Emma Wray is a former English

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. She attended the Merseyside Council funded "Glenda Jackson Theatre" whilst still at Birkenhead Park High school, went on to study Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama from 1983–6, and was given her first leading TV role two months after receiving her BA.

She is best known for starring as 'Brenda Wilson' in the Granada Television

Granada Television

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 sitcom Watching

Watching

Watching is a British television sitcom, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network and broadcast for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993....

between 1987 and 1993, for which she also sang the theme tune What Does He See In Me? She also played a major role in Yorkshire Television's Stay Lucky

Stay Lucky

Stay Lucky is a 1989–1993 British television comedy-drama series. Made by Yorkshire Television and screened on the ITV network, it starred Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis.-Plot:...

with Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman is a British actor and singer, best known for his tough-guy roles in television series including The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks.-Early life:...

, Jan Francis

Jan Francis

Jan Francis is an English actress, best known for playing Penny Warrender in the 1980s romantic comedy Just Good Friends.-Early life:Francis was born at the former Charing Cross Hospital near Trafalgar Square, London...

, Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice

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, Susan George

Susan George (actress)

Susan Melody George is an English film and television actress, and film producer.-Career:She trained at the Stage School, Corona Theatre School and has acted since the age of four, appearing on both television and film...

 and Niall Toibin

Niall Toibin

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 throughout the same period, along with lead roles in many TV series such as Boon

Boon (TV series)

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 and Minder

Minder (TV series)

Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...

, and TV films including Defrosting the Fridge. After several years away from television, she returned to primetime TV with the lead role in the drama comedy My Wonderful Life with co-stars Philip Glenister

Philip Glenister

Philip Haywood Glenister is an English actor, known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes.-Television and films:...

 and Tony Robinson created by Men Behaving Badly

Men Behaving Badly

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writer Simon Nye

Simon Nye

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, the pilot called True Love aired in 1996 and then ran for another three seasons from 1997 to 1999.

Wray gave up television work in 2001, in order to travel. She has been asked to return to TV work and is currently considering it.

TV appearances

• Watching
  Watching
  Watching is a British television sitcom, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network and broadcast for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993....
  
   as Brenda
• Minder
  Minder (TV series)
  Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
  
   as Tracy
• Boon
  Boon (TV series)
  Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV...
  
   as Pandora
• Defrosting the Fridge as Minty Goodenough
• Stay Lucky
  Stay Lucky
  Stay Lucky is a 1989–1993 British television comedy-drama series. Made by Yorkshire Television and screened on the ITV network, it starred Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis.-Plot:...
  
   as Pippa
• The Big Game as Julie
• True Love as Donna