February 1992 at Homerton Hospital, fathered by her ex-boyfriend Alfie Rothwell, a boxer. Her brother, psychotherapist Harry Harris, is married to actress Lindsey Coulson who played her mother in "EastEnders" (1985). She has another brother named Albert. Attended Haggerston School for Girls in Hackney (1983-1988). Was named "Julie Ann" in honour of her mother's friend Julie and her mother's middle name Ann. Is the godmother of her former "EastEnders" (1985) co-star Natalie Cassidy's daughter Eliza Beatrice Cotrell.Patsy Palmer's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Patsy Palmer
Her paternal grandfather Albert Harris died before she was born. Her maternal grandmother Norah Palmer died in 1986 when she was fourteen. Her paternal grandmother May Harris died in 1987 when she was fifteen, and her maternal grandfather Harry Palmer died in 1996 when she was 24.
Her parents separated when she was 8-years-old.
Is best friends with her "EastEnders" (1985) co-star Sid Owen.
Is one of 15 "EastEnders" (1985) actors to compete in "Strictly Come Dancing" (2004). The others, in chronological orders, are Christopher Parker (Spencer Moon), Jull Halfpenny (Kate Mitchell), Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Letitia Dean (Sharon Rickman), Matt Di Angelo (Deano Wicks), Phil Daniels (Kevin Wicks), Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Mitchell), Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon), Zoe Lucker (Vanessa Gold), Ricky Groves (Garry Hobbs), Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Fowler), Jimi Mistry (Fred Fonseca), Scott Maslen (Jack Branning) and Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann).
Gave birth to her son Fenton on 13 June 2000 via Caesarean section. He was delivered prematurely as Palmer was suffering from Vassa Praevia.
Her famous red hair was passed down to her from her great-grandfather, whilst the rest of her family member have either brown or auburn hair.
Returned to work three months after giving birth to her son Fenton in order to begin filming "Do or Die" (2001).
Made her West End stage debut in the production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in 1978 at the age of 6.
Has an intense fear of flying.
Attended the Anna Scher Stage School, where other future "EastEnders" (1985) actors such as Gillian Taylforth, Susan Tully, Sid Owen, James Alexandrou, Natalie Cassidy, Brooke Kinsella and Joe Swash attended.
Was in attendance at the funeral of her former "EastEnders" (1985) co-star Wendy Richard (9 March 2009).
Her father was born in Limerick, Ireland.
Best known as fiery Bianca Jackson from "EastEnders" (1985).
Returned to work six months after giving birth to her daughter Emilia in order to begin filming EastEnders: Ricky & Bianca (2002)(TV)
Gave birth to her daughter Emilia on 7 July 2001, via Caesarean section.
Her "EastEnders" (1985) character Bianca Jackson became the eighth woman on the soap opera to give birth. Bianca had a son Liam (played by Nathaniel Gleed and then James Forde), born on 25 December 1998.
Was pregnant with her son Charley during the filming of "Clarissa" (1991/I).
Her favourite actress is Julie Walters.
Was seven months pregnany with her son Bertie when she took maternity leave from filming "EastEnders" (1985).
Named her daughter Emilia in honour of her father-in-law Emilio, who died just months before his granddaughter's birth.
Returned to work 15 months after giving birth to her son Charley in order to film an episode of "The Bill" (1984).
Released her autobiography, All Of Me (April 2007).
Was in attendance at the wedding of her "EastEnders" (1985) co-star Samantha Womack to Mark Womack (17 May 2009).
Announced that she is pregnant with her fourth child (1 August 2010).
Is the youngest of three siblings. She has two older brothers called Harry (b. 1964) and Alfred (b. 1966).
Won an award at the London Festival of Plays for a play she had written about prostitution in 1984 at the age of 12.
Was replaced by Tamzin Outhwaite in the lead role of Sgt. Jo McDonagh in "Red Cap" (2003) before production began.
Launched tanning products from her new business Palmer-Cutler (Autumn 2003).
Had her appendix removed (1996).
Her son Charley played her character's baby in a 1993 episode of "The Bill" (1984).
Her life-long friend Nicole was bridesmaid at her wedding to Nick Love, whilst her "EastEnders" (1985) co-stars Sid Owen, Martine McCutcheon and Richard Driscoll were also in attendance.
Is dyslexic.
Is a close friend of "EastEnders" (1985) co-star Barbara Windsor, referring to her as her "second mother".
Left school with four GCSE's: English, English Literature, Drama and Art.
Her stage name, Patsy Palmer, is actually her real-life mother's name.
Named her son Fenton in honour of her close paternal cousin Fenton.
Appeared in the third series of "Strictly Come Dancing" (2004) with Anton du Beke as her dance partner. She finished fifth out of twelve contestants (2005).
Gave birth to her son Bertie, with husband Richie Merkell, seven weeks prematurely via Caesaeean section in a Brighton hospital, weighing in at 4lbs 11oz (8 December 2010).