ZOË EELES

Eeles was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1975 and moved to Glasgow at the age of five. Her father Bert was a film editor and her mother Donalda was an actress. She received a Higher National Certificate in theatre arts and a degree in drama from Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh. Moving to London, Eeles pursued her acting career with a few bits parts in film and theatre, including a small role as a nurse in the Charlie Sheen film Obit (also known as Postmortem). Her breakthrough came when she was cast in a leading role in the BBC sitcom All Along the Watchtower. In 2000, Eeles scored another leading role alongside Christopher Ellison in Burnside, a spin-off from police drama The Bill.