Yasmin Bannerman

Yasmin Bannerman born 1970 is an English actress Bannerman was born and brought up in Gloucestershire and attended the Rose Bruford College in London until 1993 She has had roles in television series such as Hollyoaks Cold Feet Merseybeat and Doctor Who and in the films Maybe Baby and Killing Me Softly Her first television role came in 1995 when she appeared in an episode of Crown Prosecutor Shortly afterwards she was cast as Maddie Parker in Channel 4s soap opera Hollyoaks She describes her role in the soap as demanding though the character appeared less frequently as time went on Further appearances include a brief role in Red Dwarf and a recurring role in the third series of Cold Feet as Jessica Barnes a local political activist who has an affair with David Marsden played by Robert Bathurst In the same year she appeared in Ben Eltons Maybe Baby as Melinda Further appearances include roles in Queen of Swords In Deep Holby City Life on Mars and an eightepisode stint in Merseybeat In 2005 she played Jabe an alien that resembles a tree in the second episode of BBC Wales revival of Doctor Who Her audition was shrouded in secrecy and the part required a lengthy makeup process the prosthetics took three hours to apply and 90 minutes to remove Further involvement in the Doctor Who franchise includes guest roles in the audio dramas The Bride of Peladon and The Fourth Wall and a part in the Torchwood episode They Keep Killing Suzie In 2015 she played Roz Forrester a companion of the Seventh Doctor in three novel adaptations of the Virgin New and Missing Adventures Damaged Goods Original Sin and Cold Fusion These stories were adapted by Big Finish Productions She later reprised the role in a series of four stories released in November 2018 entitled The Seventh Doctor The New Adventures In 2017 Bannerman is playing Dayna Mellanby a character in the Blakes 7 audio adventure series by Big Finish Productions Bannerman is the third actress to play Dayna following Josette Simon in the television series and Angela Bruce in the BBC Radio series