Martine may be best known for her role at Tiffany in EastEnders, but the star also garnered rave reviews for her performance as a Downing Street tea lady alongside Hugh Grant, in Richard Curtis' Love Actually, and returned to high-profile TV roles such as playing Susan in drama Echo Beach in 2008.
Martine married Jack McManus in 2012 in a gorgeous Lake Como ceremony, and the couple share one son together called Rafferty.
© Photo: Getty ImagesMartine McCutcheon's childhood
The actress was born on 14 May in1976, at the Salvation Army Mothers Hospital when her mother Jenny was just 19.
A Church of England trust footed the bill for drama school fees, which saw the youngest flourish. Her unwavering determination finally paid off in 1995 when, while working as a shopgirl at Knickerbox, Martine was offered the small part of tarty Tiffany on Eastenders.
Martine McCutcheon's singing career
The star scored a number one single with the infectious Perfect Moment as well as a number one album. A second album followed before the actress embraced the part of Eliza Doolittle in the National Theatre production of My Fair Lady.
