Zöe Lucker

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Zöe Lucker

Born	Zöe Lucker April 11, 1974 (1974-04-11) (age 34) Huddersfield, England

Zöe Lucker (born April 11, 1974^[1] in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) is an English National Television Awards nominated and TV Quick Awards winning English actress best known for playing the role of Tanya Turner on ITV's Footballers' Wives.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Influence of the Dalai Lama
- 1.2 Personal life
2 Other
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Lucker studied acting at The Arden School of theatre.

In 2004, Lucker was nominated for a National Television Award in the category of Most popular actress for her work on Footballers' Wives and made an appearance in ITV's Bad Girls as her Footballers' Wives character Tanya Turner.

Her other television credits include appearances in episodes of Doctors, Holby City, Lynda La Plante's Killer Net, Boyz Unlimited, Trial and Retribution, Where the Heart Is, Coronation Street, Brazen Hussies and theatre work with the acclaimed Hull Truck Theatre Company.

In 2005, Lucker toured New Zealand extensively in the play, Then comes love and played the lead role in Bombshell for ITV1, which is yet to be screened on British Television but has been broadcast in New Zealand and sold to a number of other countries.

Lucker has also worked as a Presenter on programmes such as GMTV.

She can currently be seen in HolbyBlue for the BBC with ex-EastEnders, actress, Kacey Ainsworth aka Little Mo Mitchell.

[edit] Influence of the Dalai Lama

Lucker has confessed that meeting Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama was one of her most influential life moments. She remarked that he was "an extremely charismatic man, and his great presence could be felt the moment he walked into the room". Following the stress of filming the Footballer's Wives series, Lucker looked for ways to relax and bought a book written by the Dalai Lama The Art of Happiness. She made a pilgrimage to Dharamsala, in northern India to film the documentary A date with the Dalai Lama for ITV2 with her Footballers' Wives co-star Sarah Barrand, and describes her meeting him as a life changing event. ^[2]

"When I first saw him my whole body just went into this weird state," she said. "We'd just trekked the Himalayas and there was this huge sea of people waiting to see him. Yet it was incredibly serene. Then he walked past us, about 3ft away, and waved. It's the first time I've ever been starstruck." ^[3]

[edit] Personal life

After announcing her engagement to long term boyfriend James Herbert in February 2008, Lucker announced she was pregnant in March 2008 with her first baby, which is due on the 28th August 2008.

[edit] Other

One of four children, Zoe has two brothers and a sister.
She is a Huddersfield Town fan.^[4]
Lives in Stoke Newington, North London.
Had a Cocktail made for her based on her character Tanya Turner called "Cristal Tipps" on her 30th birthday.
Before landing the role of Tanya Turner in Footballers' Wives, she was about to give up acting for a career in teaching.
Lucker originally auditioned for Bad Girls, as she did not get the role at the time, the producer of the show opted to give her a role as Tanya Turner for a new show produced by the same company Shed Productions called Footballers' Wives.
In 2003, the hit Fitness release Zoe Lucker - Little black dress workout was released on both VHS and DVD.
In 2004 her character in Footballers' wives did a 3 episode stint in sister show Bad Girls, which saw Tanya battle with the nasty and bitter cons of Larkhall prison.
In August 2006 the sun published an article saying that she was going to be in the 2007 series of Doctor Who as the villain The Rani, however this turned out to be false.
Very close friends with her Footballers Wives co-star Susie Amy
Now lives in Surrey with her fiance James Herbert closer to the HolbyBlue set