- Judith Jacob
Judith Jacob born 13 December 1961, is a British actress, best known for her role as the health visitor,
Carmel Roberts , in theBBC soap opera "EastEnders ". A role she played from 1986 - 1989. During her stint inAlbert 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 ) andPhil 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 inprison 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. [http://www.wgazette.com/spr06-carmel.html]External links
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* [http://www.wgazette.com/spr06-carmel.html Walford Gazette interview with Judith Jacob]
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