Swede Caroline

Finders Keepers

Farewell Doc Martin

National Theatre Live: Kerry Jackson

The Secret Lives of Dad's Army

Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard

Paul Sinha's TV Showdown

Amber & Dolly: 9 to 5

Best Christmas Ever with Alexander Armstrong

The World According to Kids

The Delivery Man

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Suspects

Through the Keyhole

Catchphrase

Raymond Blanc: The Very Hungry Frenchman

Monday Monday

Moving On

Reggie Perrin

Feast

Celebrity Juice

Would I Lie to You?

Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask

Bon Voyage

8 Out of 10 Cats

Fungus the Bogeyman

Hustle

Meg and Mog

The Sharon Osbourne Show

Dead Gorgeous

Michael Jackson’s Face

Green-Eyed Monster

The Stretford Wives

Bedtime

The Announcement

It's Only TV But I Like It

Cold Feet

Midsomer Murders

Roseanna's Grave

Mute Witness

Fay Ripley (born 26 February 1966) is an English actress, television presenter and recipe author. She is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1990). Her first professional role was in the chorus of a pantomime version of Around the World in 80 Days. Ripley's early film and television appearances were limited, so she supplemented her earnings by working as a children's entertainer and by selling menswear door-to-door. After her scenes as a prostitute were cut from Frankenstein (1994), Ripley gained her first major film role playing Karen Hughes in Mute Witness (1995).
In 1996, Ripley was cast in her breakthrough role of Jenny Gifford in the ITV series Cold Feet. Initially a supporting role in the pilot episode, Ripley's character was expanded when a series was commissioned in 1998. She stayed with the show for three full series before leaving to take more varied roles and to spend more time with her family. She returned for a guest appearance in the fifth series.
After leaving Cold Feet, Ripley played a succession of leading roles in comedies and dramas including Green-Eyed Monster (2001), I Saw You (2002), The Stretford Wives (2002), and Dead Gorgeous (2002). Each role won her critical acclaim. In 2006, she filmed a leading role in the ITV drama Bon Voyage, before taking time away from acting after the birth of her second child. Ripley returned to television in 2009, starring as human resources manager Christine Frances in the ITV comedy drama Monday Monday, and Nicola Perrin alongside Martin Clunes in BBC One's Reggie Perrin.
Since 2009, Ripley has authored three recipe books; Fay's Family Food in 2009, What's for Dinner? in 2012 and Fay Makes it Easy in 2014. She is married to actor Daniel Lapaine, with whom she has two children—a daughter and a son—and is an advocate of several charities and causes.



Fay Ripley