Chelsea Fox
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| Portrayed by | Tiana Benjamin | |||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2006— | |||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 5 May 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 May 1986 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Single | |||||||||||||||
| Home | 18 Albert Square | |||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Unemployed | |||||||||||||||
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Chelsea Fox is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She is played by Tiana Benjamin. She first appeared on 5 May 2006, working in Walford's video shop. She has since been joined by her mother Denise and her sister Libby.
[edit] Storylines
Upon Chelsea's arrival in May 2006, she began dating Grant Mitchell, but he was only using her to make Jane Collins jealous. Grant slept with Chelsea until her protective mother, Denise, found out and Grant ended the relationship. Numerous jobs followed for Chelsea, but her blasé attitude towards work got her sacked several times; she eventually found permanent employment at Tanya Branning's salon, Booty.
In 2007, Chelsea began dating Sean Slater; however, she took the relationship more seriously than he did. Sean continued to pursue other women, including Chelsea's boss Tanya and her stepsister Carly Wicks. In order to keep Sean away from Carly, Chelsea set her up on a date with a stranger named Warren Stamp, who turned out to be abusive and tried to assault Carly. Sean rescued Carly from Warren, and animosity between the girls esculated, particularly when Sean dumped Chelsea to begin a relationship with Carly. Carly's brother Deano was attracted to Chelsea, so Chelsea seduced him into helping her sabotage Carly and Sean's relationship. When Patrick Trueman was attacked, Chelsea and Deano framed Sean for it; he was arrested and imprisoned. They stole CCTV evidence that would have exonerated Sean; however, Carly discovered it and handed it into the police. Sean was released, and Chelsea and Deano were charged with perverting the course of justice. Before her trial, Sean took revenge on Chelsea by cutting off her hair as she slept, and in October 2007, she and Deano were sentenced to six months imprisonment. Chelsea was released early, on Christmas Eve, but found it difficult to adjust to life back in Walford.
In March 2008, Chelsea, with help from her sister Libby, tracked down her estranged father, Lucas Johnson, who had walked out on the Fox family 20 years prior. She and her colleague Clare Bates went to meet Lucas and were shocked to discover that he was a church preacher. After Lucas's service, Chelsea confronted her father and revealed that she was his daughter, but she ran off before a stunned Lucas could respond.
Two months later, during a meal for Chelsea's 22nd birthday, Lucas reappeared. Chelsea was reluctant to get to know him but eventually agreed to go out for a birthday treat. However, Chelsea ran off again when she discovered that she has a younger half brother, Jordan Johnson. She then bought drugs from Sean Slater.
On June 2nd Chelsea had a quarrel with a client and stole some money off the cash register. She took the money to try and buy drugs and later on that night she was followed by a group of girls that she had earlier argued with, so they ganged up on her. The episode ends with her screaming while they beat her up. The next day, Tanya fired her from her job and Patrick walked in on her taking cocaine. The day after, Yolande and Libby found out about Chelsea's behaviour. Patrick took drastic action by locking her in her room and calling Lucas over to help. When he arrived, Chelsea had escaped out the bedroom window.
Later, Lucas found Chelsea in R&R, intoxicated from cocaine and helped her home. On arrival, Denise climbs out of a taxi and is shocked to see Chelsea with Lucas.
[edit] External links
- Chelsea Fox at bbc.co.uk
- Profile of Chelsea Fox at What's on TV
