Early Life
Jacqueline Denise Welch was born in Ebchester, County Durham, to father Vin and mother Ann (née Ridley, died 22 May 2012) and has a younger sister Debbie. She attended Bygate School Whitley Bay, La Sagesse Roman Catholic School Newcastle upon Tyne, and from the age of 13 Blackfyne Grammar School Consett where she passed five GCE exams. She developed a penchant for acting at the age of 14 after being cast in a school production of Finian's Rainbow. At the age of 17, she contemplated going to a teacher training college in Crewe; however, her father and drama teacher suggested she apply for the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. She was successful in her application and remained at the school from 1976 to 1979, gaining her Equity Card while teaching dance at Watford Theatre.
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