Lindsey Coulson
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Lindsey Coulson (born in London, 1960) is an English actress, best known for her role as Carol Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Coulson's TV debut was in A Bear Behind in 1990. This was a children's series in which she and a puppet bear called Boz adventured round the country in their horse-drawn caravan and lived on a houseboat.
Her big television break came in 1993, when she won the part of Carol, the feisty battleaxe of the Jackson family, in the successful BBC serial drama EastEnders. Here Coulson became a household name as her gutsy character weathered relationship break-ups, child kidnapping and abortion. She remained in the role for four years, but a desire to try her hand at other roles prompted her to quit the role in 1997.
Coulson went on to star in Out of Hours alongside John McArdle, but after the medical drama failed to get commissioned for a second series she rejoined the EastEnders cast for a 3 month stint to help facilitate the exit of Patsy Palmer, who played her on-screen daughter Bianca Jackson.
Since quitting EastEnders for a second time Coulson's career has taken off, she's had successful roles in Clocking Off, Paradise Heights, Manchild, The Stretford Wives, Dalziel and Pascoe, Murder Investigation Team, The Last Detective, Urban Gothic and Where the Heart Is among others. She also appeared in a critically-acclaimed film, AKA, which was shown at Robert Redford's Sundance film festival in 2003.
On stage, Coulson has appeared in Snake at the Hampstead Theatre and has played Ophelia in Hamlet. She also starred in Lucky Heather on BBC Radio 4.
In 2006, Coulson played Ann Peterson in the Jimmy McGovern drama The Street. Each episode of the drama focused on the stories of the people living in a particular house in the street. Coulson's on-screen husband Brian, a school teacher, was played by Neil Dudgeon.
Her latest project was playing the role of Hester Reed in the ITV police drama The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: The Chinese Walls (2006).
Coulson's partner is Harry Harris, brother of Patsy Palmer who played her daughter, Bianca, in EastEnders.
