About Jessie Wallace

Jessie owns a Shih-Tzu dog called Bailey and a cat called Elvis.

Actress Joan Collins is Jessie's biggest heroine of all time.

Jessie left school at 15 and worked behind a bar and on a market stall before taking a City and Guilds in theatrical make-up.

She then worked as a Make-Up Artist for the Royal Shakespeare Company for two years.

Jessie gave up her make-up job to study drama at the Poor School in King's Cross, London. She worked as a cleaner and a wig maker to support herself through college.

Jessie played a WPC in The Bill