Liz Stooke

Liz Stooke is a British actress. Born in Kent, she initially trained to be a teacher in Devon and Manchester before becoming a receptionist at London Drama School. After joining a few theatre companies and taking part in a tour, Stooke had roles in several stage productions, including adaptations of Time and the Conways, Present Laughter, Moll Flanders, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Government Inspector. She played the regular role of Angela Cunningham on the British soap opera Hollyoaks between 1995 and 1999, later returning for guest appearances in 2004, 2006 and 2008. She has also appeared in the soap operas Coronation Street and Emmerdale, as well as other television series and films.

Life and career Liz Stooke was born in Kent, England in the 1950s. Stooke then worked in the Avon Touring Company, where she met director Clare Grove. She then had a role in the stage production of Present Laughter at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, which she considered different from the work she had previously done. Stooke had received a phone call from Grove asking her to take part in the production. In 1988, she played Joan in Derby Playhouse's stage production of Time and the Conways, which ran until 25 June 1988. That same year, she also had a role as the boss' daughter in the rehearsed reading of Peter Gibbs' Selling the Sizzle at the Derby Playhouse. She then played Margie Bellenger in A Day in Summer, a 1989 television movie based on the novel of the same name by J. L. Carr. Stooke also played a prosecuting counsel in an episode of the soap opera Brookside, which was originally broadcast on 29 March 1989. In 1990, Stooke guest starred in the second episode of the fifth series of the British sitcom Watching. In 1995, Stooke joined the original cast of the new Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Angela Cunningham, part of the Cunningham family. She remained in the role until 1999, and made a guest appearance in 2004 and 2006. In 1997, Stooke presented The Duke of Edinburgh's Award to several young people in a church in Bury.

Stooke had a guest role in the fifth episode of the 23rd series of Last of the Summer Wine, "Beware Of The Hot Dog", which initially aired on 3 February 2002. In 2003, Stooke played Lila Griffith in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Additionally, she had a role in the 1988 film The Fruit Machine.

Acting credits Selected filmography + Year Title Role Notes 1986 First Among Equals Television series 1987 Floodtide Customs officer Crime drama 1988 Film 1989 A Day in Summer Television movie 1989 Brookside Prosecuting Counsel Guest role (1 episode) 1990 Watching Sally 1 episode (Series 5, episode 2) 1995–99, 2004, 2006, 2008 Hollyoaks Regular role 2002 Last of the Summer Wine Fifi 1 episode ("Beware Of The Hot Dog") 2003 Emmerdale Guest role

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