About Ali Bastian
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, and has worked for Littlewoods within a new range called Drama Queens. 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. Bastian joined the long-running ITV police drama The Bill as PC Sally Armstrong in 2007, and departed in late 2009.
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