Jessica Ann Fox (born 19 May 1983[2]) is an English actress. She played Enid Nightshade in the children's television series The Worst Witch and later gained soap opera roles as Belle Wise in Crossroads and Nancy Hayton in Hollyoaks.
Fox was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire.[citation needed] Fox received her acting training at the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.[1] Her early television and film roles included The Muppet Christmas Carol, in which she provided the voice of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Shortly afterwards her career in television was furthered with roles in The Angel of Nitshill Road, May and June, Trial and Retribution, The Bill, The Detectives. She played the main role of Anthea in the 1997 BBC children's serial The Phoenix and the Carpet.[3] She then moved to comedy, playing the "naughty but nice" Enid Nightshade in three series of The Worst Witch and the slightly naughtier Enid in the spinoff Weirdsister College. Co-starring with Sarah Lancashire, she then appeared in the role of Rusty Dickinson in Back Home.[citation needed]
Fox then gained her first soaps operas role, playing Belle Wise in Crossroads, and made a guest appearance in children's show Powers.[3] In 2005, she was cast as newcomer Nancy Hayton in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.[4]
Personal life
On 15 October 2022, Fox announced she was pregnant with her first child.[5] Fox supports the charity Breast Cancer Care.[6]
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