She stole many hearts as Leah not long ago. But Jessica
Staveley-Taylor has another talent which could win her even more fans...
DOB:
16 December 1986
HEIGHT: 5ft 1in
EYES: Brown
THEATRE: Nan in WHISTLE
DOWN THE WIND; SOUTH PACIFIC; OUR DAY OUT (All St. James
Theatre)
TV: CLOSING NUMBERS
(Channel 4 1993); Leah Stewart in GRANGE HILL (BBC 2001)
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Jessica
is actually younger than her Grange Hill character! She
played a Year 12 pupil when she hadn't finished Year 11.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW...
Jessica is an excellent singer, according to Children's
Spotlight. Well, she does look like Andrea Corr. So come
on Jess, serenade us please!
FAMILY: Grange Hill
runs in Jessica's family! Her older sister Emily appeared
in the show in the mid-1990s, her younger sis Camilla
is also an actress. A future GH star perhaps?
WHERE IS SHE NOW?
Jessica is now in Liverpool studying music, and is a keen
song writer. She has given up acting.
