Bio
Gillian Taylforth is an English actress best known for her television roles as Kathy Beale on EastEnders (1985-2000), as Jackie Pascoe-Webb on Footballers' Wives (2002-2006) and as Sgt. Nikki Wright in The Bill, from 2006-2008.
Away from television acting, she has appeared in film during her early career, and has presented on ITV's Loose Women as well as appearing as a celebrity contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2008.
Taylforth's relationship with Geoff Knight spanned 23 years and was heavily focused upon in the media due to his reported abusive behaviour.
In 1994, Taylforth sued The Sun newspaper for libel after they ran a story claiming she had been caught by police performing a sexual act on Knight in their car; she lost the court case.