Gemma Bissix

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Gemma Louise Bissix (born 6 June 1983) is an English actress, best known for portraying the roles of Clare Bates in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1993–1998, 2008, 2026) and Clare Devine in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2006–2007, 2009, 2013, 2025–2026), winning two British Soap Awards for the latter role. She also appeared in various other television shows and stage productions and was a contestant on the fourth series of Dancing on Ice in 2009. Gemma Louise Bissix was born on 6 June 1983 in St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey. She is the eldest of five siblings. Her parents divorced when she was 11. She was brought up in Elmbridge, Surrey, and attended Thames Ditton Primary School and Hinchley Wood School. Bissix began her acting career at the age of nine, in 1993, when she was cast as Clare Tyler (later Bates), the daughter of Debbie Tyler (Nicola Duffett) and stepdaughter of Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley), in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders. Her first acting role, Bissix had received no formal training, and has since commented, "that was my training [...] quite a lot of people [attend] drama school, I was trained by EastEnders." Following her departure from EastEnders, Bissix took a break from acting. After leaving school, she ran a pub for two years, worked for her father's electrical wholesalers, and also worked in Marks & Spencer as a bra measurer.