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Ali Bastian
Ali Bastian
	Bastian in 2019
Born	Alexandra Louise Bastian; 27 February 1982 (age 42); Windsor, Berkshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	David O'Mahony (m. 2019)
Children	2

Alexandra Louise Bastian (born 27 February 1982) is an English actress, known for her roles as Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, Sally Armstrong in the ITV drama series The Bill and Becky Clarke in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She has also competed in the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Career

Bastian was signed to Storm Models,^[2] and has worked for Littlewoods within a new range called Drama Queens.^[3] Bastian joined the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in 2001 as Becca Hayton. She was involved in a controversial storyline where her character was fired from her teaching job and sent to prison after having an affair with one of her students Justin Burton, who was portrayed by Chris Fountain. In December 2005, alongside her Hollyoaks castmates Jodi Albert (Debbie Dean) and Sarah Jayne Dunn (Mandy Richardson), she appeared in an exercise video, Hollyoaks Get Fit. At the 2006 British Soap Awards, Bastian and Fountain won the award for "Best Storyline". She departed from the series in 2007. Bastian then appeared on television in Cavegirl, A Touch of Frost, Twenty Four 7, and Here After.^[4]

Bastian joined the long-running ITV police drama The Bill as PC Sally Armstrong in 2007,^[5]^[6] and departed in late 2009.^[7] In 2009, Bastian was a contestant on the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing, departing in the semi-final, where she was partnered with Brian Fortuna. In week 11, she severely bruised the bones of her foot while training, but the medical team gave her the all clear to go ahead and perform.^[8] Bastian and Fortuna finished in third place out of sixteen couples.^[9] The pair danced again in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special in 2009 and won, having scored 40/40 for their Viennese waltz.^[10]

In 2011, Bastian starred in the UK touring version of Bill Kenwright's production of Verdict by Agatha Christie, playing alter-ego Helen Rollander.^[11] In late 2018, it was announced that Bastian had joined the cast of the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors as Becky Clarke.^[12] Her first episode as Becky aired on 5 February 2019.^[13] Bastian made an unannounced departure from Doctors in the episode broadcast on 6 November 2019 and confirmed after the episode had aired that she had left the show.^[14]

Personal life

Bastian became engaged to musician Tom Clay in 2013.^[15] In February 2019, she married actor and producer for Big Finish Productions, David O'Mahony.^[16] In October 2019, she announced she was pregnant with their first child, and as a result, left the cast of Doctors.^[14] Bastian explained that she had made the decision to leave Doctors to reduce her workload so that she could concentrate on getting pregnant in real life. She felt that her body "was crying out for a break" and said that her exit had helped her to conceive a baby.^[17] On 17 March 2020, she announced the birth of their first daughter.^[18] On 11 February 2023, it was announced that Bastian and O'Mahony had welcomed a second daughter.^[19] In September 2024, Bastian announced that she had been diagnosed with stage II breast cancer.^[20]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Jane Eyre	Young Jane
1997	FairyTale: A True Story	Lull (Fairy)	Film
1998	Next Birthday	Monica	Short film
1999	A Touch of Frost	Lisa Harper	Episode: "Line of Fire: Part 1"
2001–2007	Hollyoaks	Becca Dean	Series regular
2001	Shades	Lucy	1 episode
2002	Come Together	Tara	Television film
2007–2009	The Bill	PC Sally Armstrong	Series regular
2009	Strictly Come Dancing	Herself	Contestant; third place
2012	Sadie J	Tru	Episode : "Bridesmaidamundo"
2012	Strippers vs Werewolves	Dani	Film
2014	Jonathan Creek	Juno Pirelli	Episode : "The Letters Of Septimus Noone"
2014	Doctors	Kara Meredith	Episode : "Baby Chain"
2015	Death in Paradise	Jenny Burgess	Episode : "Until Death Do You Part"
2016	Undercover Hooligan	DC Baker	Film
2016	Doctors	Julianna Isaac	Episode: "Living Together"
2017	You Can Tutu	Kat	Film
2017	Who Is Alice	Alice / Nina	Film
2017	Holby City	Chevonne Lumionne	2 episodes
2018	Hooligan Escape: The Russian Job	Veronika	Film
2019	Eve	Suzy	Film
2019	Doctors	Becky Clarke	Series regular