Zoë Lister
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Zoë Lister | |
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 Lister in 2008 | |
| Born | Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, England |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse |
Rob Castell (m. 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
Zoë Lister is an English actress and writer, best known for portraying the role of Zoe Carpenter in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. In 2014, she began working as a television writer, including work on Hollyoaks, The Lodge and Free Rein.
Career
[edit]Zoe played the role of Zoe Carpenter in Hollyoaks from 2006 to 2010. She appeared as a guest on Big Brother's Little Brother and also presented at T4 On The Beach In 2009 she performed a Queen medley on Children In Need alongside other Hollyoaks cast members. During 2010, Lister appeared in the play The Stanhope Sisters as Kitty Dutton at The Red Hedgehog in Highgate, London.[1] From 16 August 2010 until 4 December 2010, Zoe toured the UK in the comedy play Teechers as Gail. She appeared as Lady Macbeth at the Liverpool Royal Court in 2012, a performance for which she received critical acclaim. Recently Zoe appeared in the feature film Brash Young Turks. She is currently appearing as Mandy in a UK tour of Shady Business.
With former Hollyoaks co-star Lena Kaur, Zoe has formed a comedy theatrical duo, 'Vicious Kitty' and the pair have performed original sketch comedy pieces at the Hen & Chickens in Islington and Leicester Square Theatre.
She is also starring in the new web series Staff Room, written and directed by Ry Mcdermott.
She returned to Hollyoaks reprising the role of Zoe in April 2017.
Personal life
[edit]On 19 August 2008, it was announced that Lister was to do the Great North Run to raise money for the Parkinson's Disease Society. Lister's grandmother was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease shortly before her death. The 13.1 mile run between Newcastle and South Shields took place on 5 October 2008.[2]
In 2012 and 2013, Lister assisted researchers at Toshiba's Cambridge Research Lab and the University of Cambridge's Department of Engineering to develop "Zoe", a virtual "talking head" which can express a full range of human emotions.[3]
In 2015, she married musician Rob Castell.
Awards and nominations
[edit]In 2010, Lister won the British Soap Awards for the category of Spectacular Scene of the Year for "The Parachute Jump" scene, and in 2007 and 2008 she was Nominated for the category Sexiest Female at British Soap Awards[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The Stanhope Sisters Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Zoë Lister is to do Great North Run Archived 21 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Face of the future rears its head (19 March 2013) University of Cambridge
- ^ "Zoe Lister and Tony Hirst". OK! Magazine. 26 August 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
External links
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- Profile at Twitter
- Zoë Lister at IMDb
- Profile Archived 8 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine at E4
- Profile at Spotlight