Faye Daveney
{{short description|British actress}}
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Faye Daveney (born 24 February 1993) is a British actress best known for her roles as Zara Highway in EastEnders and Jasmine Harris in The Bill.
Career
Daveney used to be with A&J Management.{{cite web|url=http://www.ajmanagement.co.uk/index.php/actor/faye-daveney |title=Faye Daveney |website=A&J Management |accessdate=1 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821120435/http://www.ajmanagement.co.uk/index.php/actor/faye-daveney |archivedate=August 21, 2011 }} She is now with RKA Talent.{{cite web | url=http://www.rkatalent.com/on-screen.html | title=RKA On Screen | website=RKA Talent | accessdate=6 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505012702/http://www.rkatalent.com/on-screen.html | archive-date=5 May 2016 | url-status=dead }}
Daveney portrayed Jasmine Harris in ITV's The Bill.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/thebill/wk09protectandserve/default.html |title=The Bill – Wk09 Protect and Serve – ITV Press Centre |website=ITV |accessdate=1 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013212234/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/thebill/wk09protectandserve/default.html |archivedate=October 13, 2012 }} Previous to appearing as Jasmine, Daveney also appeared in The Bill as a character called Sian.
Daveney has also appeared in The Assessment, a Shelter advertisement and Silent Witness.
In 2011, it was announced that she was to appear in the drama Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me which was aired by ITV in December 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/fastfreddiethewidowandme/default.html |title=Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me |date=9 May 2011 |website=ITV |accessdate=1 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728023106/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/fastfreddiethewidowandme/default.html |archivedate=July 28, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/27/great-expectations-review-sam-wollaston|title=TV review: Great Expectations; Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me |last=Wollaston|first=Sam|date=27 December 2011|website=The Guardian|accessdate=14 May 2012}} In 2012 she appeared as Saskia in Broken, a drama film about a young girl who witnesses a violent assault. The film aired on BBC Two in 2015.{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bm29q | title=Two Broken | website=BBC | accessdate=6 May 2016}}
In 2014, she appeared as Nellie Short in an episode of Call the Midwife.{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t8h7j | title=One Call The Midwife | website=BBC | accessdate=6 May 2016}}
Since 2015, Daveney has been appearing in the BBC comedy Cradle to Grave.{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06jgq98 | title=Two Cradle to Grave | website=BBC | accessdate=6 May 2016}}
In 2017, she played a character called Charity Walters in an episode of Holby City.{{Cite episode |title=Twist of the Knife |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08scstr |access-date=18 June 2018 |series=Holby City}}
In September 2018, she appeared in EastEnders as Zara Highway.{{Cite news |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2018-09-10/stuarts-daughter-zara-highway-arrives-on-eastenders-tonight-actress-faye-daveney-joins-the-cast-spoilers/ |title=Stuart's daughter Zara Highway arrives on EastEnders tonight – actress Faye Daveney joins the cast |last=Brown |first=David |date=10 September 2018 |work=Radio Times |access-date=11 September 2018}}
References
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External links
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Category:British soap opera actresses
Category:British television actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
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