{"product_id":"gemma-bissix-eastenders-hollyoaks-giant-12x8-hand-signed-photo","title":"Gemma Bissix Eastenders  Hollyoaks Giant 12x8 Hand Signed Photo","description":"\u003cp\u003eSMATZTVE   This is a superb opportunity to secure this stunning giant 12\" x 8\" hand signed photo of actress Gemma Bissix who played Clare Bates in Eastenders and received multiple television awards for her role as Clare Devine in Hollyoaks who has personally autographed the souvenir where her signature rests perfectly accompanying her portrait in mint condition. Reverse provides full information of the date time and location of the signing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"...Gemma Bissix (born 6 June 1983) is an English actress. She began her acting career at a young age. At the age of nine, in 1993, she was cast as Clare Tyler (later Bates), the daughter of Debbie Tyler (Nicola Duffett) and stepdaughter of Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley), in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders. Her first acting role, Bissix had received no formal training, and has since commented, \"that was my training.. quite a lot of people drama school, I was trained by EastEnders.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn April 2006, she joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, playing Clare Devine (later Cunningham). She took over the role from model and actress Samantha Rowley, who had played the character since November 2005, but was subsequently axed because the producers wished to take the character, who had been cast as a likeable teenager until this point, into a darker and more \"evil\" persona, and Rowley did not want to play a villain. Hollyoaks producer Bryan Kirkwood commented, \"Gemma was a fantastic asset to the Hollyoaks cast. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn 19 September 2007, it was announced that Bissix would be reprising her role as Clare Bates in EastEnders, ten years after she had last appeared in the soap. She returned to Hollyoaks as Clare Devine for a brief stint in May 2009. Discussing her soap opera roles in EastEnders and Hollyoaks Bissix said, \"For me they're completely different. I prefer Hollyoaks Clare because she is just so much fun to play. I was saying to somebody that if she was in the real world, she'd be in prison or on death row. With the EastEnders Clare she was more realistic. We all know somebody like that  a little tart trying to get a bit of money where she can.\" On 5 February 2013, it was confirmed that Bissix would reprise her role as villain Clare Devine, and made her final appearance in the soap on 16 October 2013, after the character of Clare was killed off...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Postcard Finder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56233146581318,"sku":"198762","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/3216\/9030\/files\/gemma-bissix-eastenders-hollyoaks-giant-12x8-hand-signed-photo-198762-p.jpg?v=1774256365","url":"https:\/\/postcardfinder.co.uk\/products\/gemma-bissix-eastenders-hollyoaks-giant-12x8-hand-signed-photo","provider":"Postcard Finder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}