Instruct: Given a question, retrieve relevant passages that can help answer the question.
Query: What as Tamzin Outhwaite's first screen acting role?
On graduation from the London Studio Centre she started her career in the theatre, taking roles in productions including Grease and Oliver!, and work at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, before landing bit parts in television series The Bill and Men Behaving Badly.
Outhwaite has been cast to play Teresa Phillips in a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's How the Other Half Loves at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in March 2016.[7]
Tamzin Maria Outhwaite (/ˈaʊθweɪt/; born 5 November 1970) is a British actress from London. Since coming to national notice playing Mel Owen in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 1998 until 2002 and then from 2018 onwards, she has starred in a number of theatre and television productions, including army series Red Cap and crime drama New Tricks.[1]
Outhwaite was the subject of an episode of BBC TV series Who Do You Think You Are? shown on 21 August 2014.[13] Her mother is of Italian heritage.[14] Her maternal great grandfather Adelmo Santi and his eldest son Pietro Santi were born in Barga, Italy, and became naturalised British citizens in 1957, living first in Glasgow, Scotland, and then settling in Fishburn, England, with a thriving ice cream business.[15]
Following Martin Kemp's decision to quit "EastEnders", Outhwaite announced she was quitting the soap in the autumn of 2001, stating, "I'm not sure what was left for Mel to do after she had been kidnapped, been married twice, burnt down a club and slept with her best friend's husband [...] To be honest with you, Mel's role in "EastEnders" has come to a kind of natural end. I always said I'd go when I felt that the character had run her course, and I'm going to leave when my contract runs out next year [...] Martin and I are in very similar situations with our characters. We came in at a similar time, and now it looks like we'll leave at a similar time, too. Mel and Steve had some kind of aura, a chemistry, that was unique. I was really proud of it." She added, "I'll always be indebted to "EastEnders" for providing me with a wonderful start to my career on television and the opportunity to play a character like Mel has been fabulous. I felt it was time to move on and try on a new coat – new characters, new challenges." "EastEnders"' executive producer John Yorke said of Outhwaite's departure, "Tamzin has created one of the most-loved characters and (with Martin Kemp) one half of the most-admired on-screen couple in "EastEnders" since the show started. She has been fantastic to work with and we wish her all the luck in her career." Yorke added that the character would be welcome back any time.
In 2005, Estelle Morgan, Ellis' ex-girlfriend, gave birth to Ellis' first daughter. Ellis was married to actress Tamzin Outhwaite from 2006 to 2014. In June 2008, she gave birth to their first daughter. On December 25, 2008, the pair appeared on the ITV gameshow "All Star Mr & Mrs Christmas Special". Their second daughter was born in August 2012. On August 29, 2013, a spokesperson for the couple stated that they had separated, and the following month Outhwaite filed for divorce.
To counteract the large number of departures, Robinson introduced several new characters, among them Melanie Healy played by Tamzin Outhwaite. In an interview with website Walfordweb, Matthew Robinson has stated that Melanie was "dreamt up to supplement the 'totty' contingent – running thin at the time". Robinson stated that Tamzin Outhwaite was "a shoo-in – and not just because of her beautiful blonde hair. Within a minute of her walking into auditions, hundreds already having trooped in and out of the door, I knew we had our star." Outhwaite has stated that she was given the role without having to do a screen-test. Mel was brought into the serial as a member of the already established Healy family, joining her brother Reverend Alex Healy (Richard Driscoll) and father Jeff Healy (Leslie Schofield) in October 1998. Initially Mel's relationship with Alex and Jeff was not disclosed to viewers, and it was several weeks after her introduction that Mel actually came face-to-face with her brother on-screen; it was revealed that she had been estranged from them for some time.
Outhwaite lives in London. From 2006 to 2014 she was married to actor Tom Ellis. They have two daughters together.[9] It was announced in 2013 that the couple had separated and the following month Outhwaite had filed for divorce.[10][11][12]
In July 2013, she announced that she would be leaving "New Tricks"; Tamzin Outhwaite replaced her. In 2015, she played the role of Jackie Rose in the three-part ITV drama "The Trials of Jimmy Rose", starring alongside Ray Winstone. In 2017, she played Lydia Fonseca in the ITV drama series "The Good Karma Hospital", this show has been renewed for Season 3 which is to begin filming in August 2018.
