Lisa Faulkner

Faulkner began acting in 1992 with a role in The Lover, co-starring with Jane March. She gained wider recognition playing Alison Dangerfield in the TV drama Dangerfield at age 21. Over the years, she appeared in the film A Feast at Midnight (1994), the series And The Beat Goes On (1996), and as Louise Hope in Brookside (1998). From 1998 to 2001, she played Dr. Victoria Merrick on Holby City, a character who was killed in a dramatic storyline. She also had a memorable role in the second episode of Spooks, where her character met a violent end. In 2004, she starred as D.S. Scribbins in Murder in Suburbia, returning for a second series in 2005. Her other TV credits include New Street Law (2006) and narration for the BBC show Heir Hunters (2008). She has also contributed to Big Brother's Little Brother.

Faulkner married Chris Coghill, her co-star from Burn It, in 2005. She has been selected as one of FHM's 100 sexiest women six times between 1999 and 2004. She regularly teaches at Amanda Redman's Artists Theatre School, and in 2007 she beat Mr. T 3-2 in a charity arm wrestling match. She has often discussed the death of her mother, Julie, who passed away from cancer when Lisa was 16. She is 5'4" tall, with blonde hair, brown eyes, and a slim build, and she has a flower tattoo on her right ankle.