Andy Newton-Lee
Andy Newton-Lee is an actor best known for playing the part of Robbie Flynn in Channel 4's weeknight soap Hollyoaks. Newton-Lee attended Malet Lambert School in Hull,Yorkshire, England, where he grew up.
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Career
He joined the cast of Hollyoaks with the characters Mel Burton and Joe Spencer, but left a few months later.[1]
His other acting roles include parts in Coronation Street, Casualty, Doctors and Where the Heart Is.[2]
Newton-Lee sang in the Cheeky Girls' song "Boys and Girls (Christmas Time Love)" after leaving Hollyoaks.[3]
He appeared on ITV's The Mint game show in December 2006 to promote his Christmas pantomime playing Dick Whittington in Blackpool.[4]
In 2006, he announced that he had skin cancer through sunbed use.[5] In April 2007, he was in remission and successfully completed the London Marathon.[6]
He appeared in the acclaimed British continuing drama Casualty on 22 March as Finn from Hollyoaks' friend (Abs).[1] He played the character of a loveable rogue, always with an idea about how to make a quick buck.[7] He was punched by another mourner at Abs' brother's funeral which made him fall through a table. It was later revealed that his character, Stacey, was an alcoholic and Abs tried to help him, ending in Abs setting up an alcohol clinic in Holby General. Newton-Lee appeared in ITV1's Loose Women on 11 June 2009[citation needed] to discuss the death of his character Stacey after an eight-month-long story line which gained critical acclaim.[1]
Press
Newton-Lee was interviewed by Piers Morgan for Piers Morgan In Hollywood, broadcast on ITV1 on 12 February 2009, during which he talked about the difficulties actors face when moving to Los Angeles. He was interviewed with Mel B, Sharon Osbourne and Matt Goss.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Andy Newton-Lee and Sarah-Jane Potts" OK, 24 June 2008[dead link]
- ↑ Andy Newton-Lee at IMDb[unreliable source?]
- ↑ "The Cheeky Girls ‘Boys And Girls’ Video", popdirt.com, 19 November 2004
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ [2][dead link]
- ↑ "THIEVES NICK MARATHON ANDY'S JACKET", Mirror.co.uk, 28 April 2007
- ↑ [3][dead link]
- ↑ Piers Morgan, "Los Angeles is a nasty, selfish, blood-sucking, ruthless, seedy and heartless town ... I LOVE IT!", Daily Mail, 7 February 2009
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- Living people
- British male television actors
