Lisa Faulkner

Lisa Tamsin Faulkner (born 19 February 1972)[1] is an English actress, presenter and television chef.

She has had roles in The Lover (1992), Dangerfield (1995), Brookside (1997–1998), Holby City (1999–2001), Spooks (2002), Burn It (2003), Murder in Suburbia (2004–2005), New Street Law (2006–2007), Murdoch Mysteries (2010–2012), EastEnders (2017) and The Girl Before (2021).

Faulkner has also carved out a career as a television chef, having won Celebrity MasterChef as a contestant in 2010.

[3] At the age of 16, Faulkner was approached by a modelling scout while she was waiting on the platform of a London tube station.

[5] In the TV show Spooks, her character Helen Flynn was killed off in only the second episode of the first series, having her hand and face burnt in a deep fat fryer before being shot in the head at point-blank range.

From June 2008, Faulkner narrated the BBC One show Heir Hunters, replacing Nadia Sawalha, until 2017.

[13] Fi was later revealed to be Sophie Wilmott-Brown, the daughter of Kathy Beale's rapist James Willmott-Brown.

[15] In 2005, Faulkner married Chris Coghill, one of her co-stars in the 2003 TV drama series Burn It, in Richmond Park, London.