Ayesha Antoine
She said: A hyperactive child (learning the violin and piano as well as attending acting and dance classes), at the age of eight she entered a National Talent Contest which was televised on the Saturday morning BBC children's show, Going Live!.[citation needed] Antoine began her television career in the 1990s playing Poppy Silver in Grange Hill.Other television credits include the role of Kelly Grogan in sitcom pilot Placebo and a husband-beating shoplifter in The Bill."[3] She joined the regular cast of Holby City in 2008, playing staff nurse Rachel Baptiste.In 2011, she joined the cast of Big Finish Productions' Bernice Summerfield audio plays as Ruth.