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Kat Moon
As soon as she arrived in Walford with her fake tan, heavy make-up and hoop earrings, Kat was a dose of Viagra to the men of Albert Square.
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| First appearance: | 18th September 2000 |
| Address: | 23 Albert Square |
| Occupation: | Market stall holder |
Her mum had died, dad was grieving and nan (Mo) was touting stolen meat off the back of lorries (some things never change). Kat had her eye on the Square's eligible bachelors (although married men weren't necessarily off the menu either).
Oi, what you lookin' at?Kat Moon
- Usual drinks: V&T
- Cravings: Beetroot when pregnant with Tommy
- Likes: Watching Sex and the City, clubbing and steaks
- Dislikes: Live fish in restaurants
- Criminal record: Went to prison in 2005 and a caution in 2010
Kat wasted very little time establishing herself as a drama queen by shocking everyone with the revelation that her youngest sister, Zoe was in fact her daughter. Then she stole her dishy doctor boyfriend for good measure.
Unwanted pregnancies, suicide attempts, miscarriages - Kat has been through it all. But it was her relationship with Alfie that changed everything. However, the baby swap scandal and those traumatic months where Kat thought that baby Tommy was dead had a huge impact on her and Alfie's relationship.
While their marriage seemed to recover, it didn't take long for Kat's eye to wander. She had an affair with a mystery man. At first, Alfie forgave her. But when he found out it was Derek Branning? It was game over for Kat and Alfie.
Now Derek is dead and Alfie wants a divorce, Kat is left staring woefully at him and his new landlady, Roxy Mitchell, as they play happy families. Just outside the doors of The Vic, Kat has found her calling in life by joining forces with Bianca to run a market stall. We knew that loud voice was meant for something! But in her down time from work, it didn't taken her long to find herself back in the arms of Michael Moon... but now Michael has bigger things to worry about with Janine's return to The Square, and Kat has decided the best way she can help is by being his friend... but does Micahel Moon do friendship?
Jessie Wallace
- Jessie used to be a make-up artist and made up Nigel Harman when he appeared in Mamma Mia.
- Jessie owns a Shih-Tzu dog called Bailey and a cat called Elvis.
- Jessie's biggest heroine of all time is Actress Joan Collins.
- 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 first graced our screens in a 1995 episode of The Bill and has since been in BBC One dramas A Class Apart, The Dinner Party, BBC Four's Mrs Marie Lloyd - Queen of the Music Hall, BBC One's sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008 and ITV's Wild at Heart.
