JACQUELINE NAIRN

After playing nurse Wendy Cooper from 2010 to 2016, Jacqueline Nairn has moved on to directing Shorty. “Six years in lavender scrubs was enough!” she jokes, although there are still some things she misses about being on camera. “Getting my hair blow-waved every day – I loved it,” says the star, 50. “I never took having a full-time job as an actor for granted. It was an absolute gift to do what you love with a great bunch of people every day.”

Jacqueline’s favourite scene as Wendy was almost getting run over by TK Samuels at her daughter Bella’s wedding. “I didn’t get to do much stunt stuff as I was always the mum who picked up the pieces, so I loved that.”

Of the show’s anniversary, she says, “Shorty has been very precious to me from the moment I walked in back in February 2010. It’s changed my life.”