Tonicha Lawrence

Tonicha Dobre (née Jeronimo; born 4 November 1977) is a British actress, born in Jersey, of partial Portuguese extraction. She starred on the show Emmerdale from 199497 until her character, Linda Fowler, was killed off. In 2000, she married her Emmerdale co-star, Stuart Wade (born 1 August 1969, Halifax, West Yorkshire), best known for playing "Biff Fowler". They have two children. Sadly they are now divorced and she married Andrei Dobre, a Romanian, in 2019. In May 2016, she joined the cast of BBC medical drama Casualty, playing the role of Steph Sims the mother of Carmel Sims played by Lawrence's daughter Sydney Wade .[1]

After Emmerdale she joined West Yorkshire Police for eight years. She founded TLA Boutique Management in 2011, a talent agency which offers drama training for kids.[2] In 2017 she moved back to Jersey.[3]

She has two daughters and one son. Her daughter Sydney Wade is also an actress.[4]

References

  1. "Casualty:This Life". Casualty at BBC Programmes. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. "Former Emmerdale soap star in running for business award". Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. "From treading the boards to walking a bobby's beat". Jersey Evening Post. 13 February 2018.
  4. "TV's a family affair for Leeds mum and daughter actresses". Yorkshire Evening Post. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2018.


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