The former EastEnders star and I’m A Celebrity winner is making the most of her unemployment by utilizing her newfound spare time to read and attend shows with her pals.
EastEnders star Charlie Brooks has been making the most of her “unemployment”, having spent Friday night at a gig in London. The former Janine Butcher actress saw Martha Wainwright on the UK leg of her tour, when she played at Union Chapel in Islington.
Charlie, 44, left the soap in 2012 but went on to set up her own acting training business, iampro, which offers mentoring and industry classes for creatives. She also took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2011 and was crowned queen of the jungle after winning I’m A Celebrity in 2012.
But aside from some smaller roles, she’s remained off the screen for some time, but she is lapping up her so-called “unemployment”. Writing on Instagram, she said: “Joys of unemployment. Getting to watch Martha Wainwright at Union Chapel with my gorgeous friend @shazzleydazzley for belated birthday celebrations.
Having time to read her book. She was everything and more. x, I appreciate it. The singer-songwriter’s book, Stories I Might Regret Telling You, was among the photos and videos shared by the audience.
Charlie made her first appearance in Albert Square in 1999, and she did so until 2004 before taking the roles in Robin Hood and Beverley Allitt: Angel of Death, where she played a murder nurse. From 2008 to 2012, she worked in the Square.
The mum-of-one returned to the soap in 2022, before competing in Dancing on Ice, alongside Olympic skater Eric Radford. Back in January, she addressed whether a return to Walford was on the cards.
She said, “I’m going right back to Chitty Chitty Bang for a while, and then I’ll probably need a little time off.” I’m not sure about that until we start talking about another theater project.
I’m wasting my time, I promise. Who knows, then? In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s UK tour, Charlie starred opposite Coyote Ugly’s Adam Garcia last year.
Kiki Truman Brooks, 20, is Charlie’s daughter with her ex-boyfriend Tony Truman, who she split up with in 2006. However, despite their breakup, Charlie and Charlie are still a good couple. He lives in the Surrey apartment above Charlie’s house.
She and architect Ben Hollington dated for about five years before splitting in 2017. Tonya sobbed when they called it a day because he was so fond of her new boyfriend. She has a more recent relationship with advertising director James Fuller.
Speaking on Yahoo UK’s White Wine Question Time podcast, she said: “My ex partner Ben, who I was with for five or six years, who’s an amazing human being, you know, we woke up on Christmas Day together, all of us. Tony would come down, we’d all get into bed and open the presents together with Kiki, cos she adores Ben, and I think it can be problematic.
I believe he probably has more issues with that sort of things than I do. This is the longest I’ve ever been single, at four years. Then, for five or six years, I spent time with Ben, who was just really accepting. We all took vacations together, and Tony adored him without a doubt. When Ben and I broke up, Tony cried. He sobbed in fact.
Source: Mirror
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