DOB: 6th September 1984

THEATRE: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and other shows

TV: Lisa West in GRANGE HILL (BBC 1997); Guest Film Reviewer in LIVE AND KICKING (1999). Also cameo appearance in CHILD STARS (ITV 2001)

YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW... Lisa in Grange Hill could have ended up looking very different. Leona Kadir (eventually cast as Janet) auditioned for the role, but producers wanted someone with more experience. Enter Charlie!

ROMANCE: Charlie is dating her Grange Hill co-star Rob Stuart (Matt). But it's a very onn-off relationship - apparently they break up every few weeks then get back on!

HOBBIES: Making music. Charlie bought a synthesiser from her wages in Grange Hill - she talks about this in BBC TV's "Children's TV Annual 2000".

COINCIDENCE OR WHAT? Charlie's mates on Grange Hill call her "Britney" because of her resemblance to a certain Miss Spears. And in the latest series we saw Lisa doing a Britney dance routine in the school talent show! But Charlie is NOT related to Helen McDonagh, who starred in Grange Hill as Mary in 1993.