Alice Barlow

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Alice Barlow
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Barlow at the Inside Soap Awards 2011
Born
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2008–present

Alice Barlow is an English actress and singer who portrayed Rae Wilson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks .

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Career

While a teenager Barlow won a national talent search Festival4Stars. [1] In 2008, Barlow took part 'The Stobart Factor' a talent competition, which was judged by The X Factor judge Louis Walsh. Walsh gave Barlow positive comments on her singing and told her she had 'style'. Alice went on to win the competition and won £10,000, in which she put towards an Invisalign to straighten her teeth. [2]

In October 2009, Alice made her television debut as Rae Wilson in Channel 4's soap-opera, Hollyoaks . [3] While at Hollyoaks, Barlow won an All About Soap award for "Best Love Triangle", along with Kieron Richardson and Emmett J. Scanlan. [4] In early 2011, Barlow decided to leave the serial and her character was killed off in the late night spin-off Hollyoaks Later , which aired in September 2011. Barlow's departure was kept a secret until her exit scenes were aired. [5] While starring in the show she also presented linked project The Hollyoaks Music Show . In 2012 Barlow secured the role of Bella in ITV drama series Crime Stories . [6]

On 15 February 2013, Digital Spy reported that Barlow had auditioned on the second series of The Voice UK [7] [8] and had got through to the next round with Danny O'Donoghue as her coach. [9] Barlow was defeated in the battle rounds by Andrea Begley, the eventual winner of the show. Following her elimination from the talent contest Barlow vowed to continue her ambition of a career in music. [10]

On 10 July, Barlow's management announced that she had secured the role of Sara in a new E4's comedy titled Drifters . [11] In 2014, Barlow filmed a guest appearance for the medical drama Casualty . [11] For 2015, Barlow secured a recurring role in ITV comedy Benidorm and a guest role in Russell T Davies' series Banana . [12] [13]

In 2018, Barlow secured the role of Kat in the Dusty Springfield musical "Son Of A Preacher Man". [14] In 2023, Barlow played Fiona in the BBC comedy series The Power of Parker . [15]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotesRefs.
2009–2011 Hollyoaks Rae Wilson Regular role [12]
2011 Hollyoaks Later Regular role [12]
2012 Crime Stories BellaGuest role [12]
2013–2016 Drifters SaraRecurring role [12]
2014 Casualty LucyGuest role [12]
Staff RoomEmmaGuest role [12]
2015 Benidorm AnnieRecurring role [12]
Banana HarrietGuest role [12]
2017 Coronation Street Nancy Briers Guest role [12]
2019 Doctors Sally Seaborn Guest role [12]
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Bianca PercyGuest role [12]
2021 Betty Guest role
2022 Ten Percent Chloe (Estate agent)Guest role
2023 The Power of Parker FionaGuest role [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Heat is on for talented". Huddersfield Daily Examiner . 6 April 2010 – via The Free Library. Lock-green.svg
  2. ↑ Simpson, Oli (30 November 2009). "Alice Barlow: 'Louis said I have style'". Digital Spy . Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "There's no business like showbusiness!". Manchester Evening News . 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (27 March 2011). "'Enders triumphs in All About Soap awards". Digital Spy . (Hachette Filipacchi UK). Archived from the original on 2 May 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (9 September 2011). "Exclusive: 'Hollyoaks' Alice Barlow on Rae's exit, leaving soap and future plans: Interview". Digital Spy . Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Alice Barlow: True Crime". Sainou. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Former Hollyoaks star Alice Barlow wows The Voice judges". The Independent . 26 April 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Fletcher, Alex (15 February 2013). "'The Voice' UK: Ex-'Hollyoaks' actress Alice Barlow auditions for show". Digital Spy . Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Alice Barlow". BBC . Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Miles, Tina (13 May 2013). "Alice Barlow vows to launch singing career after being ousted from The Voice". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Alice Barlow films Drifters". Sainou. 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Alice Barlow". Sainou. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Alice Barlow". Sainou. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Alice Barlow and Michelle Gayle to join Son of a Preacher Man UK tour in 2018". sonofapreachermanmusical.com. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  15. 1 2 @alice_barlow; (24 August 2023). "You gotta love the early 90's style... Watch all episodes of The Power of Parker on BBC iplayer now, or watch tomorrow night at 9:30pm on BBC1 when I make an appearance as Fiona to which I had the absolute pleasure of working with some lovely legends of the TV world!" – via Instagram.
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