Josephine Crawford Melville  (12 April 1961 [  – 20 October 2022 [ ) a former Eastenders star, was a British actress, director and writer. Career After first appearing on TV in 1983 in  Luna , [ Essex -born Melville [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]  portrayed  Tessa Parker  in eight episodes of  EastEnders  in 1986, and Ellie Wright in one episode in 2005. [7]  She also had roles on TV in  The Bill ,  Prime Suspect ,  Casualty [ and  Pie in the Sky , among others, [ and in early 2022 she appeared in the music video for  Ella Henderson 's " Brave ". In feature films, she had roles in  Empire State  in 1987 and in the forthcoming  Slammer . In 2021 she produced and directed  Assistance , a short thriller.