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Lisa Geoghan
Lisa Maria Geoghan (born 1 June 1966 in Southwark, London) is an English actress best known for playing PC Polly Page from 1992 to 2004 in the long-running police drama ''The Bill''. Career Geoghan trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of 12, and acted at the Old Vic Youth Theatre between 1978 and 1980. Her first TV appearance was a small role in Trevor Preston's drama ''Fox'' in 1980. She has been well known in the UK since appearing at 16, as Sarah Gill, in ''Tucker's Luck''. Other leading roles were three seasons in ''The Bill'' creator's Geoff McQueen's gambling drama '' Big Deal'' (with Ray Brooks) and 20 episodes of ''Desmond's'' between 1989 and 1992. The Bill After a guest appearance in the episode 'Breakout' in late 1991, Geoghan became a cast regular in ''The Bill'' from 1992 to 2004, a role she played for 12 years. As WPC Polly Page, she made 601 episodes of the long running TV series. Long running storylines included a relationship with colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Page
''The Bill'' is a long-running British television police procedural television series, named after a slang term for the police. The Character (arts), characters are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill (The Bill), Sun Hill police station in London. Senior officers The following actors appeared as senior officers in ''The Bill''. Simon Rouse, as Jack Meadows, appeared in 884 episodes, including the series finale "Respect". He is the longest serving actor to portray a character in a senior role. Andrew Lancel, as Neil Manson, and Alex Walkinshaw, as "Smithy", also appeared in the series finale. The character of D.I. Roy Galloway appeared in the pilot episode, "Woodentop", played by Robert Pugh. This character would go on to be portrayed by John Salthouse from 1984 onwards. Notable senior officers * Peter Ellis (actor), Peter Ellis played Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow from the start of the series in 1984 to 2000, when the character tendered his re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |