A History Of Liverpool Thespians - Christine Tremarco

Christine Tremarco was born in Tuebrook, Liverpool on the 20th of September, 1977 and educated at St Cecilia's Catholic Infant and Junior Schools and then Holly Lodge Girls College. She came from a single-parent family, but had a happy upbringing, being the middle child of five kids with lots of aunts and uncles. She also was a friend of Stephen Graham when they were younsters in Kirkby. Christine says, "Stephen and I have known each other since we were kids. Our mums were best friends when we were growing up in Kirby." Fairly average at school she was persuaded to be in the school play, probably because she says, "I was always a bit loud and confident. They had me playing an American TV soap star in this play called 'Television'. I loved it, I even liked learning the lines. Afterwards I joined a local dance and drama club run by out-of-work actors. We made up plays and the first time I went they told me to be a monkey." Only a year after that, when she was 14, the casting agents from Australia came looking for three children to star in 'The Leaving Of Liverpool' and she was spotted by a talent scout while performing with the West Derby drama group. After the first audition she was called back five times and eventually they offered her the part of Lily in the 1992 TV two-parter, having been picked from thousands for the role. It was based on the true story of British children in care in the 1950s who were shipped out to Australia with many suffering the most appalling abuse. She was 16 when 'The Leaving Of Liverpool' (1993) came out and was planning to go to drama school and got all the application forms, but by then she had a London agent and jobs with really good people just kept coming in so she just never got round to filling in the forms. Next she was cast in 'Priest' (1994) with Linus Roache and then an Australian TV drama with Cate Blanchett, 'Bordertown' (1995). Another major part followed in 'Springhill' (1996-97) alongside fellow Liverpudlians Gilly Coman and Paul Culshaw, set in Liverpool about the battle between good and evil, entwined around a complex family drama. Then she did the film 'Face' (1997) with Robert Carlyle, 'City Central' (1998), 'Trial And Retribution' (1998) followed by an appearance in 'Coronation Street' (1998). She featured in one episode playing Lucy Johnson, a friend of Spider Nugent (Martin Hancock), who chats up Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy) at a party because she feels sorry for him. Another good role was in 'Clocking Off' (2000), playing the factory owner's sexually rampant wife, then in 2001, she appeared in 'Presence' by David Harrower at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. Her appearance in the TV movie 'Nice Guy Eddie' (2001) with Ricky Tomlinson was followed up by a more substantial part in the TV series of the same name in 2002. Much TV work followed including 'The Rotters' Club' (2005), 'Fat Friends' (2004-05), 'Dalziel and Pascoe' (2006) and 'Five Fays' (2007), but she is remembered for her role in the BBC One school-based drama series 'Waterloo Road' (2007-09), as school secretary and learning support assistant Davina Shackleton, a role she portrayed regularly.

as Linda Andrews in Casualty

After playing Ellie Morgan in a BBC One drama mini-series 'Moving On' (2009) she guest starred in the BBC medical drama series 'Casualty' in 2010 as Linda Andrews but following a positive response to the character, she was reintroduced as a main character in 2011, leaving the series in 2013. Further roles followed in 'Glue' (2014), 'Safe House' (2015) before, in 2017, she appeared in 'Little Boy Blue' as Marie Thompson, the mother of one of the gang members involved in assisting the cover up of Rhys Jones' murder in 2007. Another major part in 'Clink' (2019) was followed by 'Wolfe' (2021), 'The Responder' (2022) and 'The Gathering' (2024)  before she took the part of Rose in 'Emmerdale' (2024).

As Rose Jackson, the ex-wife of Will Taylor and the estranged mother of Dawn Fletcher, Christine said she was "thrilled" and was looking forward to working with the cast saying, "To be working with such a wonderful cast and crew along with the brilliant writing and production team is an absolute joy! Rose is so much fun to play. She is free-spirited, boisterous and totally mischievous with a steely edge and a big heart." 

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