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Apr 22, 2022 · EastEnders - Vanessa Gold goes mental after the Max/Tanya reveal (15th August 2011) #eastenders. EEWalford1994. 838 subscribers. Subscribed. 528. 108K views 1 year ago. This clip belongs to BBC...
Vanessa Gold (born 1966) is an English football club joint-chair and businesswoman. Gold was appointed to the board, as joint-chair, with David Sullivan of Premier League club West Ham United in August 2023.
- Storylines
- Creation and Development
- Reception
Vanessa arrives in Albert Square to purchase a car from salesman Max Branning (Jake Wood). When she returns to sign her paperwork, the two kiss and are seen by Max's daughter Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald). Max's employee and lodger Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins) begins dating Vanessa's daughter Jodie, unaware of the connection between them. Upon reali...
Conception and introduction
Vanessa was created by EastEnders series consultant Simon Ashdown, who wanted a "Zöe Lucker-type" character in the show. Lucker was approached and agreed to take on the role, initially on a seven-episode contract. The character was intended to help her love-interest Max realise that he was still in love with his ex-wife Tanya. Her impending arrival was announced by media entertainment website Digital Spy on 20 March 2010, at which point Lucker deemed herself a "huge fan" of the series, eagerl...
Characterisation
Vanessa is a businesswoman who is described as "dynamic and assured". In an interview with Digital Spy, Kirkwood said Vanessa was strong-minded and quite positive, and they wanted a female character with a different energy to the many "strong, feisty, shouty" women in the show. He added: "She knows that she's likely to rub women up the wrong way and she knows what she wants. But she doesn't intimidate or use bullyboy tactics. She's clever, interesting and she might just have a secret." Lucker...
Storyline development
Soon after Vanessa and her daughter Jodie appear, so does Vanessa's husband Harry, who is shown to be very controlling of Vanessa. In September 2010, Lucker said that she and Max's ex-wife Tanya could become friends as they are fairly similar, adding, "I think Vanessa probably really likes Tanya and I'm hoping that Tanya will warm to Vanessa. They've obviously got Max in common, so you never quite know which way that's going to work out".Lucker later said that she hoped Max and Vanessa would...
Lucker was nominated for the "Most Popular Newcomer" award at the 2010 Inside Soap Awards for her portrayal of Vanessa but lost out to her EastEnders co-star, Ricky Norwood (Fatboy). The Guardian gave Vanessa an "Individual style award" in their "alternative soap awards", saying "There's more diversity of colour at a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizards' Con...
Aug 15, 2017 · EastEnders fans were left gobsmacked when Vanessa Gold, played by Zoe Lucker, destroyed Max Branning's flat after discovering a note reading "bubbly's in the fridge." The meltdown came after...
Jun 4, 2010 · Vanessa Gold. Impeccably dressed, confident and up-front, Vanessa seeemed to have it all sorted. But underneath it all, she was a woman on the edge. On the outside, Vanessa was well turned out...
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Vanessa Gold, played by Zöe Lucker, is a businesswoman who's described as "dynamic and assured" and was a love interest for Max Branning, ex-wife of Harry Gold and the mother of Jodie Gold. She made her first appearance on 4 June 2010 and last appearance on 6 October 2011.
