Judith Jacob

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Judith Jacob born 13 December 1961, is a British actress, best known for her role as the health visitor, Carmel Roberts, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. A role she played from 1986 - 1989. During her stint in Albert Square her character suffered from severe marital abuse, her husband's attempted murder and eventual separation.

Jacob attended London’s Anna Scher Theatre. Two of her classmates were also former actors of EastEnders, Susan Tully (Michelle Fowler) and Phil Daniels (Kevin Wicks). Before landing her role on EastEnders, Jacob was a co-founder of Black Theatre Co-op (BTC), a London theatre group of black actresses.

Jacob's first appearance on UK television was in the BBC production Play for Today (1976) and before her role in EastEnders she had previously been a regular cast member on the hospital drama Angels (1979 - 1981) and the sitcom No Problem! (1983 - 1985). Other television credits include various roles in the comedy sketch-show The Real McCoy (1991); The Queen's Nose (1995); Holby City (2003); Doctors (2003) and My Family (2004).

Most recently she starred as a prison guard in the drama Provoked (2006), which told the true story of a Punjabi woman named 'Kiranjit Ahluwalia', who leaves India to marry a London-based man, only to be badly abused. She ends up in prison for murdering her abusive husband.

Jacob's daughter, Aisha, worked with her on EastEnders during her time on the show in the 80s. She played her young niece Aisha Roberts. She is now in her 20's and plans to follow in her mother's footsteps by also becoming an actress.[1]