Lisa Maxwell (actor)
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Lisa Maxwell (born November 1963 in Elephant and Castle, London) is an English actress. She is engaged to sculptor Paul Jessup and has one child.
She trained at the Italia Conti Academy. She first acted on TV aged 11 in a schools programme A Place Like Home. In 1981 she participated in BBC TV's A Song for Europe, as a member of the group Unity. She finished in last place with the song For Only a Day. Her first senior role was in Remembrance (1982), and in the same year she voiced Kira in the Jim Henson film The Dark Crystal. In 1985 she won a TV vote to become a presenter on BBC2 pop music show No Limits (TV Show). The other winning presenter was Jeremy Legg.
She then went on to become a presenter on a number of children's programmes, getting her own shortlived TV show, the Lisa Maxwell Show on BBC television in 1991. She currently stars as Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon in the ITV1 drama The Bill, a part she has played since 2002.
In 2006 she was a speaker at a charity dinner in the City of London.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Bill ....Acting DI/DS/DI Samantha Nixon (2002-)
- Free Jimmy (2006) (voice) .... Lise
- M.I.T. (2003) .... DI Samantha Nixon
- Once in a Lifetime (1993) (TV) .... Mojo
- Bottom (1992) .... Lily Linneker
- The Benny Hill Show (1985) .... Hill's Angel
- The Tripods (1985) .... Zerlina
- The Dark Crystal (1982) (voice) .... Kira
- Remembrance (1982)
