- Born
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- She was born in the district of Bow in London to her parents Anne, a seamstress and father, a cutter in a dress factory and had a younger sister. She left school at 16 with 4 O levels and had a string of jobs including insurance clerk, and model for C and A (a clothes chain.) When young she'd taught singing and tap dancing and joined an amateur drama group. When 20 she won a grant for a drama school which lasted 3 years and then spent the next 13 years touring around the country in repertory companies, one of which was The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow., pantomimes, the odd West End show and television including a maid in Nanny, Lois, Jim Davidson's girlfriend in Up the Elephant and Round the Castle and other odd shows before getting a major role in BBC's long running serial Eastenders.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpouseBrian May(November 18, 2000 - present)
- ChildrenNo Children
- Has three step-children with Brian May: Jimmy (born 1978), Louisa (born 1981) and Emily (born 1987).
- Was actually the second choice to portray Angie Watts in EastEnders (1985). Jean Fennell was initially cast, but producers replaced her with Dobson at the last minute as they felt that she didn't suit the part.
- Ranked #33 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Angie Watts (2015).
- Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, whose alumni include Terence Stamp, Hugh Bonneville, Rupert Friend, Angela Lansbury, Matthew Goode, Sue Johnston, Daniel Hunt, Minnie Driver and Julian Fellowes.
- [on a play remembering Sir Jimmy Savile] I will not be going to see the play about Jimmy Savile and I do ask the question is it too soon. I wouldn't want to be in it either and that's a decision that I would make, but I wouldn't want to be a part of something like that because I felt disgusted at all of the news that came out about the way he behaved and I don't want to revisit it at this point in my life.
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