Helena Breck

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Helena Breck
OccupationActor
Known forVoice of Tesco self-service checkouts
Television EastEnders

Helena Breck is a British actor, known for playing Elizabeth Willmott-Brown in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, and as the voice of NCR self-service checkout tills used in Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco supermarkets, with phrases including "Unexpected item in bagging area". [1] [2]

In 2015, Tesco announced that recordings of her voice would be replaced by those of a male actor. [2]

She also played Sandy McCormick in Triangle , another BBC soap opera, in 1981. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gardner, Bill (6 July 2015). "Woman behind 'unexpected item in bagging area' message revealed - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Tesco ditches 'unexpected item in bagging area' at self-service checkouts". BBC Online . 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.