Amy Phillips played sassy Jessica in Grange Hill from 1994-1998. And since then her acting career hasn't looked back!

Age: 23 DOB: 20 August 1978 HEIGHT: 5ft 5in EYES: Green THEATRE: GAS AND AIR (One-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival - 2001) TV: Jessica Arnold in GRANGE HILL (BBC 1994-98); Miranda Lawson in KAVANAGH QC (Central 1996); Young Jean Templar in A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (C4 1997); Lady Elizabeth de Gossard in KNIGHT SCHOOL (Granada 1997-98); ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE (Channel 5 1998); Abby Watts in THE BILL (Thames 1999); MY FAMILY (BBC 2000); Beth Partridge in RESCUE ME (BBC 2002);

FILMS: Ellen in WHAT RATS WON'T DO (1998); Sarah from Brighton in THE MISADVENTURES OF MARGARET (1998); PARANOID (2000); GLOBAL HERESY (2001) AMY ON JESSICA... "I used to think I wasn't much like her," Amy says. "She was spirited and smart which I liked, but I hope I'm a bit more laid back! Grange Hill is very close to my heart; it was my first professional engagement and I have many happy memories of my time there." POINT OF INTEREST: Amy changed her surname in September 1997. She's the latest in a long line of Grange Hill stars to do so over the years - others include Mark Eadie (formerly Mark Chapman) and Fiona Lee-Fraser (Fiona Mogridge). WHERE IS SHE NOW? When she's not acting, Amy is studying performing arts at Royal Holloway University, London. Mind you, she's a busy girl - she's been in Canada filming "Global Heresy" with an all-star cast. So look out for that later this year!

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