Angela Wynter is a Jamaican-British actress. She is known for her role as

Yolande Trueman Yolande Trueman (also Duke) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Angela Wynter from 16 September 2003 to 3 October 2008. The character made an unannounced guest appearance on 20 March 2017 and again on 26 ...

in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', appearing from 2003 to 2008, with a guest appearance in 2017. In 2021, she joined the cast of the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as

Makeda Sylvester ''Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fict ...

Life and career

Wynter was born in Kingston, Jamaica. After emigrating to the United Kingdom, she moved to

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in the administrative county of Leicestershire, after Leicester and Lough ...

, Leicestershire. In her first acting role, a stage play titled ''Meetings'', she acted opposite her later on-screen '' EastEnders'' spouse

Rudolph Walker Rudolph Malcolm Walker (born 28 September 1939) is a Trinidadian-British actor, known for his sitcom roles as Bill Reynolds in '' Love Thy Neighbour'' (1972–76) and Constable Frank Gladstone in '' The Thin Blue Line'' (1995–96). Since 200 ...

. Wynter received acclaim for playing the role of Mout in the Talawa Theatre Company production of

Sol B River Sol B River (born 2 October) is a British writer, director, producer and actor best known for his theatre productions, born Leeds, Yorkshire, England, of (Jamaican) parentage. He was introduced as Writer in Residence (1994–96) to the West Yorksh ...

's monologue ''To Rahtid'', directed by

Yvonne Brewster Yvonne Jones Brewster (née Clarke; born 7 October 1938) is a Jamaican actress, theatre director and businesswoman, known for her role as Ruth Harding in the BBC television soap opera '' Doctors''. She co-founded the theatre companies Talawa ...

at the

Young Vic The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth. The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 20 ...

Studio in 1996. In 2003, Wynter was cast in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' as

. She based the characterisation of Yolande on her dead sister Merlene. She left the role in 2008, later making a guest appearance in 2017. On 3 February 2019, Wynter appeared in the ITV drama ''

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'' in the episode "The Seagull". In 2021, she joined the cast of the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wynter, Angela Black British actresses British film actresses British soap opera actresses British television actresses Jamaican expatriates in England Jamaican film actresses Jamaican soap opera actresses Jamaican television actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)