Eva Alexander
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Eva Alexander is a British actress and a children's TV presenter. Eva is pronounced "Ava".
Until October 2006, she was a continuity presenter on the BBC
preschool television channel CBeebies
, joining as a replacement for Nicole Davis, who left in February 2006. Alexander left CBeebies Presentation in October 2006 due to her pregnancy and gave birth to baby Sammy in November.
In 1993 Alexander appeared (under her real name) in Franco Zeffirelli
's film Storia di una capinera (aka Sparrow).
Alexander has had a variety of small parts in television dramas such as Waking The Dead
, The Brief and Casualty
, in addition to a range of theatre
and radio
work. She also starred in the Children's BBC
programme The Mysti Show
as Ella, a stubborn teenager who is helped by Mystical Rainbowfrost (aka Mysti), a fairy who can change into a human. She appeared in the 2009 ITV
drama Whatever It Takes
and in 2010 she appeared once again on CBBC, this time as the character Gill in Hounded
.
She attended the University of Bristol
, graduating in 1997, and also attended The Drama Studio London
where she gained a postgraduate diploma in acting. She is married to American actor Cory English
.
Until October 2006, she was a continuity presenter on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
preschool television channel CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
, joining as a replacement for Nicole Davis, who left in February 2006. Alexander left CBeebies Presentation in October 2006 due to her pregnancy and gave birth to baby Sammy in November.
In 1993 Alexander appeared (under her real name) in Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli KBE is an Italian director and producer of films and television. He is also a director and designer of operas and a former senator for the Italian center-right Forza Italia party....
's film Storia di una capinera (aka Sparrow).
Alexander has had a variety of small parts in television dramas such as Waking The Dead
Waking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
, The Brief and Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, in addition to a range of theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
work. She also starred in the Children's BBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
programme The Mysti Show
The Mysti Show
The Mysti Show was a British children's television programme, produced by Mystical Productions for the BBC in 2004-2005. It initially took the format of an hour-long programme combining magazine and narrative elements, but was subsequently reformed into a series of 20-minute, all-narrative...
as Ella, a stubborn teenager who is helped by Mystical Rainbowfrost (aka Mysti), a fairy who can change into a human. She appeared in the 2009 ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
drama Whatever It Takes
Whatever It Takes (2009 film)
Whatever it Takes is a 2009 British television drama film directed by Andy Hay and starring Shane Ritchie, Amy Beth Hayes, Eva Alexander, Gary Lucy and Ron Cook...
and in 2010 she appeared once again on CBBC, this time as the character Gill in Hounded
Hounded (CBBC)
Hounded is a CBBC sitcom starring Rufus Hound. The comedian is chased through space and time by the evil Dr Muhahahaha, currently broadcast on Fridays on CBBC-Plot summary:...
.
She attended the University of Bristol
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
, graduating in 1997, and also attended The Drama Studio London
Drama Studio London
Drama Studio London is a drama school based in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom. It is accredited by the National Council for Drama Training, London and is a Member of the Conference of Drama Schools...
where she gained a postgraduate diploma in acting. She is married to American actor Cory English
Cory English
Cory English , is an American actor.Born into a blue collar family in upstate New York, Cory was the youngest of four boys. Cory attended Wayne Central in Ontario, New York...
.