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Trudie Goodwin
Born	13 November 1951 (1951-11-13) (age 58) London, England

Trudie Goodwin (born 13 November 1951 in London), is an English actress best known for playing Sergeant June Ackland in the high-profile British television police drama The Bill from 1984 to 2007.

Goodwin had appeared in The Bill since its pilot, "Woodentop", which was part of the storyboard plays for Thames TV in 1983. However, in February 2006, Goodwin announced she would be leaving the serial drama at the end of the year.^[1] She also took a sabbatical from the show lasting several months in 2005 in order to pursue other interests which included charity work in Nigeria with CBM.^[2] Her last episodes aired in March 2007, making her not only the longest-serving member of The Bill cast in the programme's history, but also a world record-holder as the longest-serving actor to portray a police character.^[3][4]

Goodwin appeared in an episode of Heartbeat on Sunday 8 July 2007.

Goodwin more recently appeared on Countdown in Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent, hosted by Des O'Connor and Carol Vorderman from Friday 27 July 2007 to Tuesday 7 August 2007 (excluding the weekends in between).

Goodwin is the mother of Elly Jackson, a member of English electropop band La Roux. On 23 May, 2009, Goodwin revealed that she thought that La Roux's new single, "Bulletproof", would make number one in the UK Singles Chart, after La Roux's recent song "In for the Kill" made number two ^[5]. Bulletproof debuted at number 1 on 28 June, 2009.

Goodwin appeared on a TV Goodies/Baddies episode of the game show Weakest Link on Saturday 24 March 2007 where she lost out to Alex Walkinshaw in the final round.

Goodwin appeared on ITV daytime show Loose Women on Tuesday 5 May 2009.

[edit] References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Resources at CBM UK
3. ^ "Trudie Goodwin interview". Watch (UKTV). http://uktv.co.uk/watch/stepbystep/aid/591836. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
4. ^ "Cops and clobber". The Guardian. 8 March 2007. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/mar/08/broadcasting.tvandradio. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
5. ^ [2]

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