PERSONAL

Tina Hobley graduated from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in 1995 and took on a wide range of theatrical roles, including production tours of the Middle East and Asia. Tina currently presents Smooth Sundays with Tina Hobley on Smooth Radio, the UK's fourth largest commercial radio network. She went on to star in a number of notable television dramas including Coronation Street (as Samantha Failsworth) and Harbour Lights (as WPC Melanie Rush). She is best known for her role as feisty Ward Sister, Chrissie Williams, in the award winning BBC medical drama Holby City.

Tina lives in London with her husband Oliver Wheeler, a communications director. She has a daughter, Isabella, from her first marriage. Tina and Oliver have a daughter Olivia, who was born in April 2008, and a son, Orson, who was born in March 2010.