Donnaleigh Bailey
Encyclopedia
Donnaleigh Bailey is an English
actress, best known for playing Brummie
Senior Practice Nurse Michelle Corrigan
in the BBC One
daytime soap, Doctors.
Doctors. Her first episode Junk Soul Brothers aired on the 8 June 2006. Her last episode, titled Canute, was on 13 August 2010, over four years after she first appeared. In 2007, she was nominated for Best Actress and Sexiest Female in the British Soap Awards
for her role. She was again nominated for Sexiest Female in 2009.
revived series Crossroads.
The following year she began her studies at the prestigious Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
(LIPA).
In 2004 Donnaleigh had a guest spot on the BBC One continuing medical drama Holby City
. She played Debbie Allen, a pregnant teen who loses her unborn child, in the episode One is the Loneliest Number]. Bailey played the part of Colleen O'Malley in Ruffian Productions' Martha Loves Michael during the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Pleasance.
, England
, Bailey is of Jamaican descent on her American-born
father's side and of Irish
descent on her mother's side. Although she was born and raised in Birmingham
she is an avid Liverpool F.C.
fan.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress, best known for playing Brummie
Brummie
Brummie is a colloquial term for the inhabitants, accent and dialect of Birmingham, England, as well as being a general adjective used to denote a connection with the city, locally called Brum...
Senior Practice Nurse Michelle Corrigan
Michelle Corrigan
Michelle Corrigan is a fictional character in the soap opera Doctors. She is played by Donnaleigh Bailey and made her first appearance on 8 June 2006. The character left Doctors on 13 August 2010 to join the Army.-Character:...
in the BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
daytime soap, Doctors.
BBC soap Doctors (2006-2010)
Bailey is best known for playing the role of Senior Practice Nurse Michelle Corrigan in the BBC's daytime, Birmingham based, soap operaSoap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Doctors. Her first episode Junk Soul Brothers aired on the 8 June 2006. Her last episode, titled Canute, was on 13 August 2010, over four years after she first appeared. In 2007, she was nominated for Best Actress and Sexiest Female in the British Soap Awards
British Soap Awards
The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
for her role. She was again nominated for Sexiest Female in 2009.
Other appearances
During 2001 she had a recurring role as Jenny in the Carlton TelevisionCarlton Television
Carlton Television was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties including the cities of Solihull and Coventry of the West Midlands, south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire,...
revived series Crossroads.
The following year she began her studies at the prestigious Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts is, despite its young age, one of the United Kingdom's leading institutions for the performing arts. The university is situated in the English city of Liverpool...
(LIPA).
In 2004 Donnaleigh had a guest spot on the BBC One continuing medical drama Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
. She played Debbie Allen, a pregnant teen who loses her unborn child, in the episode One is the Loneliest Number]. Bailey played the part of Colleen O'Malley in Ruffian Productions' Martha Loves Michael during the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Pleasance.
Personal life
Born in BirminghamBirmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Bailey is of Jamaican descent on her American-born
Jamaican American
Jamaican Americans are Americans of Jamaican heritage or Jamaican-born people who live in the United States of America. American citizenship is not a prerequisite of being a Jamaican American as permanent residents are also given this title....
father's side and of Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
descent on her mother's side. Although she was born and raised in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
she is an avid Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
fan.