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May 27 2003
Casualty�s Christine Stephen-Daly, Adjoa Andoh and Kelly Harrison The close friends on and off screen trade their uniforms for designer chic. Christine Stephen-Daly, Kelly Harrison and Adjoa Andoh share an easy camaraderie as we meet in London Claridge�s hotel. Posing for our shot in flowery dresses and showgirl separates inspired by the film Chicago, there is a lot of banter about clothes and boyfriends with a few trade secrets on looking good thrown into the mix.
�We are very close,� says Kelly, who plays trainee paramedic Nikki Marshall in the popular hospital drama. �People come and go, and they live all over the place- Manchester, London, Cardiff-but when we come to Bristol for filming it�s like being part of a big family and we really depend on each other. We socialise go to the pub, go out for meals, and if someone is leaving we always throw a big party. We�re very sociable.� Australian-born Christine, who plays senior house manager Lara Stone, nods in agreement. �I think it�s because we come from different parts of England-and the world. We have all been thrown together in Bristol so we are kind of like family. In fact, only yesterday I went shopping with Kelly and Zita (Sattar, who plays Anna Paul).� Anjoa�s eyes light up at the mention of shopping. �I�m looking for a gorgeous, elegant black dress. Do you have any ideas?� asks the actress who plays nurse Colette Griffiths as she slips into a shimmering baby-blue halterneck top studded with crystals. �My style is quite eclectic,� she explains. �I was really into the hippie look in the 1970s; then I became a punk rocker with bright green hair and I used to go around in my dad�s trousers and big Hush Puppy shoes. Now I love a glamorous, well-cut pinstripe suit and long, lean jackets. I also have a weakness for proper cowboy boots. I�m sure I was a cowgirl in another life!� Anjoa, 34, confesses that she does share some personality traits with her character. �Colette doesn�t suffer fools and I�m the same. But I�m much more anarchic than her, please God!� She says she has enjoyed playing Colette but that it is time to move on. Not, however, before her character faces a tough personal dilemma. �I think viewers will be quite surprised by Colette�s behaviour in this series because she is normally so sensible and organised,� explains Anjoa. �But that�s the point. In the latest series she gets sick of being sensible and decides to have some fun.� Someone else who�s having a lot of fun is 22-year-old Kelly. �I love Nikki,� she says of the character who has returned after suffering a horrific and near-fatal stabbing at work. �The Jack and Nikki saga is set to continue,� she adds, referring to her on-screen on-off romance with jack the lad receptionist Jack Vincent. �Jack proposes to her right in the middle of the hospital, in front of everybody. Nikki says �Yes� right away because she loves him and because he asked her- it�s every girl�s dream, isn�t it? �All I will say is that Nikki gets her big wedding day but it all goes horribly wrong, bless her.�
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