Tanya Franks

Tanya Franks is an English actress who spent 14 years working in theater in Britain and abroad before television made her name. Her stage roles included the title part in Tess at London's Kings Head Theatre in 1989, named a Time Out Critics Choice, and Sylv in East, restaged by Steven Berkoff for its 25th anniversary in the West End. From 2000 she played Karen Ellis in the Channel 5 soap Family Affairs for three years, then took the role of DI Rowanne Morell in ITV1's The Bill. She is best known as Rainie Cross in the BBC soap EastEnders, appearing in stints from 2007, returning full time in 2018 and leaving the part in 2022. On television she also played Sybil in Liz & Dick (2012), and her work in the comedy Pulling brought a British Comedy Awards nomination in 2009. She founded Stock-pot Productions in 1993.