Barbara Marten
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About
British actress best known for playing Eve Montgomery in Casualty. She has appeared in various soap operas, including Eastenders and Brookside, as well as many other drama serials such as Harry, The Bill, and Band of Gold.
Before Fame
She went to an all-girls school called William Newton School in Norton. She later went to Stockton and Billingham Technical College. She trained as a teacher in Birmingham and taught for two years before being drawn back to the stage after becoming involved with a theatre group in Coventry.
Trivia
She went to drama school at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as a teenager for three years. She says that her time there actually put her off becoming an actress.
Family Life
She was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, and grew up in County Durham. She has three sons with her husband, Mike Kenny, who is a playwright for young people's theater. She met him in the 1980s while acting in a student pantomime in Birmingham when they were studying to become teachers.
Associated With
She co-starred opposite Finn Wolfhard in the 2020 film The Turning. She appeared in the TV series A Discovery of Witches alongside Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, and Aiysha Hart.
