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Revision as of 23:36, 1 June 2009

Tiana Benjamin is the actor who portrayed Angelina Johnson in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She was due to return to play the character in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but was forced to pull out due to filming conflicts with her role on the British soap opera EastEnders. She did, however, provide the voice for the character in video game adaptation.

Biography

Leonean descent, and now lives in Crouch End. She attended Highgate Wood Secondary School from 1995 until 2000. Scarlett Johnson (the most recent actress to play EastEnders character Vicki Fowler) was also a pupil at the school.

In the Goblet of Fire she replaced Danielle Tabor as Angelina Johnson. She was offered to reprise the role in the upcoming film however was unable to because of her Eastenders commitments. She had a major role in the 2007 21st Century Fox film Wishbaby.

Before appearing in both Harry Potter and Eastenders she had a number of other high profile acting roles. She appeared in two episodes of Dalziel and Pascoe in early 2006 and in 2004 she appeared in The Bill, she auditioned for the role of Darlene Cake in Bad Girls but did not get the role. In 2002, Benjamin appeared as an extra on the video for Lovin' Is Easy by Hear'say

She competed in the National Lottery: Big 7 event in 2007 and sang in the 2007 and 2008 Children in Need charity appeal. She is currently nominated in the 2008 Screen Nation Awards in the category of 'Favourite Female TV Star' alongside Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon and Miquita Oliver the awards recognise the best television stars from the British black community. She was nominated for 'Sexiest Female' at the 2008 British Soap Awards.

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