1 Jessie Wallace was born as Karen Jane Wallace on 25 September 1971 to father James, a telecommunications engineer, and mother Annette, who was a secretary. Her parents divorced when Jessie was three years old, so she was raised by her dad, and saw her mum at weekends. She grew up in north London and has two sisters, Danielle and Joanne. Jessie adopted her stage name after her grandmother.
2 At the age of 21, Jessie moved to Portugal, working in bars for just over six months. When she returned to the UK, she trained as a make-up artist at the College of North East London. Later, Jessie worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company for two years, where she met actor – and future Game Of Thrones star – Iain Glen,…
