Jacqueline Chadwick (''née'' Pirie, born 10 October 1975) is a Scottish former actress and novelist. She is best known for her roles in the British ITV soap operas ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...

'' (1994–1996) and ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' (1998–2001), playing Tina Dingle and Linda Sykes, respectively.

Early life

Born in

Stirling Stirling (; ; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Central Belt, central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town#Scotland, market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the roya ...

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

, Pirie moved with her family to

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

when she was five. She attended Paganell Primary School in Selly Oaks, Birmingham and King Norton's Girls School and 6th form. After leaving school she attended The Birmingham Theatre School and Red Lens Drama School for Television Acting.

Acting career

In 1984 at the age of nine Jacqueline appeared on an episode of Birmingham soap Crossroads Following some guest roles on television, Pirie made her film debut in 1994, playing Mary in the British war film '' Culloden 1746''. She then appeared on ITV's ''

'' as Tina Dingle between 1994 and 1996. For this, she was nominated in the category of Most Popular Actress at the

National Television Awards The National Television Awards (often shortened to NTAs) is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and begun in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted o ...

. Next, she began playing factory machinist Linda Sykes on ''

'', where she appeared between 1998 and 2001. The storyline involving her character's love triangle with her employer, Mike Baldwin, and his son, Mark, won Best Storyline at the 2001

British Soap Awards The British Soap Awards (BSAs) are an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom which honours the best moments in British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV (TV network), ITV. The trophies given to the winners are made from metal a ...

Teaching

In 2004, Pirie began teaching drama and running her own performing arts workshop, the "Jacqueline Chadwick Academy of Performing Arts". In 2007, she set up a drama school in her hometown of Stirling. She opened one of her drama schools in

Campbell River, British Columbia Campbell River is a city in the Sayward Land District of British Columbia, Canada, on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the 50th parallel north along the important Inside Passage ship ...

, Canada, before moving it to

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre ...

, where she now resides.

Novels

Since leaving the acting industry, Pirie has been writing a series of thriller novels, published under her married name, Jacqueline Chadwick. * ''In The Still (Ali Dalglish Book 1)'' (2017) Fahrenheit Press * ''Briefly Maiden (Ali Dalglish Book 2)'' (2019) Fahrenheit PressBriefly Maiden (Ali Dalglish Book 2) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0771PVW8K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_PcOPEb4QSP46X * ''Silent Sisters (Ali Dalglish Book 3)'' (TBA) Fahrenheit Press

References

External links

*
The Jacqueline Chadwick Academy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirie, Jacqueline 1975 births Living people Scottish soap opera actresses Scottish television actresses Actors from Stirling Actresses from Stirling (council area)