Melissa Suffield

ABOUT MELISSA SUFFIELD

British actress who most notably played Lucy Beale on EastEnders , a popular BBC soap opera, starting in 2004.

She began her professional acting career with a 2003 appearance in an episode of the children's television series, Magic Grandad.

She participated in a 2009 BBC documentary film called 16: Too Young To Vote?

She grew up in London with her four sisters: Daisy, Annabelle, Jessica and Eloise. She married James Richards in 2011.

She was fired from EastEnders in 2010, and her role of Lucy Beale was taken over by actress Hetti Bywater .