Patsy Palmer's lush post-EastEnders life in LA as DJ signs up for Dancing On Ice

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EastEnders.But playing the part of the brazen redhead Bianca Jackson in the long-running BBC soap was far from being Patsy Palmer’s first acting role.The 50-year-old from east London had been a child actor in school drama Grange Hill in the 1980s, and had also appeared on the West End, starring in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.Her acting career was accompanied with a two-decade battle with alcohol and drugs, with the TV star saying she had a problem from as young as age 10.She has since kicked the habit and does not allow booze in her house.Palmer, who is currently living in the US where she has a DJ career, will be back on screens in January 2023 after becoming the first celebrity to be announced for the upcoming Dancing On Ice series on ITV.Patsy was born Julie Anne Harris on May 26, 1972, in Bethnal Green, east London.Her mother first spotted her acting talent and encouraged her to go to Anna Scher's famous acting school in London.After enrolling at the school, Palmer learnt that there was already an actress with the name Julie Harris.She decided to give herself a new stage moniker by borrowing her mother's maiden name and changing her first name to a nickname her mother, Pat, was sometimes called.Patsy made her screen debut in the television programme The Gentle Touch in 1984 and would go on to feature in the kids series Grange Hill from 1986 to 1987.She went on to have small roles in BBC's Tricky Business (1989), Making News (1990), Clarissa (1991), Love Hurts (1992), Drop The Dead Donkey (1993), and The Bill (1993) before landing her most iconic part.In 1993, Patsy was cast in the role of feisty Bianca Jackson in EastEnders.She has appeared in the show on and off over the course of.