Nicola Duffett (born January 22, 1963 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is an English actress. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
She remains best known for two long-running soap opera roles. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. After appearing as Debbie Bates in EastEnders from 1993 to 1995, she went into the role of boozy floozie Cat Matthews in Family Affairs. Debbie Bates (née Palmer; previously Tyler) was a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 For the American sitcom of similar name see Family Affair. See also Family Affair (disambiguation. Cat first appeared in Family Affairs in late 1998, and was a key character in the show's storylines until the series ended in December 2005. Prior to these roles, Duffet played the key role of Mrs. Bast in Ismail Merchant and James Ivory's 1992 film adaptation of Howards End. Ismail Merchant ( December 25, 1936 – May 25, 2005) was an Indian born Film producer, best known for the results of James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an award-winning American Film director, best known for the results of his long Collaboration Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
She has appeared on stage in Simon Gray's Simply Disconnected at Chichester Festival Theatre; as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Helen of Troy in Troilus and Cressida at The Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park; and in Coming Up by James Martin Charlton at The Warehouse Theatre. Simon James Holliday Gray CBE ( October 21, 1936 – August 7, 2008) was a prolific postwar British playwright whose work was performed Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie Titania was the name of a character in William Shakespeare 's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from This article is about the mythological figure Helen of Troy For other uses see Helen (disambiguation and Helen of Troy (disambiguation. Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602 The Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park in the City of Westminster, London, is a permanent venue with a three to four month summer season For other meanings see Regent's Park (disambiguation Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks James Martin Charlton is an English Playwright and Theatre director. The Warehouse Theatre is a professional producing Theatre with one hundred seats in the centre of the London Borough of Croydon, based in an oak-beamed former
Duffett also took part in Reality TV programme Celebrity Fit Club, and appeared as Bronwen Jones in an episode of Torchwood entitled "Random Shoes". Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary Celebrity Fit Club is a Reality television series which followed eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight for charity Torchwood is a British science fiction Drama Television programme, created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman "Random Shoes" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast on 10