She found national fame in 1998 when she was cast as Mel Healy in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. Her first appearance was aired in October 1998 and her final one was in April 2002. During nearly four years in Walford, Outhwaite's feisty character was central to many explosive storylines. Outhwaite left EastEnders in 2002, shortly after the departure from the soap of co-star Martin Kemp, who had played her on-screen husband Steve Owen. She stated in 2006 that she wouldn't rule out returning to EastEnders[2] and her return was confirmed on 24 October 2017.[3]
"Red Cap", another television drama series, which aired in 2003 and 2004, starred Tamzin Outhwaite as Sergeant Jo McDonagh, also an SIB investigator.
Outhwaite attended the Stagestruck Theatre Company as a teenager, taking part in several productions during the mid-1980s. While at school, she studied part-time at Sylvia Young Theatre School and on leaving school in 1987, she joined the London Studio Centre to study drama and dance.
Critical reception was positive, particularly about Tamzin Outhwaite. Outhwaite previously starred in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", which made her "tabloid fodder". She was pleased with the enthusiastic reception that "Out of Control" got. The drama won the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at the 2002 Edinburgh Film Festival and the Serials & Single Drama award at the 2002 Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards.
Outhwaite has done introductory segments of true crime episodes of NBC's Dateline for British television audiences.[8]
The only daughter of Anna (née Santi) and Colin Frank Outhwaite, born in Ilford, London, Tamzin has two younger brothers, Kes and Jake. She was educated at Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green.
Tamzin Bayle played by Gemma Atkinson is a paramedic who first appeared on 13 August 2011, alongside Omar Nasri (Dhaffer L'Abidine). Atkinson & L'Abidine's casting and characters was announced on 17 May 2011. They were written out seven episodes later on 1 October 2011. It was announced on 5 May 2012 that Atkinson would reprise her role as Tamzin at the beginning of series 27. Tamzin returned on 18 August 2012, but left again on 8 December 2012. Tamzin was shown in a trailer showing what was coming up on "Casualty" in summer 2014, indicating that she would be returning. Her return was confirmed by a cast list released by Radio Times for the episode dated 24 May 2014. Atkinson confirmed that she would be departing following Matt Bardock, who plays Tamzin's paramedic colleague Jeff Collier's departure and she leaves following his funeral, on 11 October 2014.
She joined the cast of the popular BBC TV comedy-drama series New Tricks as DCI Sasha Miller, replacing Amanda Redman as head of the team in the show. Outhwaite had earlier appeared in series 9, episode 6 of the show, guest-starring as a different character who is brought to justice at the end of the episode.
In 2009, she played the lead in the sci-fi crime series for the BBC entitled Paradox,[6] which first aired on BBC1 on 24 November 2009.
Ray Kelly, played by Sean Mahon, first appears on 4 September 2018. Ray is the former husband of Mel Owen (Tamzin Outhwaite) and the stepfather to Mel's son, Hunter Owen (Charlie Winter). 
In March 2017 it was announced that Casey will step into the role of Mavis in "Stepping Out" at the Vaudeville Theatre in London after Tamzin Outhwaite, who was supposed to play the role, fractured her foot during rehearsals. Casey will play the role until Outhwaite is able to return. Her sister Natalie Casey also appears in the play.
Musicool was broadcast during Spring 2007. Every week the cast would be set tasks which would be judged by Musical and TV personalities such as Jermaine Jackson, Edith Bowman and Tamzin Outhwaite.
From November 2009 to March 2010 Outhwaite starred in Sweet Charity which moved to the Theatre Royal, Haymarket after a successful run at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Outhwaite and her ex-husband were the winners of the ITV charity gameshow All Star Mr & Mrs Christmas Special on 20 December 2008. In the feature film, Radio Cape Cod, she plays a radio interviewer who has a new love entering her life and whose daughter, played by Tamzin Merchant, is experiencing her first love.
Sen continued to direct other big-budget dramas including "Frances Tuesday" starring Tamzin Outhwaite. "Frances Tuesday" was a huge and much needed success for ITV. It was the highest rated single drama of 2004 and went on to sell in over 43 countries worldwide, cementing Outhwaite’s place as one of the most popular faces on British TV. In 2010 it featured in the BFI's retrospective of the best British TV of the 21st century alongside The Street (UK TV series) and Red Riding.
Radio Cape Cod is a 2008 film directed and produced by Andrew Silver. It stars Tamzin Outhwaite as a radio interviewer coming to terms with the loss of her husband and a new love entering her life. She also must cope with her teenage daughter, played by Tamzin Merchant, who is experiencing her first love. The film also stars O. T. Fagbenle. The film won several festival awards.