Helen Pearson

Helen Pearson (born 16 November 1959) is a British actress who has been in three major soap operas, EastEnders (during 1990 as April McIntosh), Emmerdale (from 2000 to 2001 as Carol Wareing), and as Frankie Osborne in Hollyoaks from 2002 until 2017.

Helen Pearson
Born (1959-11-16) 16 November 1959
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Years active1988–present
TelevisionEastEnders (1990)
Emmerdale (2000–2001)
Hollyoaks (2002–2017)
Spouse(s)
Paul Faulkner
(
m. 2013)
FamilyRichard Cadell (brother)

Career

Her first acting role was in 1988, playing a supermarket assistant in Consuming Passions. She also played April in Eastenders in the early 1990s

She has also appeared in the television dramas The Darling Buds of May and Murder in Mind.

Before making her Hollyoaks debut, she also played the character Mrs. Atkins in Attachments.

On Halloween 2017, after having been the longest-serving female on Hollyoaks as Frankie Osborne for 15 years, the character was killed off and Pearson left the show.

Personal life

Pearson married in 2013.[1] In 2015, she was convicted for drink driving.[2] She is the older sister of Richard Cadell, the puppeteer for Sooty.

Filmography
Programme Character Year
EastEnders April McIntosh 1990
Emmerdale Carol Wareing 2000–2001
Hollyoaks Frankie Osborne[3] 2002–2017
Inspector Morse (TV series) Debbie Rep[4]
A Touch of Frost Addie Parsons[5]
Sooty (2011 TV series) Dame Helena Pearsona 2013
gollark: I don't get it. That looks like a normal, if overenthusiastically branded, box of contact lenses.
gollark: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/348702212110680064/864474691376119828/image0-27.png?width=534&height=422
gollark: In which case losing your balance over time would be particularly bad, yes.
gollark: I mean, up to a point.
gollark: What? Aren't *younger* people better at healing from falling over and whatever?

References
  1. "'Hollyoaks' star Pearson marries partner". Digital Spy. 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. "Hollyoaks star banned from driving". Digital Spy. 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  3. "Hollyoaks – Profiles – Frankie Osborne (Helen Pearson) – All 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  4. "Inspector Morse – what time is it on TV? Episode 1 Series 12 cast list and preview". RadioTimes. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  5. "A Touch of Frost – what time is it on TV? Episode 4 Series 4 cast list and preview". RadioTimes. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
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