Fay Ripley Biography
Fay Ripley is an English actress, TV presenter, and recipe author whose first professional part was in the chorus of a pantomime adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days. Ripley’s early film and television appearances were limited, so she supplemented her income by performing as a children’s entertainment and selling menswear door-to-door.
How old is Fay Ripley? – Age
She is 58 years old as of 26 February 2024. She was born in 1966 in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.
Fay Ripley Family – Education
Ripley was born to Beverley William Deacon Ripley and Tina Ripley (née Forster). Her father was a successful businessman, the son of Greater London Councilman Sydney William Leonard Ripley, J.P., D.L., whose family owned a printing company that made movie posters, and the brother of 1960s pop singer Twinkle; her mother was an antiques dealer. Ripley’s parents divorced when she was two years old, and both remarried, thus she spent her childhood bouncing between two families in Surrey.
Ripley, a well-known actress, was born into a Protestant family in Surrey. Despite her Protestant upbringing, her father sent her to Catholic convent schools, including St. Maur’s Convent School in Weybridge. Ripley did not feel academically challenged there, so she attended a nearby public college in Surrey. She completed A-levels in communication studies, painting, and acting, and she performed her own productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. After finishing her A-levels, she applied to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was accepted into an acting study at the age of 20. She resided in a “horrible and penniless” flat in Streatham, South London, while attending acting school.
Fay Ripley Wife – Children
Ripley met English actor James Purefoy in a 1983 college production of Romeo and Juliet, when they played the title parts. They started an 11-year relationship, which terminated when Ripley was 27. She was single for five years until meeting Australian actor Daniel Lapaine at a party thrown by mutual acquaintances. Neither of them felt the other was interested in dating, and they grew apart. They met again on separate holidays in New York and began dating before marrying in October 2001 in Tuscany, Italy. Ripley gave birth to the couple’s first daughter, Parker, in October 2002. She gave birth to her son Sonny in October 2006.
Fay Ripley Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of £10,000.
Fay Ripley Career
In 2009, Ripley made a comeback to television, playing the roles of Nicola Perrin opposite Martin Clunes in BBC One’s Reggie Perrin and human resources manager Christine Frances in the comedy drama Monday Monday on ITV.
The show is titled after The Mamas & the Papas’ song of the same name, however it does not use the song as a theme tune. Laura Mackie, the head of drama at ITV, commissioned the show. Mackie stated that the show’s goal was to “entertain, engage, and strike a chord with the audience”. Although the show was first announced as part of ITV’s Winter 2007 press pack, it was postponed until 2009 due to plummeting advertising rates following the economic slump.
According to Broadcast, the show attempted to “shed light on a world of alcoholic HR bosses, power-crazed managers, and sexually unfettered PAs”. Christine is revealed to be an alcoholic near the end of the first episode, and she eventually admits to it. As the story proceeds, Christine’s failing life becomes increasingly important to the plot.
Fay Ripley TV Shows
♦ 2024 – Finders Keepers
♦ 2022 – Rosie Jones’ Trip Hazard
♦ 2017 – Dragons’ Den: Meet the New Dragons
♦ 2016–2017 – The One Show
♦ 2015 – Burger Bar to Gourmet Star
♦ 2015 – The Delivery Man
♦ 2014–2015 – Suspects
♦ 2013 – Midsomer Murders
♦ 2011 – Moving On
♦ 2009–2010 – Reggie Perrin
♦ 2009 – My Brilliant Britain
♦ 2009 – Monday Monday
♦ 2009 – New Tricks
♦ 2006 – Bon Voyage
♦ 2005 – Hustle
♦ 2004 – Fungus the Bogeyman
♦ 2003 – Meg and Mog
♦ 2003 – Bedtime
♦ 2002 – I Saw You
♦ 2002 – The Stretford Wives