Ellie Paskell
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Ellie Paskell is a British
actress who trained at Guildford school of acting. She began acting when, aged 11, she joined the Carol Godby Theatre Workshop.
Paskell is best known for playing Maxine Barlow in the BBC One
hit series Waterloo Road
. She joined the show at the start of 2007, early in series 2, as a 15-year-old drop-out who was living rough as a drug addict and was introduced to the series at the girlfriend of expelled pupil Lewis Seddon played by Craig Fitzpatrick. The character soon returned to school and was involved in numerous high profile storylines, including exposing her own mother's boyfriend as a serial sex attacker, moving into the home of French
teacher Steph Haydock (played by Denise Welch
), overcoming her drug addiction, the tragic find of a baby in the school playing field, which turned out to be Maxines' and most of all the tragic end her character met in series 4. When the episode aired on 25 February 2009, Maxine was fatally shot by boyfriend Earl Kelly (played by Reece Noi
).
On the stage, Paskell has performed in One Night in November. She also played a minor part in the second series of Ashes to Ashes
. Recently she had played a youth in Casualty who was hurt in an explosion in casualty, she had a minor part which progressed through the end. She also played Julie Stanlake in Casualty a teenager who gave birth early and dumped her baby in a dustbin.
She also worked with David Threlfall and the rest of the Shameless cast when she filmed a gripping three episodes of the hit comedy drama as bubbly Sammy Dee.
She was also a teaching assistant at Brecknock Primary School in London. She also had a small role in The Bill as a drug addict who sold her baby which later turned out to be missing.
United Kingdom
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actress who trained at Guildford school of acting. She began acting when, aged 11, she joined the Carol Godby Theatre Workshop.
Paskell is best known for playing Maxine Barlow 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...
hit series Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
. She joined the show at the start of 2007, early in series 2, as a 15-year-old drop-out who was living rough as a drug addict and was introduced to the series at the girlfriend of expelled pupil Lewis Seddon played by Craig Fitzpatrick. The character soon returned to school and was involved in numerous high profile storylines, including exposing her own mother's boyfriend as a serial sex attacker, moving into the home of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
teacher Steph Haydock (played by Denise Welch
Denise Welch
Jacqueline Denise Healy is an English actress, dancer and television presenter.-Early life:Denise Welch was born in Ebchester, County Durham, to father Vin and mother Ann and has a younger sister Debbie...
), overcoming her drug addiction, the tragic find of a baby in the school playing field, which turned out to be Maxines' and most of all the tragic end her character met in series 4. When the episode aired on 25 February 2009, Maxine was fatally shot by boyfriend Earl Kelly (played by Reece Noi
Reece Noi
Reece Noi is a British actor born and raised in Manchester. He is best known for playing Taylor Mitchell in the BBC school drama Grange Hill from 2004 to 2007...
).
On the stage, Paskell has performed in One Night in November. She also played a minor part in the second series of Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes (TV series)
Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars.The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. A second series began broadcasting in April 2009...
. Recently she had played a youth in Casualty who was hurt in an explosion in casualty, she had a minor part which progressed through the end. She also played Julie Stanlake in Casualty a teenager who gave birth early and dumped her baby in a dustbin.
She also worked with David Threlfall and the rest of the Shameless cast when she filmed a gripping three episodes of the hit comedy drama as bubbly Sammy Dee.
She was also a teaching assistant at Brecknock Primary School in London. She also had a small role in The Bill as a drug addict who sold her baby which later turned out to be missing.