---
name: "Diane Parish"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/diane-parish"
fi1m_id: "diane-parish"
imdb_id: "nm0661678"
tmdb_id: 1227705
wikidata_id: "Q2215497"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 November 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T13:05:29.936518+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Diane Parish

## Identity

Diane Parish

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/diane-parish
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** diane-parish
- **IMDb ID:** nm0661678
- **TMDB ID:** 1227705
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2215497
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Parish, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2215497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227705

Actor. Born 1 November 1969 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 November 1969, Chelsea, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1984–2000
- **Frequently works with:** [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md), [Bill Hays](https://film.one/person/bill-hays.md), [Don Leaver](https://film.one/person/don-leaver.md), [Douglas Watkinson](https://film.one/person/douglas-watkinson.md), [Geoffrey Sax](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-sax.md), [Gordon Flemyng](https://film.one/person/gordon-flemyng.md), [Ian White](https://film.one/person/ian-white.md), [John Strickland](https://film.one/person/john-strickland.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Parish, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2215497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227705

## Biography

Diane Parish is an English actress. Born on 1 November 1969 in Chelsea, London, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in theatre before moving into television in the early 1990s.

She is known for her role as Denise Fox in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* since 2006. Earlier credits include Beth Taylor in *Lovejoy* (1993–1994), Janet in the miniseries *Holding On* (1997), Sylvia Robinson in *Clocking Off* (2000–2001) and Eva Sharpe in *The Bill* (2002–2004). She received the Royal Television Society award for best actress in 2001 for her performance in *Babyfather*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Clocking Off* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Sylvia Robinson — [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *East Street* (2010), as Denise Fox
- *As Seen on TV* (2009), series, Actor
- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as DC Eva Sharpe
- *Babyfather* (2001), series, as Lesley Bailey
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Sheryl Palliser
- *Clocking Off* (2000), series, as Sylvia Robinson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *The Vice* (1999), series, as Shirley Robinson
- *Picking Up the Pieces* (1998), series, as Lisa Gee
- *Holding On* (1997), series, as Janet
- *Alive and Kicking* (1996), as Millie
- *The Final Passage* (1996), as Milkie
- *Wide-Eyed and Legless* (1993), as Waitress
- *Frank Stubbs Promotes* (1993), series, as Receptionist
- *Alive and Kicking* (1991), as (uncredited)
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Beth Taylor
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Denise Fox — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as Eva Sharpe

## Gallery

- ![Cast of Eastenders winning Soap at BAFTA TV Awards May 26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/164217/gallery-4d112b8ed436.jpg) Cast of Eastenders winning Soap at BAFTA TV Awards May 26 (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Diane_Parish_at_BAFTA_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Pictured From Left - Diane Parish, Jessie Wallace, Kyri Zindilis, Chris Clenshaw, Dee Hellier, Ben Wadey, Michelle Collins (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/164217/gallery-df5718b5685f.jpg) Pictured From Left - Diane Parish, Jessie Wallace, Kyri Zindilis, Chris Clenshaw, Dee Hellier, Ben Wadey, Michelle Collins (2026) — JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Diane_Parish_at_BAFTA_2026_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Diane Parish](https://film.one/media/person/164217/gallery-cc4b6a7f2309.jpg) Diane Parish — Meena, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Diane_Parish_2023.jpg/1280px-Diane_Parish_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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