Lucy Benjamin (born 25 June 1970) is an English actress.

Born Lucy Jane Baker in Reading, Berkshire, England, she took the stage name of Benjamin after her brother. Her first acting role was as a child actor in Doctor Who in 1983 playing a young version of the character Nyssa. In 1989 she starred in the hit children's television programme Press Gang, where she played Julie Craig. She left after the first series for another role, but returned for the fourth Read more...

Benjamin's offscreen relationship with EastEnders co-star Steve McFadden was much publicised in the British tabloid press during her time on the show. The relationship allegedly ended after McFadden was caught cheating on her with an ex-lover Angela Bostock-the mother of his daughter,Bostock fell pregnant again and Benjamin split with Mcfadden in 2003.

Benjamin married oil businessman, Richard Read more...