Hollywood thriller for EastEnders actress
Tamzin Outhwaite is to star in her first Hollywood movie – opposite veteran actor Wesley Snipes.
The former EastEnders actress has landed the leading role of a sassy Nato officer in the film, Seven Seconds.
Essex-born Outhwaite has just started filming the action thriller in Romania.
The movie, which is due out next year, is directed by British talent Simon Fellows.
Today the 33-year-old actress said she was stunned to have won the role after auditioning earlier this year.
She said: “I am thrilled to have landed a role in a Hollywood movie with Wesley Snipes.
“Since leaving EastEnders I have been lucky to have worked non-stop on UK based TV projects...and did not expect this opportunity would come so soon.
“It’s great to be working with a British director and am really enjoying the challenge of a feature film.”
Outhwaite, who starred as EastEnders’ Mel Owen, has continued to enjoy success since quitting the BBC1 soap in 2002.
The £500,000 (€748,000) face of cosmetics firm Avon, Outhwaite has also starred in the BBC’s Red Cap, the military police drama, and the TV movie Out of Control.
