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Louise Germaine | |
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Born | Tina Louise Germaine 1971 (age 53–54) Margate, Kent, England |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Tina Louise Germaine (born 1971) is an English actress and model best known for her appearance as usherette Sylvia Berry in the 1993 Dennis Potter serial Lipstick on Your Collar .
Germaine's father, David, left her mother, Yvonne, and two elder brothers, Ian and Mark, before she was born. [1]
As Tina Reid, she posed for magazine shoots, when aged fifteen. Her mother ran a guest house on Second Avenue in Cliftonville. Her boyfriend was 19-year-old Lane Abrahams. [2] [3]
She played chambermaid Kate Hargreaves in the six-part 1994 comedy The House of Windsor . [4]
Germaine is said to have inspired one of Dennis Potter's final scripts, Karaoke , but her pregnancy prevented being cast in the production. [5]
On 14 February 1994, she married hairdresser Lea Carter, in Gretna Green. [6] [7]
By 1996 she had moved from Thanet District to Surrey. [8] Louise now resides in south west France and is a property landlord.