Tonicha Jeronimo

Tonicha Dobre (née Jeronimo; born 4 November 1977) is a British actress, born in Jersey, of partial Portuguese extraction. She is best known for her role as Linda Fowler in Emmerdale between 1994 and 1997 when her character was killed off. [7][2][6][8]

Tonicha Jeronimo[1]
Born
Tonicha Elizabeth Jeronimo[1]

4 November 1977 (age 42)
Jersey[2][3]
NationalityBritish
Other namesTJ (acronym of Tonicha Jeronimo)[1]
Tonicha Dodds
Tonicha Dobbs (most likely a misspelling of Dodds)[4][5]
Tonicha Lawrence[2][6]
Tonicha Dobre
Occupationactress
acting agent
acting school founder, director and principal
author
Years active1994-present
Known forEmmerdale

Early life and education

Jeronimo has a Portuguese father named Antonio, a mother named Susan, an older sister named Filipa, and her eldest sister named Lisa.[9][1][10]

Jeronimo and her family left Jersey when she was 11 years old, living for a short time in Portugal, before moving to Yorkshire permanently.[2]

Jeronimo attended the Carousel School of Dancing (renamed to Studio 16 in 2016) in Jersey, from the age of 2 years old.[7] She was one of the youngest actors ever to be offered a place at the London Studio Centre, however she had to turn the offer down, after taking her first TV acting role in Emmerdale at the age of 16 years old instead.[7]

Career

After leaving Emmerdale she joined the Hull Truck Theatre company, where she worked regularly with the playwright John Godber, who was also the director of the theatre.

From December 1997 to January 1998, she starred in Cinderella pantomime at the Sunderland Empire Theatre in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.[11][12]

From February to April 1998, she toured Beauty and the Beast, at the Swansea Grand Theatre in Swansea, Wales, the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyl, Wales, the Hull New Theatre in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the Forum Theatre in Billingham, County Durham, England, and the Manchester Opera House in Manchester, Greater Manchester.[13][14][15]

From April to June 2000, she starred in John Godber's production of Seasons in the Sun at the Hull Truck Theatre, and the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, West Yorkshire. [7][16][17]

From December 2000 to January 2001 Jeronimo and her then husband Stuart Wade, appeared in Simon Barry's production of Cinderella pantomime at the Grand Opera House in York, North Yorkshire. She played the role of Cinderella, while husband Stuart played the role of Buttons.[16][18]

From May to June 2011, she starred in Alice Bartlett's stage adaption of Little Malcolm and his Struggles Against the Eunuchs, again with her then husband Stuart Wade, at the Hull Truck Theatre, and the Theatre Royal in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. [19]

In May 2001 she starred in Kate Bramley's production of Doctor Faustus, again with her then husband Stuart Wade, at the Hull Truck Theatre.[20]

From December 2001 to January 2002 she starred in Cinderella pantomime for a third time, this time with her sister Filipa Jeronimo (now known as Pippa Adams), along with her then husband Stuart Wade, at the Tameside Hippodrome in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.[21]

From December 2003 to January 2004 she starred in Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime, again with her then husband Stuart Wade, at the Grand Opera House in York, North Yorkshire. Jeronimo played the role of Fairy Peapod, while Stuart played the role of Simple Simon.[22][23][24]

Jeronimo and Wade owned a hairdressing business, and Wade owned a property developing business. After the Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime ended, they both decided to leave acting for a while to focus on their growing family.[22] Jeronimo worked for West Yorkshire Police in Leeds for eight years, between 2001 and 2009.[2]

In September 2008 she founded the acting school Tonicha Lawrence Academy (abbreviated to the TLA), which is based at Gateways School in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.[25][26] She also founded the acting agency TLA Boutique Management at the same time.[27][28] TLA Boutique Management originally offered representation to children, and adults in the industry, by getting them auditions, before focusing solely on representing children.[7] In 2020 TLA Boutique Management separated from the acting school, and was renamed Wrap Management.[29] Wrap Management represents experienced children and adults from Northern England.

In January 2014 she published a book titled The Business in Show.[30]

In May 2016, she joined the cast of the BBC medical drama Casualty, playing the role of Steph Sims in 3 episodes between May and August.[31][32][33] She played the mother of Carmel Sims played by Jeronimo's daughter Sydney Wade.[34][35][36][37] She reprised her role as Steph Sims again in an August 2016 episode of Holby City, and a February 2017 episode of Casualty.[34][38][39][40]

Personal life

In August 2000, Jeronimo married Stuart Wade (born 1 August 1969, Halifax, West Yorkshire) who played her on-screen husband Biff Fowler in Emmerdale, in Jersey.[1][10] Jeronimo have three children; a daughter named Sydney Wade, a daughter named Ava Dodds, and a son named Lorcan Alexander Dodds (commonly known as Lorcan Alexander).[16][22] Her daughter Sydney Wade is also an actress.[4][34] All three children have had roles at the TLA Leeds; Sydney is a LAMDA teacher and screen teaching assistant currently at the school; Ava is a current school ambassador for dance;[41] and Lorcan is the former head of dance at the school.[2]

In 2017 she moved back to Jersey, to work with her sister Pippa Adams, who runs a youth acting company called Drama Lab.[2] In 2018 she opened up a bar and restaurant called Ruby's Lounge and Bistro in Saint Helier.[3][42] Her actress daughter Sydney works in the kitchen of Ruby's as a cook.[3]

In January 2020 she married Andrei Dobre, a Romanian, with whom they have one child together.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1994-1997 Emmerdale Linda Glover Series regular 284 episodes
1999 My Wonderful life Jane 1 episode: Climbing Trees
2000 Where The Heart Is Librarian 1 episode: "Legacy"
2016 Holby City Stephanie Sims (credited as Tonicha Lawrence) 1 episode
2016–2017 Casualty Steph Sims (credited as Tonicha Lawrence) recurring 4 episodes

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