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Alicya Eyo | |
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| Born | 16 December 1975 Huyton, Merseyside, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Website | alicyaeyo.net |
Alicya Eyo (born 16 December 1975) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Denny Blood in the ITV prison drama series Bad Girls and Ruby Haswell in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale .
Eyo was born on 16 December 1975 in Huyton, Merseyside. Her mother, Sue, is a jazz singer. She grew up in the Toxteth area of Liverpool. [1] Her love of drama started when she was nine, and she attended drama and dance classes every Saturday. When she was 14, she moved to London with her family. She trained at the Courtyard Theatre School.
Eyo's first television appearance was in 1997, in Casualty , which was filmed earlier. She also made an appearance on Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and appeared in Gold the follow-up drama series to Band of Gold as a young prostitute involved with Yardie gangsters who come over to Bradfords red light district from Leeds to clear up the Lane. In 1999, Eyo appeared with Goldie in the David Bowie film Everybody Loves Sunshine known as B.U.S.T.E.D., internationally. She also starred in the movie G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time . However, Eyo's big break came in 1998 when she was offered the part of Denny Blood, [2] in Bad Girls. [3] [4] The series was broadcast in June the following year when the UK viewing public first saw Eyo as Denny Blood in a pink PVC suit dancing to the N-Trance remix of Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees.
At the end of the sixth series (in which Eyo did not appear), the character of Denny Blood was voted the sixth favourite inmate on Bad Girls: Most Wanted. [5] Denny's tragic upbringing, lead to the touching and tragic storylines with her mother, Jessie Devlin (played by Denise Black), and the relationship with stand-in mother Yvonne Atkins (Linda Henry). Blood also met the love of her life Shaz Wiley (Lindsey Fawcett), who died at the end of Series 4. Denny was devastated but found comfort in painting and was last seen being transferred to an open prison to serve the rest of her sentence. Just before Bad Girls was axed, the Bad Girls' creators were going to ask Eyo to reprise her role as Denny. [6]
During this time, Eyo also appeared in the film The Low Down, in an episode of Urban Gothic and in Tube Tales . Since leaving Bad Girls, Eyo appeared in Holby City twice, as two separate characters, and the BBC daytime drama Doctors . Eyo plays Gaynor Harvey in Shed Productions drama Bombshell . However, Bombshell still has not been shown in the UK, but has aired in New Zealand.
Eyo has studied at the Court Theater Training Company and has been working professionally for 14 years. Eyo has also performed at various theatres including the Royal Court Theatre, Nottingham. She also performed in the critically acclaimed play Any Which Way. [7] [8]
In October 2011, Eyo began appearing in Emmerdale as Ruby Haswell, the lesbian partner of Ali Spencer (Kelli Hollis). Eyo's role ended on 6 August 2015 when her character died in a helicopter crash. [9] [10] [11]
Eyo is a pescatarian. She is a supporter and patron of The Proud Trust, an LGBT charity that provides services and support for young people. [12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Theatreland | Herself | Talk show |
| 1997 | Casualty | Julie | Series 12, episode 2 |
| 1997 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Tricia Grice | Series 3, episode 1 |
| 1998 | Dear Nobody | Ruthlyn | TV movie |
| 1999 | Wing and a Prayer | Roz Cairnforth | Series 2, episode 1 |
| 1999–2003 | Bad Girls | Daniella 'Denny' Blood | Series 1–5 (main role, 59 episodes) |
| 2001 | Urban Gothic | Amber | Series 2, episode 1 |
| 2003 | Merseybeat | Kim Vale | Series 4, episode 1 |
| 2004 | Holby City | Emma Bennet | Series 6, episode 15 |
| 2004 | Doctors | Dawn Fuller | Series 6, episode 59 |
| 2006 | Holby City | Rae Hollins | Series 8, episode 17 |
| 2006 | Bombshell | Gunner Gaynor Harvey | Series 1 (main role, 7 episodes) |
| 2006 | Spooks | Raoula | Series 5, episode 2 |
| 2007 | The Bill | Daisy Driscoll | Series 23, episode 9 |
| 2008 | Casualty | Lissa Burrows | Series 22, episode 41 |
| 2009 | Paradox | Jean Fellowes | Series 1, episode 3 |
| 2010 | Casualty | Claire Lomas | Series 24, episode 27 |
| 2011 | Silent Witness | Joanne McDermott | Series 14, episodes 5 & 6 |
| 2011 | Justice | Angie | Series 1, episodes 3 & 5 |
| 2011 | Waterloo Road | Sandi Mansfield | Series 7, episode 5 |
| 2011–2015 | Emmerdale | Ruby Haswell | (main role, 410 episodes) |
| 2011 | Moving On | Ally | Series 3, episode 1 |
| 2014 | Text Santa | Herself | Aired on 19 December 2014 |
| 2016 | Silent Witness | Jo Keating | Series 19, episodes 7 & 8 |
| 2017 | Little Boy Blue | Morgue Nurse | Miniseries (episode 1) |
| 2017 | In the Dark | Davina | Miniseries (episode 1) |
| 2018 | Doctors | Celia Skilton | Series 19, episode 212 |
| 2018 | Different for Girls | Jo | Series 2, episode 1 |
| 2019 | Clink | Dominique Darby | Series 1 (main role, 10 episodes) |
| 2021 | The Syndicate | Corinne | Series 4, episode 4 |
| 2021 | Help | June | TV movie |
| 2021 | Casualty | Hannah Hargrove | Series 36, episode 15 |
| 2023 | Waterloo Road | Marie Lewis | Series 11, episode 6 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Everybody Loves Sunshine | Sandra | Uncredited |
| 1999 | G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time | Bobby | |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Shantel | Segment: "Grasshopper" |
| 2000 | The Low Down | Paul Girl | |
| 2015 | Chance | Non-acting work | (Second unit director, executive producer) |
| 2015 | Brace [lower-alpha 1] | Nurse Gregory | Short (also director) |
| 2018 | The Tables Turn | Grace | Short |
| 2022 | 1 in 200 | Samantha Hutchinson |
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